Ah thanks for the tip. I was able to find lamps and cradles together for 100 Eur but I never thought to look for just the lamp anymore. I was stopped buying lamps when I realized I could buy a new projector for the same price as my optoma lamp after like 8 years of having it. Unfortunately those projectors don't seem to be made to allow for lamp switching.
Out of the curiosity I checked for my old optoma hd28dse lamp as you suggested and it's around 60 without the cradle.
Pretty much every companies tries that. I had a 1000 Eur projector whose lamp failed after 7 months of basic "evening TV" use . Clearly unreasonable. The company tried to argue we needed to pay 200 Eur for a new lamp because we exceeded its lifetime hours. Clearly bullshit but not much I could do since they labeled the lamp as consumable. I managed to get them to send me a replacement for 100 which lasted 3 years
In game AI can be pretty sophisticated even without the addition of neural nets which could be OK with determining strategy based on player action, but really isn't going to be good for the entire control.
Given that it has been the weak point in almost all 4x games in the past 30 years, I'd be happy if they give anything novel a try
I think it was emus