Oleg, Luthier, you need to give UBI a damn good bollocking.

[Oldschool61]

Oleg should just start doing his own PR. Start releasing tons of videos and doing as many interviews with as many game sites as possible.

[Sven]

Ubi is indeed doing a terrible job, once again when it comes to simulators. They can handle all other stuff pretty well, like their arcade games, but are they are just dropping on simulators? I know for sure that I will buy it, that's not the problem, but we need all those new people to ensure the future of this sim! C'mon UBI make us look like fools and do your work in 18 days!

[choctaw111]

I am sorry, but not surprised, by how UBI is handling this.
Hopefully, someone at 1C will be able to get some really good press out there, either through Youtube, gaming sites or several other ways.

[Chivas]

I agree that it would have been nice to have a more world wide delivery of the Collectors Edition. I will be getting one from England and maybe also buying the download version if I can get it atleast a week before the CE arrives.

I don't know that its entirely UBI's fault or anyone fault for that matter. UBI did probably pressure Maddox Games to release IL-2 COD before it was ready and Maddox games is still scrambling even it seems up to today to get the final out the door. It has to be sent out by probably today for UBI and IC to make an end of March release date.

Its very hard to start a full advertising campaign on a product that's in influx and your not sure which features will make the initial release. Maddox games was supposed to have completed the Simhq interview a month or so ago, but have obviously been to busy to do so.

Surely its not completely necessary for us to have all the information weeks before we buy a product. I think I can make a decision on whether a product like this is worth buying in the first few hours of viewing the completed specs, videos etc. If I'm still not sure I will wait for user comments, but you have to take both with a grain of salt.

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Chivas

I agree that it would have been nice to have a more world wide delivery of the Collectors Edition. I will be getting one from England and maybe also buying the download version if I can get it atleast a week before the CE arrives.

I don't know that its entirely UBI's fault or anyone fault for that matter. UBI did probably pressure Maddox Games to release IL-2 COD before it was ready and Maddox games is still scrambling even it seems up to today to get the final out the door. It has to be sent out by probably today for UBI and IC to make an end of March release date.

Its very hard to start a full advertising campaign on a product that's in influx and your not sure which features will make the initial release. Maddox games was supposed to have completed the Simhq interview a month or so ago, but have obviously been to busy to do so.

Surely its not completely necessary for us to have all the information weeks before we buy a product. I think I can make a decision on whether a product like this is worth buying in the first few hours of viewing the completed specs, videos etc. If I'm still not sure I will wait for user comments, but you have to take both with a grain of salt.

+1

Oleg you really need to tell UBI to take this from the website as well.

Latest-gen graphics engine with DX10 and DX11 API support. Huge variety of photorealistic ground vehicles, buildings and other environmental elements recreate minute details of 1940s Europe.

[334th_Gazoo]

Gotta Be like Mr Mitchell.
And you are...

[Zappatime]

Top post Dano, couldn't have put it better myself, my exact thoughts entirely

guys let's be sensible.. these guys have been working their asses off, they have contracts to honour and money to bank, do you really expect they're gonna discuss about these things over a public forum?

[334th_Gazoo]

Originally Posted by Zappatime

Top post Dano, couldn't have put it better myself, my exact thoughts entirely

Speaking for us in Western Canada. I can say that I've only seen the title; 'IL2 1946', on the shelves a half dozen times, since it has come out. This was during it's initial rollout. It is a shame, because I know there are a lot of people in my country who fly Aviation Simulations. Our city size Edmonton, is 1 Milion+, It's Cold -20 -30 in the winter, so there's few things better on a cold day or evening than grabbing a toddy, hiberrnating, and going flying with ones squad mates

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that, The distribution has to be geared to demographics. People with time on their hands.. Fly! I'm one of them. I hope our long Cold playing season will be attractive to your sales desires.

{Includes obligatory pitch for the Collectors edition}

The secondary point I would like to make to Mr. Maddox and his advisors is that, to my knowledge, outside of a couple of UK imported av sim magazines doing reviews, there has not been any advertising of IL2 or 1C in the Canadian western retail stores, or magazines. EA games and Walmart were the only two places I waas able to find the DVD, through the whole period in the distribution of the previous IL2 series..., and I had to Dig!" It was never on the shelf.. but it was never in the Bargain bin either! As Usual... If they don't know about it , How can it sell? Why bother ordering...~

I believe there should be a greater investment in advertising . I wish you great success.


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334th_Gazoo






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