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| IL-2 Sturmovik The famous combat flight simulator. |
| View Poll Results: How long will Storm of War Rein as the Premier Flight Sim Platform? | |||
| 0 to 5 years |
   
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10 | 7.14% |
| 5+ to 10 years |
  
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62 | 44.29% |
| 10+ to 15 years |
  
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52 | 37.14% |
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7 | 5.00% |
| 20+ to 30 years |
  
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2 | 1.43% |
| 30+ to 40 years |
  
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0 | 0% |
| It'll become the 8th Wonder of The World and will essentially live forever. |
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7 | 5.00% |
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08-06-2010, 02:55 PM
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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. 1992:  2000: 
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