Space games are dead. Well, that's been the conventional wisdom for the last ten years or so since Privateer, Wing Commander, X-Wing, Freespace and their like all died. Yes, there have been a few releases, but nothing major. The single player space simulation is dead.
So what about the online games? X-Wing is still alive in the form of Starwars Galaxies. Yes, SWG may get loads of bad press but the space side is still amazing fun. The space side is too shallow to be engrossing for long though, and the PvP is more like X-Wing Alliance than anything else, which...