Oleg leaving game development (CoD)?

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by zauii

Wrong, there might be millions of folks interested in aviation and ww2, but they would in most cases not have a clue that games like this exists or have an interest at all in playing them.

It is a small market, the pc gaming market in itself is very small and then you've a niche within that which is simulation and then an even further step which is what kinda simulation, theater etc.

It would be ridiculous to state that the flight sim market is huge with millions of customers, the same goes for stating that Oleg , Ilya or the crew would be come millionaires for life on this.(Sad)

I'd much rather have it this way, but your "thoughts" or whatever simply doesn't translate to reality where Call of Duty sends developers on lifetime vacations for doing nothing.

There are millions of customers for flight sims as well. Some 5 years ago, Il2 had sold already 5 million copies, according to the Ubi forums.

Cheers,
Insuber

[DD_crash]

I hope that Oleg & Luthier will clear up the future of Cliffs on the Friday update. There is too much pessimistic speculation going on

[Vevster]

Originally Posted by Insuber

There are millions of customers for flight sims as well. Some 5 years ago, Il2 had sold already 5 million copies, according to the Ubi forums.

According to Ubi forums?
Wow, that's quite a source

Unless Il2 & its add-ons sold around 4 millions in Russia, we're far from the 5 millions.

A PC game sold at 5 millions units would have made titles in all the PC gamins press all over the world....

[Bwaze]

Not necessarily, if the sales were made over 10 years and are actually by the different installments of Il-2. They wouldn't show up on any list, because nobody would add them together, and I don't think there are many lists that follow game sales over a longer period of time.

[Vevster]

Originally Posted by Bwaze

Not necessarily, if the sales were made over 10 years and are actually by the different installments of Il-2. They wouldn't show up on any list, because nobody would add them together, and I don't think there are many lists that follow game sales over a longer period of time.

You is wrong, be sure.

There are lists and at least someone is following them, if only to pay the necessary royalties.

Btw, if nobody followed the game over such a long time, how would someone in the Ubi forum come up with a 5 million figures?