Ever Wondered About CLOD Sales?

[Chivas]

The developers/publishers probably will never get their monies back with the sales of COD. The only reason the development is still in business, is the business model calls for a series of theaters. The main reason that COD probably won't see a profit is that the game engine was being developed at the same time as the theater. Once the game engine is complete, the developers/publisher can start pumping out theaters quickly and cheaply, which will start generating profits.

With the release of the SDK, it will not only expand the IL-2 series, but some in the free flight community might prefer flying over IL-2 series terrain than Microsoft Flight terrain as both series expand. Maybe at some point drivable tanks might draw many in the Tank sim community to the FMB and maps of the IL-2 series.

The future could be bright, or die, but the community certainly doesn't need any Debbie Downers casting a pawl over the development at this critical juncture.

If only they hadn't released it in such a broken state

[jimbop]

Have to say I agree with nearmiss' ideas. The key is getting new people through the door. Other arcade sims are good for that (I came from WoP which lasted about a week) but would be better if there were more gaming elements. And before you flame me I only fly on full real servers. And, yes, Tree, the bad reviews for CoD wouldn't help but here's hoping for a brighter future hey?

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anyone know the sales to date of the IL2 franchise?

Perhaps we really need some blockbuster ww2 fighter holiwood movie in 3d. Sort of American Airforce vs Aliens or so to boost sales.

[furbs]

Originally Posted by Chivas

The developers/publishers probably will never get their monies back with the sales of COD. The only reason the development is still in business, is the business model calls for a series of theaters. The main reason that COD probably won't see a profit is that the game engine was being developed at the same time as the theater. Once the game engine is complete, the developers/publisher can start pumping out theaters quickly and cheaply, which will start generating profits.

With the release of the SDK, it will not only expand the IL-2 series, but some in the free flight community might prefer flying over IL-2 series terrain than Microsoft Flight terrain as both series expand. Maybe at some point drivable tanks might draw many in the Tank sim community to the FMB and maps of the IL-2 series.

The future could be bright, or die, but the community certainly doesn't need any Debbie Downers casting a pawl over the development at this critical juncture.

Wrong ....we need the Sim to work for 95% of people without crashing. Then we need historical FMs, a AI that allows single player to not be a total wash out.

Then it might start getting some good reviews and word of mouth.
Then we might start seeing more than 50 people playing CLOD across the world.