Other modern naval combat games have not done that good and ubisoft doesn't have a history of success in this arena. It's largely the momentum of many years producing the SH franchise with extraordinary loyalty by the fans which has kept SH alive. They would be going into modern warfare cold, which would not only be risky, but probably fail. Since warships no longer fire on each other in recent war examples, it's hard to come up with enough history and intrigue to interest all but a very small portion of the war sim community. All battles would be what iffs with little real world examples to back them up. Remember Harpoon? Many years in development. It also had the advantage of many years of faithful followers. When it came to putting it in 3D with models, complete failure. This prooves that even a loyal fan base is not enough to get investors to put in the cash necessary to make a competitive game which might have low sales. The other example mentioned "Dangerous Waters" has also not done well even though it too was largely based on previous game releases.
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