SoW at E3?

[Feuerfalke]

E3 is mostly focused on casual gamers. They don't care for realistic simulation or weapons effects, but for visual perfectionism. As Oleg posted repeatedly, finetuning optical appearance will be the last step in making SoW.

In other words: Being on the E3 or not doesn't say a thing about when it is going to be released or not. The above was no secret before, so it's nothing to bail out in panic, now E3 is here and these statements turn out to be true.

Besides that, I'd rather like to see the team working on SoW instead of losing 2 weeks for preparation and traveling around the world to LA.

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

Besides that, I'd rather like to see the team working on SoW instead of losing 2 weeks for preparation and traveling around the world to LA.

Yeah thats a good point

[Ctrl E]

oleg's quotes to simhq sounds like he's suggesting there will be a large delay. 2010 unlikely i reckon.

[Baron]

From Oleg: "In my personal opinion, except meetings with some old friends this is the most incorrect place to spend money that is better to invest in development."



Nothing about delays etc, etc. Just common sence.

[nearmiss]

A lot of the games at E3 are just test market stuff. The developers show partially completed games and take notes. It is very expensive to produce a game. The developers and investors try to get enough feedback to determine whether to proceed with the project.

Oleg knows his market, and his fan base is pretty well dedicated. That should be obvious from continued interest in IL2.

I wouldn't write off the BOB SOW for 2010 as has earlier been mentioned.