IL-2 going Steam-powered

[13th Hsqn Protos]

Steam is a great system.

Most people who complain about Steam are the kind who forget their logins or don't know how to defrag their hardrives ........

Its also the wave of the future.

Get used to it.

We will be EXTREMELY lucky as flight simmers (if it turns out to be true) to have B.O.B distributed on Steam.

It will means THOUSANDS of new online pilots.

[F19_Klunk]

Hmm if this is to be true and not an April's fool joke, I do believe it is indeed good news - mostly because in that case il2 have found a NEW very easy accessible distribution channel. Remember, Il2 in ANY form on CD/DVD is actually very hard to come by these days, and the more distribution channels there are, the better it is. This will indeed prolong the life of this series...
I have a hard time seeing UBI dropping DVD releases in the future, they may merely look for alternatives, so "offliners" shouldn't be too concerned. It benefits us all I am sure

[Antoninus]

I doubt that any major publisher will switch to donwload only releases as longs as high speed internet connections, that allow you to donwload multiple GB games in a reasonable amount of time, are not even available in all regions of the major industrialised countries

[Kira]

Originally Posted by Antoninus

I doubt that any major publisher will switch to donwload only releases as longs as high speed internet connections, that allow you to donwload multiple GB games in a reasonable amount of time, are not even available in all regions of the major industrialised countries

Who is saying anything about online only releases? It's great to have the decision between getting it retail, and from Steam. 1C games are enormously hard to get by around here, and I was very lucky to scavenge a copy of 1946. It's a great way to attract more customers who would either never have found the game, or wouldn't have been able to buy it.

And don't forget how easy promotion is, which hasn't really been IL2s strongpoint. 1 Steam news bulletin will reach millions of people.

[StkNRdr]

Kira and 13th, just for your information.

When RO failed to work, I read through all the RO help stickies and tried all the specific fixes listed. All failed. I posted threads about my problem and my specific attempts to fix the problem. No help. I contacted Steam about the problem. No help. Did multiple uninstalls and reinstalls. All failed to fix the problem.

I have been working with, and playing games on, computers since the early 80's. In all that time I do not remember a game that failed to work other than RO through Steam. You can attempt to write people off that have unresolved problems with Steam as some sort of know nothing. That is what people who don't want to listen usually do.

The fact of the matter is I paid the money for a product that does not function. I did not receive help nor my money back. I will not do business with them again.

To reiterate, Steam sucks.