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Hitman · 04-16-07, 07:05 AM

The Devs have hinted while developing SH4 at further expansions of the game. I think they will follow first an approach like the venerable SH1 patrol disks maybe at least once, adding wolfpacking in the Pacific. Then a new SH5 will be back to U-Boats but this time with wolfpacking, milk cows and other items missing in SH3. It seems the most logical way to A) Keep SH3 sales still going for some time, B) Exploit the Pacific Theater without doing high investiments, and C) Return to the Atlantik in all the glory and with the best UBoat sim ever created, to boost sales again.

If they were to inmediately develop a SH5 back to the Atlantic, it would IMO take some of the late sales of SH3 away. Sims are known to have a much different sales curve than other game, they make a peak then go a bit down but remain constant for a long time. We have seen that already in SH1 and AOD.

What I don't see as a main theme is UK subs or soviet subs or whatever. If going to the Pacific already raised rage in many UBoat fans just imagine what such a move would mean. Instead I see expansion disks of british subs for SH4 and expansion disks of Italian subs for an U-Boat SH5 a more logical step.

My 2 cents

04-16-07, 07:05 AM	#12
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,111 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	The Devs have hinted while developing SH4 at further expansions of the game. I think they will follow first an approach like the venerable SH1 patrol disks maybe at least once, adding wolfpacking in the Pacific. Then a new SH5 will be back to U-Boats but this time with wolfpacking, milk cows and other items missing in SH3. It seems the most logical way to A) Keep SH3 sales still going for some time, B) Exploit the Pacific Theater without doing high investiments, and C) Return to the Atlantik in all the glory and with the best UBoat sim ever created, to boost sales again. If they were to inmediately develop a SH5 back to the Atlantic, it would IMO take some of the late sales of SH3 away. Sims are known to have a much different sales curve than other game, they make a peak then go a bit down but remain constant for a long time. We have seen that already in SH1 and AOD. What I don't see as a main theme is UK subs or soviet subs or whatever. If going to the Pacific already raised rage in many UBoat fans just imagine what such a move would mean. Instead I see expansion disks of british subs for SH4 and expansion disks of Italian subs for an U-Boat SH5 a more logical step. My 2 cents __________________ One day I will return to sea ...