Any old game doesn't have much Americans left, in the beginning you always see Americans, at the end, its Europe, and Eastern Europe to be more specific, Africa and South America, communities are what keep the old games rolling, I play MoH:AA/MoH:SH for 11 years straight, I've seen ppl come and go, but those who stayed are always in a community/clan, where friendship holds the ppl together, if it wasn't for my clan, I wouldn't be playing MoH still.
Piracy also helps, +1 to that, Most of the third world countries don't buy the games, they torrent it, and you get a strange mix, some nice people who can't pay for the games, and they usually pirate old games where no one is looking to update anymore, and they can play online as well, and some **** as well, I totally agree with StepS here, his point is exactly mine, the "Educated" ones buy the games, but I have to add this: IF they can, the price of the game might not be an object, but to set aside some money to pay for an internet Visa or something could prove an obstacle, and they don't see the point anyway, why buy what you can get for free? I pirated the game myself ( as I didn't intend to play it for long, was just to play with a couple of friends for old times sake @ wwp ) but now I got hooked, and I want to buy it legally, however, on steam its for $15, which is way more of what I would pay on a game like this, I'd pay $5 more and get Company of heroes.
$15 might not be much for an European or an American, but its quite a sum here in Egypt, and in most third world countries, it represents 7% of the average monthly salary here, would you pay 7% of what you get on an old game?
Generally, companies tend to forget about the purchasing power difference between countries, and there isn't any legal way to buy games here in Egypt except online.
Egyptians are currently dominating the MoH:SH/MoH:AA communities, and I dare say that 99% of them didn't buy the game ( only me, and two others ), if it weren't for piracy, these two great games would be long dead by now.