[swampdragon]

It's just a different type of game. I don't think the people who play the replay games such as SOM consider OOTP to be a direct competitor. I think OOTP is pretty good for replaying seasons, considering that you don't have to pay $20 or more for every season you replay. The replay games are probably still a little better if accuracy is the goal, and may always be simply due to the limitations of the database. But the days when there was a huge gap in accuracy are long gone.

I have four baseball games on my hard drive right now. If I want to play an open engine game, I play Replay. It also seems to simulate pitching and defense a little better than the others. If I want detailed PBP, I'll probably play Diamond Mind. And if I want to look at careers, I'll boot up OOTP. I play out games with the career line for every player on the screen. None of the others can do that. Action is the fourth game, and it's kind of a compromise with decent graphics, good accuracy, and just OK play by play. But it has season disks going back farther than my other replay games, and it gets some time as well. All four have unique qualities that make them fun to play

Of course, if you're not into straight replays, the others aren't even trying to compete, and OOTP is going to win every time.