If any of you who are complaining actually understood how things work between a developer and the publisher you would probable be pretty quiet right now.
The fact is nobody except for the developer and the publisher really knows what's going on. Add in there aren't many developers building on the PC let alone the monies made from a combat flight sim these days are tiny in comparison of other titles.
Right or wrong Combat Flight Sim titles aren't going to get the funding like a Crysis or COD4 for that matter. There is a reason why most of the flight sims we look forward to are actually not made in the States. Its a 3rd of the cost to develope offshore.
The good news is many developers and publishers want to get back into PC gaming as it's very lucrative and you don't have to pay heavy licensing fees to MS and Sony to run on their Platform. The problem stems from Piracy. There are a few titles that come to mind that where absolutely Ripped off and lost a ton of revenue because so many people downloaded it.
If piracy get addressed you will see more games for the PC. Right now PCs are outstripping some of the consoles in terms of performance.
My guess is we will see a change in 2 years.
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