We cannot predict the future. We cannot dictate how the gaming public will take to a specific system or game. We tried that once, but our mind control serum accidentally got thrown in the wash with a pair of my best jeans. Now, a word about standards. I loved Sea Battle too, but let's be honest.
Video gaming has a long tradition of format battles.
From Atari vs. Intellivision to SNES vs. Genesis to Playstation vs. Saturn vs. N64, there always seem to be at least two distinct console gaming options out there. And two is one too many. In other forms of media, the format conundrum is steeped in technological advances vs. technological traditions. Vinyl didn't so much compete with cassettes as pre-date them. Likewise, cassettes gracefully took a backseat to CDs due to the obvious quality differences between the two.