official website for new il2 .?

ROF had a website up a running long before a release, currently only a handful of people (in real terms) know anything about SOW and unless you know where to look its hard to find much, Oleg stated in 2008 that there will be a dedicated website so he knows himself the importance of one, but i agree at this point in time there is no urgency because we are still a long way off completion, also as of yet we have not seen any high res promotional screenshots with full AA and AF in directx 11, so a website at this time would indeed be pointless because there is little to show.

[Antoninus]

A website will show people that SOW is not longer vaporware but released "soon". Even if we are still a year away from release it would be good to have a dedicated
homepage now. Without an expensive advertising campaign the news that development
actually comes to an end will spread slowly. A combat flight sim is a niche product,
it won't get much coverage in media. None hardcore fans may overlook it.

Any homepage for a sim in development won't need many screenhots. The Shogun 2:TW
homepage (release sometime around summer 2011) has currently just 3. The old Il-2
page did show the same screens from Oleg's development updates in it's screenshot section.

Also, there are many screenshoots that look good enough for advertising. Like the
various planes before blue sky or water, the spitfire in the wheat field or the
landscape from various altitudes.

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

ROF had a website up a running long before a release,

Yes, and it didn't help them one bit.

Meh, we will get the website in due time.

It didn't help them one bit???? are you insane? It generated loads of interest and future sales, there was loads of talk and excitement about ROF well before its release.

[ElAurens]

Like I said. With all the hype they managed to release an unfinished beta, with dodgy DMs and FMs, that scores of simmers have walked away from.

Let the fan boys begin their flamethrower routine.

The point is not how good the game was or is, the point is that the website generated lots of interest well before release.

[ElAurens]

True enough.

They got me to waste my $.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

It didn't help them one bit???? are you insane? It generated loads of interest and future sales, there was loads of talk and excitement about ROF well before its release.

Thats exactly what this site is doing for SOW in the combat flight sim community.

Others that don't know about SOW would never find this site or a dedicated site on their own without word of mouth, magazines, television, or other computer advertisement.

A month before release is plenty of time for advertising and dedicated website. Sooner might be better, but that expensive, its their money and their business, so they are probably in the best position to decide what time frame suits their financial situation and product development schedule.

The only way we can help is thru word of mouth, and buying extra copies for friends and family.

Originally Posted by Chivas

Thats exactly what this site is doing for SOW in the combat flight sim community.

Others that don't know about SOW would never find this site or a dedicated site on their own without word of mouth, magazines, television, or other computer advertisement.

A month before release is plenty of time for advertising and dedicated website. Sooner might be better, but that expensive, its their money and their business, so they are probably in the best position to decide what time frame suits their financial situation and product development schedule.

The only way we can help is thru word of mouth, and buying extra copies for friends and family.

I have to disagree with you mate, a month before release is simply just far to late imho.

[Chivas]

You could be right Tree, but I've never seen a combat flight sim ever have more than a few magazine articles, which SOW has had. Sure other sims have had dedicated websites but they have provided no more info than what we've seen with the IC site. Infact I've seen far more info coming from the SOW developers than many of the other sims in development that I've followed.