I guess Star Citizen is going to have some competition
 

 
http://www.elitedangerous.com/ 
 
I remember this game before All the other space games on EGA graphis (NOT VGA)
this is before wing commander or any modern space game
 
WOW Im impressed
 
being a space pirate was important in that game picking up Floating cargo and ship parts from disabled or wrecked ship with tractor beams
and manual docking with space ports that are MOVING...ie spinning rotating on 1, 2, or 3 axis and/or sidways

I have been hearing good things about it from a couple of critics that i respect and trust their opinions.
 
The videos and streams i have watched also looked very promising.   Not going to get into these games until i am able to invest in a stick setup.
 
If i am going to put aside time to play,  it needs to be the full experience.  I've played through many flight sims/dog fighting games just with keyboard/mouse.  It works,  but i'm personally never doing that ever again.  Doesn't seem worth it to me.
 
I played a lot more racing/driving games when i picked up the G25.  And had more fun. 
 

Xavier Zepherious
I guess Star Citizen is going to have some competition

I didn't mention it,  but how some people are scrutinizing the scale, ambition of SC.  It may take 3, 4, 5 years for the game to be the complete "everything" that they have promised.
 
There is a SC Wiki that has compiled info for the game and the "modules" released so far.  And it projects the "Full" game for end of 2016.
 
Elite Dangerous is planned for Q4 2014 and i think that is looking good.

They have different focuses. ED is highly procedural. I've had ED installed for about 6 months now.