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Originally Posted by Feuerfalke
Comparing WoW to IL2 could be more comparing apples and oranges. I wonder how many people play WoW only offline?
So comparing the online-numbers of a 9 year old engine to a 3 year old massive-multiplayer-game is the same as saying there are only 30 people a day eating a pizza in the local restaurant, but millions eating each day at McDonalds worldwide.
That doesn't tell you anything about the quality of the food nor does it give you a basis of which is more likely to stay in business or if those making the food can live from the money they earn.  |
Actually this your comment is incorrect. It's very relevant in the sense that companies are seeing the success of WOW and they are attemping to mimic it. WoW has broken the mold of how game companies can capture more revenue. That isn't to say WOW is the first. It's the first to be very successful at it.
In terms of quality I think you need to take a look at the list of Games put out by Blizzard. Having played WOW and a few other Titles like Star Craft War Craft 1 2 3 Blizzard bar none creates very high quality products.
If you think WOW is the McDonalds of the food industry you couldn't be farther from the truth. The quality and the depth of that game makes IL2 look pretty tiny. Granted totally different game different model different content but none the less WoW is not a crappy product. There is a reason why it's grown to 9.3 million people and it continues to grow.
I can't say the same for IL2.
I may be wrong but if you want to compare Apples and Apples take a look at the number of people still Playing Star Craft which is about as old as IL2 IRC. I think you will see there are more people playing it than IL2.
Just to comment about learning curve. Flight sims no doubt have a very large learning curve and equipment requirements that keep the Barrier of Entry pretty hard for some one new to get into. How do I know this? Look at the number of new players. Most of the guys playing are older and have been playing with Flight Sims since the 80s.
This barrier is going to be difficult to sell to a kid just picking up the game. That isn't to say there aren't any but in the US its pretty small compared to WOW. EU I think it's a different story.
Back OT.
The bottom line is we should be patient and be thankful that anyone is actually putting out a FS these days especially a WWII sim that will overshadow the reigning King of WWII sims IL2. Last time I checked it's the only new WWII PC based Flight sim expected.