There are always people on "both" sides of issues that are posted to the forums that don't want to admit they are wrong. I have been one of those in the past and will probably be right there in the future to cut off my nose to spite my face.
There is also validity to both sides of this issue. The study of economics is the learning of a process by which any suffering, regardless of the side it comes down on is the least that can be effected...
I believe most of the voices, even the ones that speak the loudest here, on both sides, are impassioned by their desire to play this simulation...I do not believe any of them are hoping to make a statement that would end a simulation evolving as Silent Hunter has striven to do over the years. Even the ones who make blasphemous comments...in their own way they are praising the simulation. If they truly didn't care about the game they would not even invest the time to post to the threads. There are trolls on every forum...who just like to strike and shock under the cloak of anonymity...but they are a small minority.
I WANT to get version 5. I have all the earlier versions of Silent Hunter and loved them and I was really looking forward to installing 5...but in reading a lot of the threads, even the ones that have been shut down, I really do hear the pleas of those who cannot play this game through no fault of their own. It is my CHOICE to stand by them for I find their argument credible and I would like to be a voice to UBISOFT on the side of correcting the DRM requirements...or ammending it so that you do not have to be online constantly to play single player.
I do not believe that any company that values it's customers will shy away from bad news, especially constructive criticism. That would definitely spell their demise.
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