You seem to be missing how available resources are for Gaijin. When a vehicle gets added, they have the ability to copypaste and/or adjust it wherever possible/necessary.
Like @xPorkulusx said, this analogy breaks down with WT due to the environment and context it exists in. WT does not have limited resources like a real world company in that, like I said earlier, they can copypaste things with minimal changes to improve each nation’s resources.
Some “investments” take more than others, like adding entirely new airframes. But once that initial hump is crossed, it enters Gaijin’s library of resources that they can minimally invest in to improve/grow other nations’ TTs.
This is why China, for example, has been receiving minimally updated vehicles like the J-11B, Mirage 2000-5Ei, Z-10ME, AH-64E, etc. and will continue to receive such vehicles. That’s not to say they’re 100% copypaste, but Gaijin clearly builds upon other vehicles that have already been added. The UK can obviously benefit from this too, especially with India. But for that Gaijin has given us a “not for now” response.
It’s just important to remember this is not exclusive to the UK and the Commonwealth. It goes for all nations.
Fresh models aren’t made a the flick of a switch, they take time, research, they give players something new to enjoy and stop the game from feeling stale.
Long-time players know that without real additions, people lose interest, but with new vehicles the game stays alive and engaging, The Four Big Countries generate the most income for Gaijin, so why would you stop developing for them, you wouldn’t, that’s why they get the majority and the other nations at least get one or two a patch.
I feel bad for players who only stick to one nation or worse, one tech tree, because they notice problems much more (This bring one of them)
If you play across several nations, those issues don’t stand out as much
I’m well aware of other nations issues as you can see i play all nations, it never gets stale and if i get burned out on one game mode i just go to another, id rather play catch up and not worry what vehicle is needed on what nation, i just grind the lowest RP vehicle to the highest, every patch
To answer your Question Above "People where discussing the United Kingdom specifically, the commonwealth and why the united kingdom has more vehicles then “insert smaller nation name here - For Example”
It’s fair to assume that the bulk of Gaijin’s War Thunder revenue, probably around 58% comes from the “Big Four” categories. In practice, that means planes, tanks, helicopters, and ships/boats, roughly in that order.
Air and ground forces dominate because they’re the most accessible and widely played.
The biggest “winners” so far are the US, Britain and France, followed by the USSR, Germany and Japan.
The “losers” so far are China, Italy, Sweden and Israel.
Let’s go all the way, Centauro and Freccia for Russia, BTR-80A and K-2 for Sweden, Phantom for Italy, no, actually let’s go further A-10 piloted by Italian and Tiger tank used to train Italians for Italy 😆
PS and half of the World’s tech for USA 👏
