I, for one, would dearly love to see an Elite-style game but no one has made one (worth talking about), be it single-player or an MMO. Have you taken a look at

I, for one, would dearly love to see an Elite-style game but no one has made one (worth talking about), be it single-player or an MMO. Have you taken a look at Egosoft's X3? It starts out like Elite, but eventually you can apparently end up buying the stations you used to trade in, building your own factories that make the stuff the stations sell, and using the ensuing wealth to build your own war fleet.