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Originally Posted by darkenigma510
FM and ESHM are very different from OOTP in three ways:
1) FM and ESHM were always designed as micro-management games. OOTP certainly didn't come from those roots.
2) FM and ESHM really have no close competition whereas the baseball sim market is chock full of "niche" games which compete against OOTP. SI has to listen to its baseball fan base and be more accomodating than the FM and ESHM producers.
3) FM and ESHM are rigid games that model current day soccer and NHL, respectively. They do not support historical or alternative set-ups to modern day leagues. OOTP's strong point is that it can be tailored, with enough work, to reasonably simulate most eras of baseball as well as allow purely fictional type leagues.
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I agree with this post. I hope OOTP sticks with what has been successful in the past. It seems like we are on the right track with OOTP2007.