Future of simulations 2010 discussion

[Foo'bar]

20mm: Broadband connections have significantly changed the methods of distribution. Whereas previously, it was a case of going to a retail store or buying from an online vendor, today it seems more and more developers are going the digital distribution route. Is the retail store becoming a thing of the past for simulation purchasers?

Oleg: Yes.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by Foo'bar

20mm: Broadband connections have significantly changed the methods of distribution. Whereas previously, it was a case of going to a retail store or buying from an online vendor, today it seems more and more developers are going the digital distribution route. Is the retail store becoming a thing of the past for simulation purchasers?

Oleg: Yes.

The last two Sims I've bought have been Rise of flight which I bought off ebay and the DCS:A10 Open Beta which was bought online.

For me ROF and the buying of aircraft has been smooth and seamless. I would buy off them again. My experience with the DCS product has been very similar.

One of the problems I have where I live that it takes a two or so for items to get into shops compared with the otherside of the country. If I was given the oportunity top buy BoB staight from the distributors on the day it was released, I probably would. It is extremely fustrating reading forums like this with people saying how wonderful a sim is and not being able to get it!

Cheers

[tagTaken2]

1946 was the last sim I purchased in-store.

Download from distributor- or better they give you a torrent link, heaps faster- and burn exe to disk for backup. Save money, save waiting. It's not like you're missing out on a fancy manual these days.

Having said that, I still remember walking out of the store with the big boxes of Il-2 and Forgotten Battles, packaged together for some reason, and how carefully I opened them up.

And it's a bit sad going into a games store now and noting that the PC section is two shelves wide, everything else is console.

Once PC games started to require online activation, you may as well download the whole thing.

[Ivanhoe]

I agree. I love the ability to transform or adapt my PC to the up and coming games.On a side note, i was rummaging through some of my old titles and found IL-2 Sturmovik! I really enjoy it but cannot access any updates or patches for it anywhere! This is the 2001 Ubisoft/1C Company version. Any guidance would be much appreciated

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Ivanhoe

I agree. I love the ability to transform or adapt my PC to the up and coming games.On a side note, i was rummaging through some of my old titles and found IL-2 Sturmovik! I really enjoy it but cannot access any updates or patches for it anywhere! This is the 2001 Ubisoft/1C Company version. Any guidance would be much appreciated

Try here
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...3/m/4721047273

[Ivanhoe]

thank you

[JG53Harti]

20mm: How do you view open source availability to your product coding?

Oleg: This is usually killing the multiplayer. Once IL-2 was hacked then multiplayer became unfair. So if we are speaking about simulations, then the part of multiplayer and changes of settings should not be with open source code. Other part in some way may be open. But there is a lot of contradictions that again may damage the gameplay with a lot of versions.

thats true +1

[Wolf_Rider]

perfectionism, I guess, can go overboard and be just as detrimental as something half-assed if it is allowed to go to extremes.

Originally Posted by JG53Harti

thats true +1

+2

[EJGr.Ost_Caspar]

Is that your oppinion about IL-2 too?

[DD_crash]

Judging Olegs reply to the copyright question it looks as though it will be very quiet in the Pacific