It's not that amazing galactic77. Back on the days, Outpost 1 was a popular game (at least a lot of people buy it) and Outpost 2 was really different of the first opus. Then, people how play the first and like the fact of colonising a new planet (like simcity) without fight (like warcraft) haven't buy the second. And people how hate the first because of the bugs, haven't even see what the second can offert. That my point of view.
P.S. Sorry for the bad english, I'm a french Canadian.