I think that the future of computer games that push the envelope of gaming entertainment will come from the smaller game developers, especially from Europe. I less and less cone to expect that ground-breaking or specialist/simulation games will come from the giant game companies like EA, with MS Flight Simulator being the exception that proves the rule.
That being said, the SHIII game developers aren't dead, they've just been re-tasked. They will work on something else for now, but sooner or later, they will come up with something that echoes Silent Hunter. It's just like the guys that originally came up with "The Sims" no longer work together, but those developers are responsible for a lot of Sims-like behavior in more recent games: CJ now goes to clothing stores to try on outfits in Grand Theft Auto, there's a lot of Sims-like activity in Evil Genius, Pirates! features "Simlish" speaking characters, etc. etc. etc.
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