There was a time when people thought legally mandated interoperability could become the law of the land. That dream is probably dead, but if there's ever a chance to push it through, it would be worth doing. It'd be a complex piece of legislation to be sure and would probably need to go through a number of iterations to get it right, but it would be a start.
I'm interested enough in this game to pick it up when it comes out, but I have to admit that I didn't finish the first one. I liked it well enough, but my interest in it just petered out over time, and at some point, I just never came back to it. I hope that "i" will be a little more compelling. Either that, or I hope my attention span has increased over the last ten years!
"Yes, I have a game called polymorph the mouthy brat into a toadstool."