yep... if its gonna be in our hands or on our harddrives on teh 25th. then its needs to be Gold THIS week... this stuff doesnt just happen overnight.

if Oleg doesnt announce "gold" on Friday then... well... i seriously doubt the march 25th deadline.

For all we know, it might have already gone Gold. Don't count on Ubi for an announcement, and Oleg might be busy crunching all the hours they can to get a post release patch ready, in which case they're not going to communicate this (few developers/publishers actually care to communicate this in general). Wait and see

Exactly.

I have been of the opinion that the sim has been much farther along in development than anyone has let on so far.

Call me a fan boy if you want, I don't care, I've been called much worse.

All we have seen are betas. I think Oleg is a shrewd man and until the day of release no one, and I mean no one, knows exactly what we will be getting.

I completely agree El Aurens. We might be wrong, but I think Oleg is holding off on showcasing for the 'wow' factor upon release.

believe me, i want nothing more than for that to be true... I'd love to completely wrong in thinking that the launch will be delayed

Justflight.com and Gamersgate.com have changed their download release dates from March 25 to March 31.

I would love to be flying in the skies over Dover on the 25th, However from what i've seen so far, Im not going to hold my breath. Although we do have to be realistic here, Whats a few more weeks after all the years we have waited. Also I would prefere Oleg and the team to get this working correctly instead of rushing it out, SH5 style.

While that had the protential to be hugh, Ubi's decision to lumber it with permanant online connection and not letting the programmers finish the job, ended up sinking the Sub. ( Yes I am aware that they have got rid of the connection issue and we have some great mods now )

However I would hate to see that happen here. ( The sim failing, Not the great mods :) )

I would say to Oleg, Release the sim when you are ready and not before, This has the potential to be huge, However if you release it with lots of bugs, just because Ubi says so, it Will crash and burn just like the luftwaffe ( Yes Im a fan of a certain Ale named afted an iconic aircraft ;) )

Cowboy10uk

Read and be enlightened.

Read the link in the OP of that thread. Ubi has nothing to do with it. Ubi won't get a dime from a digital copy.

Ummm Ok It dosnt look like i explained myself well. When I mentioned the bad choices regarding online connection It was to Show that Ubi has in the past made bad choices regarding sims, that had the protential to be huge, but failed due to Ubi not letting the programmers finish the job.

I have nothing against it coming out on Steam, I admit given a choice, I wouldn't have chosen to use it, But I know its the future and if I want to continue playing Pc games, I have to accept that.

I know it only needs a one time activation and NOT a permainant one, which is great, The fact Ubi, backtracked on this issue in several games, does show that for once they did listen to us.

All I want is for Oleg and his team to have the chance to complete the job they started, and not be forced to rush CoD out of the door on Ubi's say so. Yes I am aware that for all we know the Sim may be finished how Oleg wanted it, But thats not the impression im getting.

CoD Has a huge protential here, It Could be mindblowing and set a new standard, But ONLY if the publisher lets the Makers get on with the job.

I hope this explains my post a little more. I'm not complaining about Steam, I'm not complaining about CoD. I'm not trying to make out it has a permaniant connection.

I just trying to say, Dont Rush the last few months, when youve spent so long designing and building this sim. If it needs a few more months to polish then use them. It will be a awful lot better than letting Ubi publish a Buggy sim, just for the sake of some sales.

He's referring to the SH5 launch.