The difference is between a game with to my knowledge almost no publicity released in a time where publicity was nearly impractical to get and a game that had a ton of publicity and is still fresh in the minds of many people.
Course, if CO shut down, i'd expect the next game for the champions ip to take 25 years to release because I'm sure the fanboys of the last game will actually prove to be a complete hinderance to that IP's return. They are the complete opposite of us.
Edit: With 25 years being the soonest as odds are good that games community will have to die of old age before the champions IP is free of their corruption and mass troll problems.