IL-2 going Steam-powered

[Kira]

Originally Posted by Antoninus

I doubt that any major publisher will switch to donwload only releases as longs as high speed internet connections, that allow you to donwload multiple GB games in a reasonable amount of time, are not even available in all regions of the major industrialised countries

Who is saying anything about online only releases? It's great to have the decision between getting it retail, and from Steam. 1C games are enormously hard to get by around here, and I was very lucky to scavenge a copy of 1946. It's a great way to attract more customers who would either never have found the game, or wouldn't have been able to buy it.

And don't forget how easy promotion is, which hasn't really been IL2s strongpoint. 1 Steam news bulletin will reach millions of people.