Yes I remember when the FPS were taking over, but it seemed like for a moment that there was hope.

Yup Firewall, there's plenty of life left in SH4, FSX, and the like with freeware and payware ad-ons. Time to join an online airlines...:rotfl:

I think there are still good, solid candidates for most branches around. Some of them gets developed on, some not, but that it not the point, the point is if you can take pleasure, excitement and satisfaction from them.

there is X-Plane, Condor for civil flightsims (with FS9 and FSX still around), Mission Space Shuttle and Orbiter for astro-sims, GTR-2 and rFactor for race sims, SH3GWX, Dangerous Waters, Harpoon and maybe SH4 (dont know myself) for navy sims, Falcon, IL-2 and Blackshark for military flightsims, armed assault 1+2, SBP and SF for ground war sims... and the list is not complete, and many more strategy games from specialised publishers, and some more conventional titles are being under developement.

So why the crocodile tears? There is still so much for every taste. the song of sims dying I hear since ten years now - and still they keep coming out. i would more complain about premature releases and bad support having taken over the business routines of many publishers.

Another sign of Microsoft's "commitment" to the revitalisation of PC gaming... Pity the poor games which signed up to the "Games for Windows Live" initiative such as "Battlestations Pacific"

This is as close to an 'offical' source I have been able to find...

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/m...ves/160234.asp

that really stinks Flight sim was a pretty popular simulator.

Hmm, all is not lost. I forgot about the development of the Helo Sim DCS Black Shark

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/

Edit: never mind, the payment system is whacked. not going there.