New inteview on BOB SOW from Oleg Dec 29,2010

[wizardd]

Steam is fine. Too much tinfoilhat people.

[Robert]

Box for me. I won't buy any game without a disc and box. A manual would be a necessity, but since they seem to be going the way of the Dodo bird I'll not hold it against 1C should they not make one as long as there is a good PDF.

[kestrel79]

I want Oleg and his team to make killer bank off this sim. I'm hoping the boxed version will be some sort of special edition that is priced pretty high that includes a lot of extra goodies.

[JAMF]

If it's available on Steam and there is not another DRM attached to the game, I'll buy it from Steam. 1C:Maddox will earn much more money that way. (~200% more?) I might buy the DVD version (years) later, when it's in the bargain bin, so I have that real thing after all.

If the Steam version has another DRM, like GfWL, which demands attention too, I'll get the DVD version.

If SoW comes with Starforce or Yuplay, I'll not buy it.

[Warhound]

I am praying it get's released(on day 1) in the 1C-shop , http://1c.yuplay.com/ , so maddox games get's a bigger cut than even with steam. But it's unlikely a publisher would allow them to put it up there for the first few years at the least.
Still if they find a way to do their own digital distribution i will be sure to buy it there or otherwise whereever Oleg states he get's the biggest % per sale from.

From what Oleg is saying at the simhq interview I doubt very much we will see a boxed version, he is very firmly in the digital camp.

[Foo'bar]

I think they will mainly concentrate on publishing the sim digitally, though I believe that we will see a "Collectors Edition" later. Remember luthier's questions after a proper authentic map material and design

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

From what Oleg is saying at the simhq interview I doubt very much we will see a boxed version, he is very firmly in the digital camp.

Maybe, but then there is a contradiction with luthier's cloth map info request thread...anyway I hope that you are wrong, even though you usually are right