SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post - Why no surface warfare sims in the past decade+?

Platapus · 01-24-14, 06:20 PM

I just think the simple answer is that there is not a large enough market for a game designer to risk the development costs.

If a Sim is somewhat realistic in the depiction of warfighting, there will be long periods of nothing happening. As a general rule, games where nothing happens tend to be considered unfun by a majority of the game playing market.

I love sub sim games, but to be honest SH4 has its dull parts. Going from Pearl to the Japanese theater even at 4K take a while and there is a good chance you will pop out of TC just after being sunk by an island, ship, or plane. When I play SH4, I usually have a movie playing on my other computer just to pass the time.

I imagine that more and more of the gaming community wants games they can play on their tablet/phone in between checking their status on face-space.

While there will always be a small group of weirdos like us who like Sims, I think the number of non-sim gamers is growing as their attention span shortens.

01-24-14, 06:20 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I just think the simple answer is that there is not a large enough market for a game designer to risk the development costs. If a Sim is somewhat realistic in the depiction of warfighting, there will be long periods of nothing happening. As a general rule, games where nothing happens tend to be considered unfun by a majority of the game playing market. I love sub sim games, but to be honest SH4 has its dull parts. Going from Pearl to the Japanese theater even at 4K take a while and there is a good chance you will pop out of TC just after being sunk by an island, ship, or plane. When I play SH4, I usually have a movie playing on my other computer just to pass the time. I imagine that more and more of the gaming community wants games they can play on their tablet/phone in between checking their status on face-space. While there will always be a small group of weirdos like us who like Sims, I think the number of non-sim gamers is growing as their attention span shortens. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.