But product like dbpro are close to be as faster as blitz now, and with more and more features.
Sort of true. The main problem for me with DBPro is the language, the basics are lacking. You can create custom types and you have a much better dynamic array system than Blitz, but you can't return a custom type from a function!
It is true that BB3D looks like it is getting a bit left behind and there are things I wish it supported, but it is still capable of a lot and great games shouldn't rely on the latest graphical features.
I am a bit concerned about BlitzMAX, I remember reading about it on the Blitz web site in May 2002 and still there is nothing to show its existence apart from Mark's work logs. He is also working on Blitz Plus and Maplet as well, I just wonder whether one guy can support all this, especially when he wants to have a Mac (cough) and a Linux (spit) version.
Hopefully, though, my fears will come to nothing.