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Originally Posted by Coldcall
Guys,
The best thing that could happen is that SH5 sales are such a huge nightmare that Ubisoft decide not to continue with the franchise.
My view is that Ubisoft has had too many chances to get it right, and that they keep getting it so wrong is an indication that they could not really care less about SH franchise.
I hope and pray that they have a tantrum over sales and say they wont produce another.
There are plenty of excellent smaller developers who could produce as good or better as any SH title ever released.
Ubisoft are not the only game in town, and a decent sub simulator has a guaranteed 200,000 sales plus worldwide which is more than enough for a strong 2 year dev process, and still a large profit margin thereafter.
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I think maybe that is a little harsh. Agreed there are other companies out there capable of making an improved version of SH but none seem to be too enthusiastic about doing so. A new game would require an entirely new engine as UBI are unlikely to want to release theirs, so whereas a SHVI could be done relatively cheaply, a new developer would have to spend big bucks devloping a new engine.
I also feel that UBI have shot themselves in the foot here. Like a previous poster said, no info about a patch is imminent. Perhaps if they had held their hands up and said the game is bugged but we are working to resolve these issues, more people may well have bought it.
The end of Silent Hunter, I really hope not!!! The whole series has been bugged to some extent but with the modders on here and patches from UBI, they have all become amazing games and the genre leaders