[Sonarman]

Originally Posted by Shiplord

Jason from GoGamer.com asked Akella at the E3 why the development so long and whether the deal with the new publisher Atari impact on the game concept?
In response he got: "...there were problems in development and things have changed. So, expect an arcade version of PT Boats when it releases."

Here is the whole quote from Jason in it's original context, I'm sure you'll agree it's not exactly definitive and definitely brings the truth of the information into question...

"1C and Akella where there, which was nice to see (Oleg was not as far as I know) but they hired some real jerky American guys to display their wares. I grabbed a catalog of their titles and tried to talk to the crew about PT Boats, Storm of War BOB (which was not displayed or in the 2007 catalog) and some others, but the guy was a real ass and copped a total attitude with me.

Maybe because I asked some pointed questions about PT Boats and the long development cycle. He basically told me that we will be lucky to see it at all and that is has been dumbed down and it's scope limited. He said there were problems in development and things have changed. So, expect an arcade version of PT Boats when it releases."

I'd imagine if they had made it into an arcade game they would bill it that way, not as a simulation/ strategy game which would be seen as a less profitable genre. That quote is also a year old so I'd tend to put more stock in the more recent previews that are popping up.