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People have said that the mods have been good for "new" sales of IL2 1946, and yet if you are to believe the "stats" on the number of players "on-line" their seems to be a decrease (?) in participants...
I'm not trying to prove any point of view, I'm genuinely curious...
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Modding has created new "word of mouth" sales according to some forum statements, but beyond those statements we won't know if its enough to counteract normal decrease in sim sales near the end of the sim's life. Overall the playing population does not care about personal stats, anymore than people don't care to fill out census forms.
Most players play offline, or if online most play on servers far beyond the famous HyperLobby Stats. From looking at the depth of the AAA forum, I'd guess it takes some time to get up and running with that stuff. I would not expect most Newbies to immerse themselves into modding soon after sim purchase, except perhaps Old Timers from
other sims who bought the sim as a moddable replacement for EAW for example, but they are not too many I assume. For most, the sim offers a steep enough learning curve out-of-box without messing around with unauthorized mod installs. However, I have learned to never underestimate the Passion of the computer gamer.