SH4 - post 1.2 status: A Plan of Action

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Originally Posted by Beery

They've been proclaiming the imminent death of the sim market for ten years, but somehow sims keep getting made.

But not in the numbers, or the complexity, that they used to be. Look at the combat jet scene. The last jet sims (my other hobby) that I can think of with complex avionics was Falcon 4.0 and Jane's FA-18, and they are about 10 years old now. The very few jet sims have come out in the last 10 years have had arcade avionics (though LOMAC did have excellent flight models). As a result, I still fly 4.0 (Free Falcon build) and occasionally Jane's F-15 and FA-18. The graphics are dated, buit there is still nothing comparable on the market in the last 10 years.

When it comes to sub sims, all there is Sonalysts (who do this as a side diversion from real life work), and the SH franchise, which we are kicking in the teeth.

So no, combat sims aren't dead, but they are (IMO) a faint shadow of what they used to be in terms of numbers and detail.