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The classic series sells mostly on nostalgia or institutional inertia. A new model classic series doesn't satisfy either of those. I had fun testing it, and I wish I had bought one as it was the first project i tested start to finish there.
. 45 has limited appeal as do full size limited capacity metal hammer handguns.
Its to bad it isn't selling. Moving it to the legion exclusively and selling an SAO version too would be cool but there just isn't market demand apparently.
Oh well, the market wants P320 type guns. They're the future as much as it sticks for those wanting sonething different.
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The situation isn't all THAT dire, the P226/229 will live on in 9mm forever. Look at what models/calibers were cut for 2018....it is clear that right now 9mms are far, far outselling anything else. The "classic series" will definitely continue to be made in large numbers and I suspect even the P220 is going nowhere any time.
The P227 had a few things going against it.
First, SIG already had the P220. Lots of people, especially those that buy lots of SIGs, already were attached to that gun. The P227 for its grip increase only offered a "whopping" 2 round increase in capacity. To offset this they had those really, really, extended 14 rd mags to offer as well but this is the other thing that ended up hurting them.
Secondly, as said above the 14 rd magazine fiasco really damaged the platform too. They never could get them working right and ended up dropping them and that soured a lot of people. Especially those that already had a P220 and only moved to the 227 for the jumbo-ultra-extended 14 rd mags so there would be a more tangible increase from 8.
I think they would have been better off making it like the 10mm P220 frames and used steel. That way they could have removed more material from the magwell and used larger volume mags to get the capacity to 12 or 13.
I wish I could see by what margins the P220 was outselling the P227. I guess if someone was REALLY wanting an all-metal hi-cap .45 then yeah, your options are currently really limited. Doublestack 1911s are really all that come to mind as even the CZ and clones are also 10rd I believe. I never put the P227 in that category though since the capacity was only 10.
When they gave up on the 14rd mags and the closeout prices appeared on GB earlier this year the writing was on the wall.
We should see the 2019 discontinue list in a few weeks. I'm interested to see what is on there besides the P227.