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Originally Posted by robtek
Sadly for the simulation Fans the market for a ww2 Airwar - SIMULATION is so small that it doesn´t matter for a company that has to sell to survive.
So, for the majority of the customers, the arcade part has to exist too.
What we can hope for that one can set the server - settings to full real, including for example the 1 death per map rule, to enforce the aim for survival - and of course enough simulation fans to populate those real "Full real" - Servers.
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So small..
Look at the hyperlobby servers, what do you see there? You see the largest number of people on the Forgotten battles servers, and it isn't dwindling.
One thing about air combat simulator enthusiasts they are very involved, and loyal. IMO, the genre leads everything else for continued interest.
Many of us have been around IL2 since 2001, doing online and offline warfare.
Look at SimHQ, the largest continuous viewers for all forums any day or time is the Il2 Sturmovik.
If Oleg released an addon today for IL2 sturmovik (not BOB SOW) the community would buy it, and not even blink.
Oleg, could improve some basic things in current IL2 and have an even better IL2 that would attract even more to the sim.
The arcade stuff never lasts. There are a co-zillion arcade flight sims that even the little kiddies lose interest in about 2 hours.
Sell the box and that's the end of it, for whom?