That's the most depressing thing I've read on/. and I've read a lot of depressing things on/. and now that I think about it, that is somewhat depressing as well.
SWBFII is the closest recent game with space combat but it isn't a "space sim" like XvT or XWA. Myself and many other people have been trying to get LAG to publish a new "space sim" for a few years but apparently most people don't want to play games that involve joysticks these days.
Wow and on top of this they raise their rates by ~$2 every 6 months or so. At least in the Arizona market they have been. I'm guessting we're funding this new hinder to our service:(.