The outcome for Silent Hunter 5 is really dependent on whether Ubisoft continues to support the game with patches when sales of the game will be lower than their expectations, and whether they choose to remove the DRM component.
If they determine that low sales means no patch 3 or 4, then Silent Hunter 5 is dead in the water. The modders can only fix so much, and the game would die a natural death.
If Ubisoft has an epiphany, continues patching the game and removes the DRM, then the future is much brighter.
It's not about giving Silent Hunter 5 a chance; it's about a major Publisher admitting that they made a mistake and fixing it.
