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Originally Posted by Sonarman
Janes themselves have never really been in the software business only their name and data from their books was licensed by EA to create 688i/Longbow etc. and I don't think that EA would touch sim games with a barge pole nowadays.
As for Microprose it is partially resurrected in "Wild" Bill Stealey's Thriller Publishing but they have their hands full at the moment with an M1 Tank Platoon remake and a completely new M4 Sherman sim. In truth they are probably using the old iM1A2 & iPanzer as templates and harnessing new graphics engines to them for the new games. On the "other side of the Microprose fence" at Firaxis Sid Meier seems to have sadly lost any interest in returning to the genre.
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After Sid Miers' "Railroads" fiasco from Firaxis, I hope he stays away from offering games altogether. There were tons of people who experienced his original "Railroad Tycoon" deeply disappointed by "Railroads". It played like a Disney cartoon with the trains way out of proportion with the scenery, the stock market was a joke, no ability to choose opponents, lots and lots of CTD's in game, and I'm just mentioning the high points. Essentially Railroads was just like the Ubisoft SH series in many ways.
It's a real shame PC game development has come to this state.