OK or no no, download SOW

[DKoor]

I want DvD.
End of story.

[sop]

I don't mind to download a game

[KG26_Alpha]

Download or Hard copy hmm

I'll take the hard copy any day

But !!!!!!!!!!!

I know for fact one way to keep some Piracy away is to "Globally" release the software on the same day.

Last time there was a long delay in the US/Can etc, Europe had the sim weeks before them this led to squads being split as their European counterparts were flying around without their "across the pond" friends.

I know this wont stop Piracy but it will help to keep everyone in the same time frame be it released within a week at least.

[Bearcat]

I prefer hard copy.

[nearmiss]

I prefer a CD or DVD that I can just plug into the machine and install the app.

Also, the downloads all seem to wind up with the piracy sites. Don't know, but it seems to me like putting a small lock on the tool shed. People will not mess with the tool shed, something about the lock being there. Often, explained as helping honest people stay honest.

[Aullido]

I always will choose a DVD disc.

DRM is a big NO, somewhere I read that the whole thing what DRM is about: it isn't copy protection, it forbids reselling the game.That hits the nail.

A sim is a game you plan to play for years and hardly you will want to resell it. The installation limit kills you right to play the game on the long run. I clean my pc formating my drives very often and that installation limit doesn't let me do that.

Copy protection is another chore, I don't think it is useful, usually it is cracked almost immediately. I hate to have services or process running when they are not necessary, those cpu cycles are for gaming. True simmers will buy the game, this is not a casual game, pirates can download it but I don't think they have the commitment to play them.

Simulations are games with a very special niche that makes DRM or Copy Protection meaningless. You only makes your customer base angry.

I was waiting for Black Shark badly, but I didn't buy it because those reasons. DCS just lose a sale.

I honestly think the whole thing backfires.

[adapted.cat]

I don't mind downloading games, but I hate intrusive DRM schemes. Steam usually fits a nice middle ground for me, but when for example Bioshock came out on steam loaded with DRM I instead waited and got a physical copy that I could then remove the DRM from.

One thing that is a real issue with a game like IL-2 or SOW is the cockpit quick reference. A hard-copy of that would be worth paying a little extra for!

[Furio]

I agree with Aullido: “Simulations are games with a very special niche that makes DRM or Copy Protection meaningless. You only makes your customer base angry”. In my opinion, the copy protection versus pirating struggle is much like cannon versus armor. As the cannon grows bigger, so the armor grows thicker. With customer being crushed under the growing weight of armor...

[[URU]BlackFox]

If there's no download version how can we people from South America get the game? I'm truly eager to play it, and i'm 100% going to buy it if i am just given the chance...

As LeChuck said... Download version is a must!!!