GREAT NEWS! Battlefront Deal... (Sonalysts reply & BETA)

Pillar · Joined: 14 Sep 2002 Posts: 100

It has been announced that Dangerous Waters will be published by Battlefront.com (www.battlefront.com), publishers of the acclaimed Combat Mission series.

With Battlefront.com publishing, you can pretty much count on great support, lots of feedback opportunities, and plenty of "extra" potential after the game is out. These guys are fantastic.

So Congrats to Sonalysts for finding such a great publisher, and congrats to Battlefront.com for landing such a great title under their banner!

Adam

http://www.battlefront.com/products/dw/index.html

Jamie · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:51 pm Post subject:

Sheesh! But I hadn't even sent out the SCS Newsletter yet... Curses! Embarassed

Pillar · Joined: 14 Sep 2002 Posts: 100

Us Battlefront.com fans are a different breed Jamie Smile

Pigfish · Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 2044 Location: Alberta, Canada

Am I reading this correctly? Has this been done before?

"The game will not be sold in stores, but will only be available via mail order from www.battlefront.com. S.C.S. - Dangerous Waters will be entering beta stage in October and is scheduled for a release in Fall 2004."

PeriscopeDepth · Joined: 07 Jul 2002 Posts: 515 Location: LoCal

TLAM Strike · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 9:48 pm Post subject:

Jamie on the screen shot page the screen shot of the Kilo load out discription says "Kilo FFG weapons loadout". So the Kilo is now a guided missile frigate?? Laughing

Sorry but you know us Subsimmers are detail fanatics! Wink

Pigfish · Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 2044 Location: Alberta, Canada

Jamie · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:38 pm Post subject:

Mozzie · Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 19

Excelent

RadishRabbit · Joined: 14 Sep 2002 Posts: 17 Location: California, USA

for the Orion loadout page. I'm confused about the right and left wings, are you in the point of view as the pilot or someone facing the plane?

Navarre · Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 79 Location: Europe

Henric Edwards · Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 160 Location: Sweden

lokust · Joined: 11 Sep 2004 Posts: 38

Good news you found a publisher. Im not familiar with battlefront, and i wasnt expecting the online purchasing thing, but i dont mind.

Smile

Pigfish · Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 2044 Location: Alberta, Canada

If I understand things correctly, we too here in Canada will pay extra. :down:

Ive done my share of "mail-order" stuff in the world of plastic models and books- Europe, USA, Russia and Asia- to know about ridiculous taxes at the post office. Sad

Oh well, regardless of what I have to do I still hope to be one of the first customers. Im addicted. Thumbs Up

Thomasew · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 1:17 am Post subject:

Hi

Hmmm :hmm: , .... whilst certainly not 'GREAT NEWS', as the thread is titled, ... Congratulations are in order to Sonalysts, .. for acquiring a reputable Publisher. So, .... Well Done. Smile

I've never dealt with 'Battlefront' per se, .. but I did have dealings with 'Big Time Software' & Charles Moylan, ... before he founded 'Battlefront'. Nice Guy ... Smile

Like others have mentioned in this thread, ... I have a natural reluctance to make 'Mail Order' purchases from U.S. based companies, .. for a couple of reasons. Besides having my fingers burned a couple of times, ... those products that have safely arrived, .. have cost me between 2 and 3 times the normal price. Surprised

There is a faint glimmer of hope however, for us Non-US based consumers ... I do know that 'CDV', a company based in Germany, .. have an agreement with 'Battlefront', to publish their titles for Retail Consumption. 'CDV' also publish titles such as 'Blitzkrieg, Codename Panzers, ... to name a couple. The have also just released a 'Combat Mission' trilogy, featuring all 3 Combat Mission titles, ... which I have just ordered thru the local supplier of 'CDV' titles. Smile

So, hopefully, 'CDV' will publish 'Dangerous Waters', ... as then we'll get to see it in Retail Stores, ... eventually. However, I'm guessing that I won't get to see 'Dangerous Waters' until sometime next year. Sad

The other 'issue' is with the 'official' Sonalysts Support Forum. The forum here at Subsim, was, 'technically' ... Sonalysts 'official' Forum for 'Dangerous Waters'.

Does acquiring 'Battlefront' as a publisher, .. mean that their 'Dangerous Waters' forum is now going to be the 'official' support forum? :hmm:

Not saying that Jamie et al are not gonna come and visit us over here at Subsim, ... but, are we going to be encouraged to register with 'Battlefront' ... to have our questions answered?, ... or, be referred to threads on 'Battlefront's' forum .. etc etc.

Once again, ... Congrats to Sonalysts and Battlefront for their Publishing Agreement, ... I hope you do well from it, and wish you both every success.

Alas, for me, ... the news is a wee bit .... bitter sweet.

Cheers to all
Tom