Despite some ignorance in the forum to the contrary, f2p will continue to grow; f2p games are becoming the fastest growing sector of the market. Even once failing mmo's such as AOC, SWTOR, and lotro have seen revenues and their player base increase by as much as three fold after switching to f2p. Love it or loathe it, there is a very serious market for these games and a large proportion of gamers willing to invest serious money into those games that capture their attention.
EVERYONE in this forum should be hoping that SHO does well, with it potentially comes a new generation of gamers exposed to naval combat, it may well be naval combat lite, but it’s a start. This is a niche sector of the market, and has been since Gato, and sub hunt first appeared in the early 80’s. If there is to be continued interest in developing sub sims, we need games like SHO to help bring new generations of gamers into the fold, and with it an increased likely hood of something more serious being developed and released in future.
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