My suggestion to the developers:
Make SHIV a subsim dedicated to the American sub campaign in the Pacific.
But, make the game open for modding and converting. Make it rather easy to add new subs and warships.
What I am hoping is that SHIV will be two things.
1. A great subsim in itself.
2. A platform for modders to base their work on.
I'm also hoping that there will be a good community with talented, dedicated people that will make great mods to SHIV, in which they can include IJN, RN, KM (both of them) and other navies' subs.
And it's not a bad idea for Ubisoft, either. It has been shown several times (Half-life, Battlefield:1942, Falcon 4.0) that a game can extend its lifetime and sales by a moddability and a dedicated community.
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