Storm of War's Life Span? Have Your Guess!

[Dano]

Originally Posted by swiss

1st:
IL2 will be dead after the SOW release.

Usage may drop off but it'll be far from dead, I'd suspect many will continue playing due to performance issues and content.

[swiss]

I think most ppl are ready to buy a new system or at least a new gpu for the game.

look at all the threads asking for sys req. - why is that?

But, yes - a small(!) die hard il2 group may keep playing it.

[KnightFandragon]

Originally Posted by Dano

Usage may drop off but it'll be far from dead, I'd suspect many will continue playing due to performance issues and content.

I know ill keep playing it, IL2 is one of those games that no matter how old it gets its simply to awesome to stop playing =D Just like Mechcommander 1 =D

[WTE_Galway]

It will be bought out by Microsoft who will promise to base the new MSFS XI on the SOW engine. MS will modify windows 8 to only work with MS endorsed flightsims like SOW but will they lose a US anti trust case over it in 2012.

There will be a famous copyright case involving the Eiffel Tower and royalties for use of its image (though apparently its only copyrighted at night). This is resolved by the gaming removing the Eiffel tower at night.

Whilst apparently successful MS drop the entire product line during the staff cuts in great recession of 2015. MS justify this by saying their profits that year had dropped under 10 billion and their shareholders had found that unacceptable