Is the sim genre dead?

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

First of all, is silent hunter dead? Because it is one of the last hard core simulations around. If silent hunter is dead, than the simulation genre is pretty much dead. (HAWX and Battlestations pacific don't count. lock on is now the last sim standing)
Silent hunter is the last submarine simulator we have, so i'm thinking maybe we should start a supermod. Like the Openfalcon mod for falcon 4.0. Or else in the future we will have nothing left to play on our 32 core processors and our 9870*2s.

There will always be simulators, so no, the genre is not dead. Also, I would not classify the Silent Hunter series as hard-core study sims. They are more in the line of historical simulators with gaming elements. Not to say they aren't enjoyable, just not 'hard-core' without mods.