why not to distribute some free copies of the game so there are more players online?

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Originally Posted by raaaid

my point is that il2 won over cfs cause they didn't protect the game which translated in more online players

CFS wasn't protected, aircraft could be added & modded at will, this was, in fact, its downfall, initially IL-2 was lauded for its FM & DM integrity, the fact these were protected was the reason for its success.