to developers: how to boost sales

[Wissam24]

By historian, I assume you mean you're studying history GCSE. Because that would explain the terribly constructed arguments, that a real historian would never use.

[Cwl]

my arguement isn't flawed.

the sturmovik is something nobody has ever heard of, apart from a few hardcore PC guys.

the spitfire is something most people know.

create a new brand.

this would increase sales.

so far the sluggish sales of this game prove Im right.

[loopdreams]

I think the sluggish sales are a reflection of the fact that a lot of console gamers are just looking for something familiar, either the latest "ooh-rah" FPS or a game based on whatever sport they're into. A flight sim is always going to be a hard sell but I think that BoP is a solid game which will pick up a following by word of mouth even if initial sales aren't exactly stellar.

[Revvin]

Originally Posted by Cwl

my arguement isn't flawed.

the sturmovik is something nobody has ever heard of, apart from a few hardcore PC guys.

the spitfire is something most people know.

Take a look at the box then, there's a group of Spitfire's shooting down a Stuka. The more you keep harping on the IL-2 and ignoring the box art makes me wonder if you actually own the game at all.

Originally Posted by Cwl

create a new brand.

this would increase sales.

so far the sluggish sales of this game prove Im right.

They have a brand, its the established 8 year old IL-2 Sturmovik brand. Known worldwide by many which for a niche product is better than starting from scratch. They take those many users familiar with the name and then add those new to the flight sim genre and build from there. Sluggish sales? really where is your data to back up that claim? The data we have had is very encouraging that the demo was downloaded over a million times. Flight sims are a niche product on the PC format, until now we've had flying themed games on the console but nothing as realistic as IL-2:BoP. Its breaking new ground and was never going to sell like Halo or Gran Turismo.