Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha (Post 174614)

The main reason IL2 has survived is purely due to the fact that Oleg and 1C Team actually looked after their customers with free aircraft, maps and updates over the past 10 years,
and kept supporting their product unlike a lot of software houses that abandon their customers and leggit with the cash.

Not counting the IL2 series "essential" upgrades for example FB AEP PF Pe2 etc, etc
Now condensed into IL2 1946

Everything else has been free and constantly "improved/corrected"

And with TD taking over from 1C Team for free who know how long it will keep going :)

Originally Posted by swiss (Post 174615)

It's not the "free" thing, but the fact those upgrades exist at all.

Look, most of us spend several hundred $ for IL2 related hardware.

>ATI sux with il2? - ok, let's buy a nvidia card

>You suck at flying? Well, the you need at least a X52, plus eventually pedals.

> SOW needs needs new GPU? No problem, but let me now how many gigs of RAM it needs, so I can upgrade to DDR3 as well if i have to.

> Lack of SA? You go and order a TIR.(Or build a FT, if you can)

So, yes, I think most of us are[would be] willing to actually spend a few bucks on add-ons. ;)

just my $.02

Originally Posted by Jaws2002 (Post 174661)

I think SOW will have up to two years life span.......2012 is just around the corner, you know.:mrgreen: