What if

[Wang]

If HB shut down or stopped supporting the game, would sim users be able to continue to use it? I.e. does ProTee have the rights and ability to keep it going? The half life for sim use seems way longer than for the gaming market in general.

[goatbarn]

Good question.

[davray666]

I would be more worried about HB studios going TGC 2.0 and making the obvious conclusion that they can sell the sim version them selfs and keeping all the money. It's not like they have to figure it out when their competition is already doing it.

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[FaultyClubs]

There are a lot of possible "what if" scenarios. Some random thoughts...

- Both tgc and pg and both are vulnerable to the same question. So does the answer really matter? What would/could we do differently based on the answer?

- Both pg and tgc run off cloud servers so if the company behind either one ceases to be a going concern then we're probably in trouble.

- The Protee TGC sim doesn't need HB at all to run AFAIK. So presumably same results as the redchain situation. Protee could keep running it until something better comes along. Or they could even take it over if HB loses interest and it still is a viable sim.

- In that sense TGC might be a safer bet to sim users than PG. HB and PP might fade as their game fades but Protee is focused on the sim only and presumably will take steps to protect their interests.

- Over time it could happen that HB's largest revenue will come from the sim side so the game may fade but the sim might actually get better attention if we become the main market.

- I'm not sure HB understands the sim side well enough to go it alone successfully. Presumably Protee agreement has the necessary terms to protect themselves from that anyway.

- I'd be more concerned that Protee becomes nonviable... They can't be making a lot given their outdated hardware systems and the limited takeup of TGC (still no skytrak sales and pg a modern competitor).

- Purely from the TGC simulator viewpoint the biggest risk might be PG dominating due to a combination of pricing and performance and TGC can't evolve fast enough to compete. Of course it could go the other way too and PG could shoot themselves in the foot on pricing and cease to become a viable competitor handing the market to TGC. Or both could coexist peacefully.

For me the "what if" questions are all for idle speculation mainly because it isn't clear what we consumers can do about it. The companies involved are the real players despite us being the ones with the clubs...