New inteview on BOB SOW from Oleg Dec 29,2010

[Skoshi Tiger]

I live on the West Coast of Australia, Unless you want to pay for an overnight courier, packages take about 5 working days (Sat and Sunday not included) to get to me IF they're posted from the Eastern States the day their paid for, Plus the extra time it takes them to get to Oz in the first place!

My DCS:A10 became corrupted yesterday and I had to download the beta 4 again. It only took me 2 hours using bittorrent. Hmmm!

Given the option of buying a download or reading you guys on these forums talking about how fantastic SOW is, for up to a month before it hits the shelves near me, I know which option I'ld take!!!!


It would be fantastic if I could buy the licence online, and the Boxed set turned up sometime later, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Cheers!

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Given the option of buying a download or reading you guys on these forums talking about how fantastic SOW is, for up to a month before it hits the shelves near me, I know which option I'ld take!!!!

If the publisher is not complete amateur, he won't open one channel before the other one.
(unless he wants to p.o. the retailers)

[JG52Uther]

If the publisher is UBIfail,expect to see SoW released in Russia a month before France,in America a month after France,and a month after America for the rest of the world...

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Sadly I think because of a culture of piracy PC gamers have brought this situation upon themselves. DRM is now a necessary evil I'm afraid, with some forms being more acceptable than others.

Any single person on here who has ever downloaded a game illegally has no cause whatsoever for complaint. While obviously everyone will protest 'I didn't do it!' and that may well be so, fact remains that someone (and that 'someone' is Legion) is doing it. Honest people are now being inconvenienced for this now, so hope you are pleased with yourselves.

Its the smaller Devs like 777 Studios and Olegs lot I feel most sympathy for.....and they are now being forced to measures which they would no doubt rather not pursue in an ideal world.

People have a right to protect their Intellectual property, as much as they have a right to defend their home; its that simple. Heres a quick analogy; You have just spent 6 years of your life restoring a 1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost to its former glory, everything as it should be, a labour of love. Maybe you'll sell it on to a third party later, maybe not. Then some little b*stard sneaks into your garage in the dead of night and wheels away with it Scot free down the road.

All that hard work for nothing. How would you feel? I'm guessing you wouldn't be too amused. I don't like DRM, and I definitely feel sympathy for those who have problems with it for no fault of their own. Because of people who think they are somehow entitled to something for nothing however, it is here to stay. That's the way it is now unfortunately, deal with it.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

If the publisher is UBIfail,expect to see SoW released in Russia a month before France,in America a month after France,and a month after America for the rest of the world...

Russia is 1C bro.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by swiss

If the publisher is not complete amateur, he won't open one channel before the other one.
(unless he wants to p.o. the retailers)

I'm only going by past experiences. The software would normally enter Australia via the East coast (Sydney) , then get trucked or shipped by rail over to where I live 4352Km (by rail - longer by road) to the West in Perth.

It would be delivered to the shops at least a week after it's in the stores on the east coast.

Normally the software can take a month or more to get to Australia after more civilized places.

I cannot see the distributor holding up a European or American release just so it can hit the shelves in Australia at the same time.

Once it goes gold and into production they'll want it being sold as quickly as possible.

So even if I prefer a boxed copy (Which I do) I'll buy the download if it means me getting the sim when it's released.

I just hope they sell an accessory pack (Pewter wings, Survival Manual, maps, German phrase book (English for German sales) and May West) so we can have the same things as the boxed version!

Cheers!

[mr71mb0]

I love digital distribution, who wants to wait for something to turn up in the post? Also I resent giving more money to shops etc when they did nothing to make the product, I'd much rather cut them out and have all (much larger slice) of the money go to the developer.

I hope SOW is released on Steam or even better would be direct.

I love the ROF method, no messing about with codes or DRM etc, just create an account, download the software, purchase a license and start playing.

If your PC ever blows up and you lose data or re-install OS, simply re-download / re-install from backup files, enter your credentials and you are back flying again. Easy.

The number of times I've wanted to dig an old sim or game out, and I can't find the disk....



Steam is great for keeping everything all under one account and keeping it updated, I just not sure about how much of a cut they take per sale. From what I hear, the ROF direct sale method, they take near enough 100%