Progress in computer technology was much more dramatic in the 80ties and 90ties than
it is now, at least for gaming. PCs have matured since 1988. Just compare the
improvement in visuals made in 8 years between Aces of the Pacific (1992) and CFS 2
(2000). Eight years ago we had Il-2 just like today. Of course newer sims look much
better, but it's still competitive. There will be new SOW engine titles every few
years or so. Thus SOW engine will receive more updates to newer hardware than Il-2
and age more slowly than any sim before. If they redo all parts of WW2 with SOW
engine and later eras as Korea the platform will be kept up to date for at least 10
years and as we can see with titles FSX, Il-2 or Falcon 4.0 there is still lot of
potential in old sims abandoned by their makers.
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