Announcement of the game "IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad"

[Chivas]

I don't have a problem with buying aircraft, they certainly aren't expensive going by what ROF charges for additional aircraft. These aircraft cost a lot of money to develop. My experience online is most people gravitate to one particular aircraft, and learn to fly it effectively, so just buy it. It'll cost you what 20 bucks, for countless hours of enjoyment. In IL-2 I concentrated my flight time too the 109, until it became outclassed by the newer Spits, then changed aircraft and tactics with the 190.

I like the ROF business model. Provide a decent environment with a some stock aircraft, and charge for additional aircraft. It provides a continual revenue stream, to allow the development to continue adding content, maps, and aircraft. The old IL-2 business model only generated revenue every three years or so, and Oleg eventually lost any control he had to his investors.

What BOS is charging is far more than reasonable "IF" it provides the same amount of entertainment I received from years of buying the original IL-2 products at fifty bucks a pop. I fact those few hundred dollars I paid for the original series was worth thousands of dollars of entertainment value.

That said, this is the first time that I won't be rushing to support the genre, I still have a lot of animosity with the way things went down with this development, and don't trust what they are saying until I see it.

Edit.....Just seen a couple more videos and I'm sold. doh