My two cents on the topic:
In this age of Xbox360 and Playstation2000's, the vast majority of people just don't have the attention span to be looking at a sonar screen for hours on end.
Seriously. I can't name ONE person out of EVERYONE I know who plays video games who would be in ANY WAY able to sit through a single Dangerous Waters mission. Some of them have even compared playing Dangerous Waters like watching paint dry. They are also NOT interested in a game that has a manual that's an inch thick. They generally want to jump right in and blow everything to smithereens.
I, on the other hand am ADDICTED to Dangerous Waters a hell of a lot more than I am to Silent Hunter III. To me, DW is FULL of tension as you're sneaking around or trying to track things without being seen. But your average video gamer isn't going to see that. All they'll see is you looking at a sonar screen for hours.
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