Oleg, CrazyIvan and 1C, my first and only suggestion.

[Chivas]

Oleg has plans for the SOW engine beyond gaming, so I have no doubt they are contemplating some TV advertising, if his concept attains the appropriate cinematic level.

[nearmiss]

This isn't a new topic...

Oleg has read it all before. Think about the fact two years ago we were looking for release of SOW. Advertisement would have been wasted.

Advertising is westernized thinking, which relates to making money. I still don't think Oleg is money motivated. The man wants to make the best product and I think the money is secondary. Sure he wants to pay his people, but beyond that I believe he is very personally involved.

That is why this sim is so exceptional.

[LEXX]

99th Patches remarked that "they're still playing ads for "Aces High" on T.V.?"

Its Pay-To-Play.

[BadAim]

I don't think that advertising necessarily means that your money hungry, but it is absurdly expensive and has to be applied effectively. I'm painfully aware of this, as advertising expenses were contributory in the failure of my own buisness.

[Feathered_IV]

I was interested to see that FSX is still being advertised on big video screens in my local shopping mall. The strategy works too. I'm planning to go buy it tomorrow.

If Oleg is stuck for inspiration on how best to advertise his product, I have a suggestion for him...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdxhXOpI3yg

[mazex]

Well, I don't think that Oleg (or for that part CrazyIvan) has anything to do with ads for IL2. It's not the developer that does the advertising for a game - it's the publisher... I guess that a bargain bin title like IL2-1946 gets zip from the marketing budget at UBI nowadays.

SoW is another thing. Let's hope UBI (or whoever is publishing BoB in the end) does a good job regarding marketing of SoW:BoB. So far they have done almost nothing so I hope that someone is planning something somewhere...

Regards /Mazex

[Codex]

Originally Posted by mazex

Well, I don't think that Oleg (or for that part CrazyIvan) has anything to do with ads for IL2. It's not the developer that does the advertising for a game - it's the publisher... I guess that a bargain bin title like IL2-1946 gets zip from the marketing budget at UBI nowadays.

SoW is another thing. Let's hope UBI (or whoever is publishing BoB in the end) does a good job regarding marketing of SoW:BoB. So far they have done almost nothing so I hope that someone is planning something somewhere...

Regards /Mazex

Oleg is developing AND publishing SoW via his own company Maddox Games, which is in partnership with 1C. Look at the top left hand logo of this forum.

[VMF-214_HaVoK]

Its the publishers job to market the game not the developers. Im sure Oleg has requested the same thing many times. Just think how many unsuspecting newbies bought the crappy sim that is always advertised during the Dogfight series.

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