Press Ministry Requests $17M for 1C's Patriotic Computer Game

[nearmiss]

A historically accurate portrayal of the Eastern Front war from 1939 to the end would be a horror story beyond belief.

[Feuerfalke]

All fronts would.

[nearmiss]

An excellent book on the German ordeal on the Eastern Front

"Fighting in Hell" edited by Peter G. Tsouras

[baronWastelan]

Originally Posted by Viking

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/busine...me/405448.html

Software company 1C is asking the state for 500 million rubles ($16.8 million) to create a computer game simulator that will educate youth in patriotism, modernize the economy and rebuff those trying to falsify history.

The Communications and Press Ministry and 1C have jointly prepared a proposal for the creation of a series of military game simulators, a document that was prepared for a meeting of the presidential commission for modernizing the economy on April 29, a ministry official said. It wasn't presented, but the issue was discussed, he said, adding that 1C chief executive Boris Nuraliyev had demonstrated an aviation simulator to President Dmitry Medvedev.

The project's cost is 720 million rubles, according to the presentation. The Communications and Press Ministry is asking for 500 million rubles from the government, while 1C will come up with 200 million rubles and 20 million rubles will come from the Khanty-Mansiisk autonomous district, which is an initiator of the project, the official said.

The development of the core of the simulator will cost $5 million to $10 million, said Sergei Orlovsky, founder of Nival Network. Each game based on that engine will run an additional $1 million to $2 million.

The project needs state financing because it aims to stimulate high-tech production and create a product for export, while at the same time using the groundwork laid by the project to create a simulator for teaching pilots.

The goal of the project is to foster a sense of patriotism in children and shut out falsifications of history, the ministry official said. The project could be approved at the next modernization commission meeting, which will be dedicated to the development of Russian video games, said an official close to the leadership of the presidential commission.

The parameters of the project and state support are still being worked out, said an official in the presidential administration. The project is now being finalized, the ministry official said.

The project is interesting, but it is unclear whether state support is needed, presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich said.

The project will become profitable within four years, its authors said. Sales are projected at 10 million copies, and the share of Russian games on the domestic market will grow 10 percent.

The secret to the project's success is 1C's experience in developing training simulators. The company's Il-2 Shturmovik game is one of the 25 best games ever, according to Imagine Games Network. It has been translated into 11 languages, and 1.3 million copies have been sold.

Representatives for 1C declined to comment.

Pretty much how the B-52s got started.

[fireflyerz]

Top band....

[SlipBall]

This is the program that I referred to here:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...t=14577&page=4

I often wondered if IL2 was developed using any of these government funds

[Romanator21]

Why are we assuming this means SoW BoB? 1C makes loads of historical combat games, most of which actually pertain to the Eastern Front. I don't know if a sim on the BoB is going to instill patriotism in Russians. Keep in mind that if 1C is making a game, it doesn't mean that it's Oleg's.

[Viking]

Its not necessarily BoB but I seriously doubt that the proposed “series of simulations” would bypass BoB with the worldwide record that Oleg´s Il-2 Sthurmovik have.

I hope that the proposal will get trough as there is only positive benefits for all involved.
One aspect is already explained in the article, educating the nation and the world in order to correct the cold war western view of the war effort of the CCCP and placing the nation Russia in its rightful place as a superpower in the world, and off course giving the citizens the true pride of their history.

The computer-tech spin-offs for Russia will be many. Heightened computer use and sale will enhance the market for developing hard- and software domestically, reinforcing the GNP and helping the export. Creating work for higher educated people and a motivation to get that education will create more schools and a need for educated teachers’ etc. etc!

So I am sure the state will get its money back with interest.

[Mango]

Let's not forget that Storm of War is not only for the Battle of Britain.

It seems to me it that a new "series of military game simulators" would probably be based on the Storm of War engine... especially after all this talk of flushing it out into a land and sea sim.

[wannabetheace]

Originally Posted by Mango

Let's not forget that Storm of War is not only for the Battle of Britain.

It seems to me it that a new "series of military game simulators" would probably be based on the Storm of War engine... especially after all this talk of flushing it out into a land and sea sim.

if this project is approved my dream of getting all in one sim will come true after all