I'm more than "quite sceptical" regarding another modern subsim being produced in the near future (if ever is more like it), and I'm quite sure sonalysts will never get involved in such a project intended for gamers.
In the end, what made sonalysts games great (in the eyes of too few players at least) was their complexity regarding sonar moddeling, and handling of other stations in a modern sub.
The gaming market (thus potential sells) is governed by teenage "Autobots 2" lovers, and you know how they will react to complex games.
And i dont think we will be saved by a future "Silent-hunter 9" either.
The SH series (hence the developers experience) is nothing like the sonalysts titels in terms of station/sonar modeling and the nature of the missions/campaigns. Would a fan of the SC/DW/688I games settle for a shiny graphics/simple station modeling?
And no, i dont think the SH is arcady or something its just very different.
The only chance is a gaming company hiring a company like sonalysts for doing some parts of a subsim, but not to creat it from scratch, and even than we can not predict the finished quality of such a product
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