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Originally Posted by Robotic Pope
Urmmm....... your example just disagreed with your original post lol.
"IL-2 Sturmovik" is the series name. Just like "Call of duty". They kept the call of duty name for Modern Warfare 2 because people recognise the name because of the previous games in thar series. The words "Call of duty" are otherwise meaningless to most of the buyers.
If Birds of prey didn't use the "IL-2 Sturmovik" brand name, the many people who have played and enjoyed the IL-2 PC games would have no idea this is by the same people and would just dismiss it as an arcade game.
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yes but the IL2 Sturmovik brand is an unknown brand to 99% of gamers. it might be big in the PC flight sim world but not in the console market.
besides Birds of Prey looks like an afterthought if you look at the box of the game. in bright bold lettering the average gamer sees
'IL2 STURMOVIK' and thinks wtf is that? before even noticing Birds of Prey which is tiny.
if the average gamer saw
SPITFIRE : Birds of Prey or
P51-MUSTANG: Birds of Prey they would be far more inclined to buy it. especially those people from the USA and former British Commonwealth.
Its all about marketing. most people do not know the IL2 brand. more people are familiar with the Spitfire aeroplane and the Mustang.
those hardcore PC flight sim fans who know the Il2 brand would probably be on the look out for any new games made by the same company and since so few flying games get released for consoles I think there wouldnt be any danger of them missing this game.
most PC sim fans are more into PCs than consoles however.