I guess it comes down to what the large percentage of the vaping market is looking for, which is a question I couldn't even begin to answer.
I don't even know how much of the market is connected to ECF. The only measurement I have is inside my own family and friends. In the family we are seven vapers. Only one of us is even registered on ECF, making it 14%. If I add in the three friends that vape, none of whom are ECF members, it's only 10%. Is that indicative of the market? I have NO IDEA.
Then try to determine the percentage of ECF members who are looking for high power. Another "NO IDEA" from me. These things are all relevant to the point, and I'd have to guess that Provape did some form of actuarial analysis before committing themselves to their next generation.
With 40% of my own collection being overpowered (for my wants/needs), I don't envision buying the next gen anyway. IF I'm an indicator (and I'm not saying that I am), would they truly be left in the dust if they maxed out at 20w (I'm making an assumption that such might be a target)?
What would truly make me happy is if one day we'd actually be able to answer some of the questions I've presented here. That would mean the industry survived the current onslaught of legislation/regulation that its up against.
In the meantime it's certainly fun watching this race-to-a-higher-power (for lack of a better term), even if I am just sitting in the background.
Vaping away, on the thin ice of a new (vaping) day.