I dont think RoF sales figures have much to do with the connection requirement.
I seem to remember reading that the first release was as much a beta release by the opinion of the users. Remember hearing of high load times, and lots of stutters?
Needless to say, RoF has probably had a slow start but it still lives up to what i think most people can expect from a newer game engine. Its a popular game amongst the sim world and many people admit to putting more time into it than they might Il2, except one thing.
The most common downside i read about concerning RoF was the lack of online (multiplayer) services, which like i've previously mentioned seems to indicate how well a game does. I also haven't been following RoF as closely, so maybe this is an area they have also improved upon.
Do you know if they are lifting a connection requirement, or was that just speculation?
It might be better to look at services like Steam which require a connection for all their game downloads. It seems they are doing well and still i hear a lot of nay saying against steam. If it were that much of an issue they would be out of business. Fact is, you are the minority, its just the 2 percent who are against these services tend to have the louder voices. Generally, people don't hop on a forum to praise a service. People are 20 times more likely to cast something in a negative shadow because they are unhappy.
I'm not really advocating for this service with SoW, but i would like to play a decent hack free game. I know you and I both might appreciate the game and its creators, but what keeps the next guy from wanting it for free or even worse giving himself a slight advantage in the multiplayer world? Is that not bad for the game?
what would be a better alternative to a required connection?
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