LIke it has been stated, people just want to have a new toy.
I do agree with several of your statements though. I have made the comment several times, there is a point where more hook becomes too much hook. The biggest thing that gets me are what is suppose to be low performance equipment. They keep trying to ake it stronger and stronger, for the more bankg for your bucks sales pitch. To be this has 2 setbacks.
1. The Very rev dominant players, need the low technology to help combat drier conditions. If these pieces keep getting stronger, then this takes this purchase out of play. and
2. If you keep getting the lower priced equipment to hook more and more, then this will take away from the sales of your higher end equipment. Especially with todays current economy, bowlers are wising up and realizing they don't need the high dollar equipment even for higher volumes of oil, especially in terms of the THS patterns. This cuts into the profit margins for the Ball companies, so I wonder about the thinking at times.
I personally love older equipment, due to me being with a high rev/tilt combo, I am almost limited exclusively to the older technology to use nowadays. Even with me basically taking 4-5 years off, my V2 Dry that I use for league I am sure is approaching the 2000 game mark, and its gives me the best reaction now in terms of drier patterns and house conditions.
