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Originally Posted by Mysticpuma
"This thread was started by Mysticpuma who raised a valid concern about the lack of communication from Oleg/1C/Ubi. Is that being flamed or bashed, i think not, its just a simple fact."
Thanks Tree, that was exactly my point.
Cheers, MP.
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i think the simple fact is that Oleg doesnt need his previous fan base anymore to help him with future commercial success of the various projects he is currently involved with, and he has no direct time pressures for BoB's release either.
to me it seems obvious that since the start of the BoB project there have been some major changes in olegs plans, from trying to create one single flightsim product that was the successor to il2 (and therefore needing its old fanbase more to help create publicity), he has now branched out into multiple products (civilian aerobatic sim, korean sim, movie and documentary makers using it as an animation bas similar to CGI even ?) and is tapping the console money cow for revenue (yes even if he doesnt directly create BoP, it will be a revenue stream for him)
to the western mind completely neglecting his old fan base might seem like being bad commerce and rude (he did state he was giving again regular monthly or bi-monthly updates in nov 07 because his project was getting "closer to release", and for 6 months now he hasnt done this or answered his regular question sessions), but i think other projects are taking to much of his time now and we simply are not a priority.
the east european attitude seems very different. for ex look at the korean sim issue, for years people have been hoping for a new sim in that area. for more then 2 years the website of oleg's buddy has posted the odd screenshot hinting at that, and now 2 months ago that is the screenshots we get here are confirming its production is in full swing, yet no other announcements to the korean sim website enthusiasts or fan base, or even an update on the developers website to confirm the cat is out of the bag and the product is confirmed.
i suspect oleg's team is also quiet small compared to large software manufactures that create games for consoles and have big money behind them, so any other project that takes their attention slows down BoB (emm they cant even spare one or 2 hrs to produce the final 4.09 patch).
the bottom line, we just have to be thankfull oleg still aims to produce a high quality sequel to il2, but him keeping us informed (by one of his staff members) is just not a priority.