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Originally Posted by captainprid
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
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SH franchise has been the submarine sim leader because there is no-one else doing commercial subsims since early 2000. Look at all the subsims in the 80s/90s. Its a popular genre and Ubisoft have had it all to themselves for almost a decade now.
Personally i see Ubisoft as a hindrance to the future of the subsim market. By releasing a new title every 2/3 years they are sort of stifling the potential of a competitive title. Especially because sales figures for SH5 could indicate to some that no-one wants to play a subsim, when actually there is a large dedicated market worth millions of dollars but Ubi's incompetence has made it look unprofitable.
Their CEo has a habit of using the most outragoeus justifications for why a certain title did not sell well.
I'd much prefer a subsim title being in the hands of a smaller dedicated developer.