My personal thoughts are...
Ship Simulator 08' was released in late 2007, wasn't it? -
We are now in 2010. That is 3 Years of development. So, in areas that V-STEP feel are most important, they will do the best that they can to try and upgrade it as best as they can, taking into account whether it will benefit the game any more than what we have currently. Or, whether it will balance out the excess pressure on the system by adding new features. But as time goes on, like cars do, I'm sure gameplay will become more "Economical", allowing V-STEP to improve, without loosing the Quality Gameplay. (FPS).
My own personal thoughts are that, be grateful of anything that is imroved in the next version. These "Campaigns" are all well and good, but, the word "Campaign" almost sounds like a protest, to get a feature that you want added...
V-STEP know what they need to improve on, or, what people would LIKE to be added. I'm sure they will do their best, and as Stuart said at one point, the interview with Frank looks extremely promising. I'm rather excited myself..!
That's my own opinion there.
Jack