I agree with another individual who posted on a similar thread that we should be grateful we're getting a patch at all and, hopefully, it'll be as good as advertised as it's the only one we're likely to see. In my heart, and after being active since SH3, the, "unfinished state" SH5 was released in serves as indication Ubi's decided there's no future here and, having promised 5 for quite some time, terminated development and threw it on the market (I have other, more controversial opinions regarding Ubi's possible, plausible expectation that unpaid, "developers" would pick up the slack, but won't bother voicing again!)
Us old sim guys currently exist in an environment where the, "target market" primarily consists of those afflicted by, "short attention span" who believe no more thought or effort should go into a, "simulate simulation" game than taking the occasional moment to reload prior to resuming mass carnage. These folks haven't the patience or desire to spend lengthy periods of time plotting attacks or transiting to areas where targets may or may not be readily available. Furthermore, I suspect state-of-the-art PC games are on their deathbed anyway. It's easier to maintain a profit margin on a console game, plus they're less prone to pirating. And, of course, there's a Used market for those titles as well.
my 0.02 cents/0.0146€ only. Be civil in your replies, for those of you prone to trolling...
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