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Raven-505 · 09-18-12, 08:28 PM

I hate to say it, but market-wise, I don't think they're interested. If I try to look at it from their point of view, SH5 wasn't a big success for them. A lot of money, time, and resources went in-and a glitchy, buggy game was produced, packaged, and sold with not a whole lot of return. I'm sure they know about communities like this one and the modders that basically rewrote their programs and made it better. It's like a slap in the face to them. Their mentality is probably, " If you can do better...." type attitude. Besides, they have a TON of console games that 13 year olds will buy without hesitation. Even SH5 came out more like a console game, rather than a sim. The modders turned it into a sim. Look at the Assassin's Creed series; BIG success for them, so that's where they're gonna put their resources....where they can MAKE MONEY. To me, it's like any corporation, their not in it for the product, or even, the art; they want a return in the black ink. SH series is a dead horse to them.
I totally agree with wanting to expand it to the later boats, mainly because my passion for U-boats started with U-505 and it is a TYPE IXC. I'd love to Captain that boat, even if it's just on my computer. But we'd have better luck working together and coming up with it as a mod. I know I'm no modder, I wouldn't know where, how to begin. But we're the only ones who care, so we have the power to make it happen, much more power than relying on UBISOFT or any other major corporation to listen and agree. Just my opinion, and I could be wrong, most of the time I am.

09-18-12, 08:28 PM	#17
Raven-505 Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Salisbury, NC Posts: 10 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	I hate to say it I hate to say it, but market-wise, I don't think they're interested. If I try to look at it from their point of view, SH5 wasn't a big success for them. A lot of money, time, and resources went in-and a glitchy, buggy game was produced, packaged, and sold with not a whole lot of return. I'm sure they know about communities like this one and the modders that basically rewrote their programs and made it better. It's like a slap in the face to them. Their mentality is probably, " If you can do better...." type attitude. Besides, they have a TON of console games that 13 year olds will buy without hesitation. Even SH5 came out more like a console game, rather than a sim. The modders turned it into a sim. Look at the Assassin's Creed series; BIG success for them, so that's where they're gonna put their resources....where they can MAKE MONEY. To me, it's like any corporation, their not in it for the product, or even, the art; they want a return in the black ink. SH series is a dead horse to them. I totally agree with wanting to expand it to the later boats, mainly because my passion for U-boats started with U-505 and it is a TYPE IXC. I'd love to Captain that boat, even if it's just on my computer. But we'd have better luck working together and coming up with it as a mod. I know I'm no modder, I wouldn't know where, how to begin. But we're the only ones who care, so we have the power to make it happen, much more power than relying on UBISOFT or any other major corporation to listen and agree. Just my opinion, and I could be wrong, most of the time I am.