The future of CoD...

[Vengeanze]

I think you put too much weight into this forum, you....fanboy.
Some games are 100 meters runners while others do best in marathons.
Some games sell 1 million copies in a month while others sell 2 millions in 5 years.
A smart game developer has a bunch of different types of games in their lineup.

1C knows that IL-2 series will make money over time. They have other games to give them instant cashflow.

That's my take...you fanboy.

[Codex]

Come on Maz ... how long have you been around this sim? We're all still here buddy and we'll be here for many for years to come.

[addman]

I don't get it, what's wrong with criticizing when something is broken and then reward with praise when it's fixed? That's how it ALWAYS should be with every type of product even though IL-2 is a sim and sims are rare and therefor we have to support la-di-da-di-da....

I was there man! in the trenches (bluebyte forums) back in 2000/2001 rooting for Oleg and co. I must be one of the longest time followers of the IL-2 series but it doesn't turn me in to a blind follower. Luthier and co are doing a great job now, good contact with community and they are releasing patches that improves the game, if the game wasn't released in such a mess they wouldn't have to fix it in the first place.

Vengeanze, spot on! This is not Call of Duty, it will never sell 2 million copies day one even if the marketing campaign is awesome, why? it's a flight sim. IL-2 probably sold through good reviews+word of mouth advertising+arcade flyers moving up to something more challenging+it was a damn good game. It's a sleeper hit, hopefully CloD will follow the same path.