Friday 2011-01-21 Dev. update and Discussion

Dafunkfire · #1 01-22-2011, 08:02 AM

The majority of people who are interested in purchasing flight Sims are generally and already involved in the flight-sim "community". Marketing for this niche of a genre is unique from that of a mainstream style game.

When someone becomes interested in flight-simulations, they will likely do research and end up here, as IL-2 is widely considered the best of the best in its class. It must be understood that most people aren't interested or haven't the patience for historical simulations, so this title cannot be expected to be so robustly advertised.

Because of its specificity and distinction as a genre; most potential customers will find Cliffs of Dover and it will be successful. Not to mention the fact that the developers plan for the game's lifespan to last around a decade into the future.

Gourmand · #2 01-22-2011, 08:54 AM

the RAF Round are still orange, are they an historical signification for not using red?
or the sources are old picture and the red transform to orange with the time???

Oleg you should explain us why they are orange for some plane ( in il2 1946 it's red...)

swiss · #3 01-22-2011, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Gourmand

the RAF Round are still orange, are they an historical signification for not using red?
or the sources are old picture and the red transform to orange with the time???

Oleg you should explain us why they are orange for some plane ( in il2 1946 it's red...)

Stop complaining or we'll make sure your La gets pink tracers.

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Originally Posted by Hecke

People in russia just seem to have no idea of marketing.

I'm sure there are quite a lot of people, especially new to this series or genre, who see those low quality, medieval screenshots, and decide not to buy it, because it really looks not 2007...2010, no way 2011.

These guys are gone then. No money from them.
They won't probably ever take a look at this again.

Conclusion: Holding back stuff is sth. for christmas, but not for serious business.

Ah, Oleg doesn't need the money, he has the new job. Then he really doesn't need to care about how the game sells.

How's life under your rock?

addman · #4 01-22-2011, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Dafunkfire

The majority of people who are interested in purchasing flight Sims are generally and already involved in the flight-sim "community". Marketing for this niche of a genre is unique from that of a mainstream style game.

When someone becomes interested in flight-simulations, they will likely do research and end up here, as IL-2 is widely considered the best of the best in its class. It must be understood that most people aren't interested or haven't the patience for historical simulations, so this title cannot be expected to be so robustly advertised.

Because of its specificity and distinction as a genre; most potential customers will find Cliffs of Dover and it will be successful. Not to mention the fact that the developers plan for the game's lifespan to last around a decade into the future.

So true, that's how it was for me. Got hold of EAW just by chance before I was mildly interested in WWII air combat but after EAW I was hooked. Flightsims aren't day one blockbusters BUT I reckon they sell good over time. Still today I find IL-2 1946 and even Forgotten Battles on store shelves, it's amazing! Back to topic though, nice screens Oleg though I almost don't bother looking at them anymore, all I want is the finished game LOL!