I'm optimistic, but not the way you think....
I'm not overly worried. Even if UBI doesn't come out with a SH5 some other company will give us another subsim. Oh, it may not be tomorrow, but someone somewhere will release another WWII sub sim. They'll look at the sales of SH3, see that UBI has no interest in pursuing the project, will lick their chops and jump on that bandwagon. They may not be able to call it Silent Hunter, but who cares. If they're smart they'll look at the mistakes UBI made, take note of what UBI did right, come up with some novel ideas on their own, and cut themselves in for a piece of that profitable pie.
And, NO, because some people (myself included) were vocal regarding the state of SH4 this will have no bearing on their final decision. If they think money can be made then they will produce a title. And money can be made if the sim is done right. SH3 proved that beyond any doubt. Companies look at what worked and what didn't. We'll get another sim, and it will be German based, aka U-boats because that sold like gangbusters.
We'll get another sub sim eventually, fellas. It just may not be from UBI. Eh, that's cool. That's the way capitalism works. Let someone else have a crack at it.
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