Why no news on SOW:BOB, Evgeny?
 

Hello Evgeny

Could you answer the question why there has been no news on Storm of War: Battle of Britain for at least 6 weeks?

Just wondering..

Regards Henrik

You should be aware, that there are at least 2 other simulations in the WW2-FlightSim-Genre, that are planned to be released at the end of 2008. For Oleg and his team, any information given is a chance for them to orientate themselves against SoW:BoB.

Beyond that, UBI-Soft is the publisher of this game and they have put a hold on any information given about this engine and the sims being created with them. That's true for SoW:BoB and Project Galba AFAIK.

So, despite the respect I have for you, not *demanding* anything, I got to say, that this is about more than just giving a few pictures to a community. This is a marketing project going on, with several competitors on the radar and people should understand that.

I know it's a stretch, but... What are those other (at least) two flightsims?

Well, that is basically the problem. While Oleg allready has shown quite some screenshots and modells, there is absolutely no information on the competitors.

Rumours say there will be a new CFS based on FSX and DX10.

Shockwave (WoV:BOB II) had started a huge recruitment wave early last year to support a project for a WW2-based sim. Their community-manager actively recruited people from the IL2-forums at SimHQ.

Competition is a good thing.

At least if you are at the receiving end. :grin:

It seems a bit silly to think if three WW2 flight sims come out this year, that I (the customer) would only buy one. I have BoB2 and IL2 now and play them both now. If 3 sims come out this year, and get good reviews, I will buy all three. I would think for most who are into these type of game the same would be true. With IL2 being what it is, I don't think Oleg has much to worry about. He has more to with his fate than the competition.

You call this idea silly? How many people do you think will buy 3 flightsims for the full price at the same time? I have many flightsims in my collection, so I agree on that, but I got several of them from ebay and that is surely no good news for a producer.

Feuerfalke I have heard the statements you make before in other posts, but I have not been able to confirm them. Are you a part of the development team on SOW:BOB? If not, where does your info come from? I would like to hear the reason for the blackout from the horses mouth..

So Evgeny do you have any input?

Same here I can afford to buy more then one sim...plenty of room for everyone. If anything...I would think that it was the "other two" sims that should be worried...IL2 has a stellar reputation and its up to the "other" sims to try and prove themselfs to this community (and the flight/fight sim community in general)...

If people are trying to "goat" Oleg into posting some more info they are going to have to do better then this...:)