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MSgalileo
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 Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:42 am Post subject: DW : Februay 2005 (info from Martin BF) |
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We decided together with Sonalysts to not to try to rush for an artificial x-mas deadline in the hope to catch more business, and in the process risk making some stupid mistakes. We have the luxury of not having to fight for shelf space, so why not take a few extra weeks to get things right.
So instead of rushing, we're giving the beta guys more time to iron out more bugs (this game is incredibly complex under the hood!) and also take more time to produce hi-quality manuals. Current tentative release date is early february. This gives us enough time to handle the logistics, process all orders etc. We will be opening pre-orders sometime in January.
What you see here is an advantage of our publishing model at work, an advantage mainly for the players I might add who will get a more polished game (no game is perfect of course, I am sure there will be patches down the road, but unlike some retail releases the game is actually going to work out of the box )
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Beer
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: On a Drill Ship in the Gulf of Mexico
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Its good to see a Dev and Publisher working together for a change to ensure a finished product, the Combat Flight Sim Devs and Publishers can learn from this community  . |
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Nikita
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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Good news: pre-order in January 
Bad news: DW and SH III at the same time! 
So long waiting for a sub sim, and now we have two together! |
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Driftwood
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the update Martin! |
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Gorduz
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| Im glad to see that they are making a good manual this time. The manual in SC was very little informative. |
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Skybird
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| Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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I applaude.
There is already too much rushed nonsens on the shelves, which is especially true for civilian flightsim stuff. Situation there is so bad that it really has killed my interest in it completely and made me sticking exclusively with the old stuff I have. |
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sonar732
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:59 am Post subject: |
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| Skybird wrote: | I applaude.
There is already too much rushed nonsens on the shelves, which is especially true for civilian flightsim stuff. Situation there is so bad that it really has killed my interest in it completely and made me sticking exclusively with the old stuff I have. |
Who can forget the immortal problems that LOMAC had with W98SE machines? |
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Skybird
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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Or the unvoluntary "buy-by-download"-option of Fly II ?  |
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hachiman
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| Nikita wrote: |
Bad news: DW and SH III at the same time!
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My sentiments exactly!! |
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Scion
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 8:34 am Post subject: |
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| Its not such an issue for me... I will buy both games anyway... Whichever I am playing at a time is not such an issue for the Publishers/Developers. Once I get the game, the money goes into their pocket, the game goes into my hand, and both sides are happy. |
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oscar19681
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| however this made me pre-order sh-3 insted of DW . will sh-3 not cast a shadow over DW? i mean sh-3 is available everywhere while DW is only available over the net . maybe in the future ill buy DW however , but i,m sorry to say ill go for sh-3 this time. |
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Jakobs
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 10:50 am Post subject: Re: DW : Februay 2005 (info from Martin BF) |
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| MSgalileo wrote: | We decided together with Sonalysts to not to try to rush for an artificial x-mas deadline in the hope to catch more business, and in the process risk making some stupid mistakes. We have the luxury of not having to fight for shelf space, so why not take a few extra weeks to get things right.
So instead of rushing, we're giving the beta guys more time to iron out more bugs (this game is incredibly complex under the hood!) and also take more time to produce hi-quality manuals. Current tentative release date is early february. This gives us enough time to handle the logistics, process all orders etc. We will be opening pre-orders sometime in January.
What you see here is an advantage of our publishing model at work, an advantage mainly for the players I might add who will get a more polished game (no game is perfect of course, I am sure there will be patches down the road, but unlike some retail releases the game is actually going to work out of the box )
Martin |
Spanish:
Hemos decidido, junto con Sonalysts, intentar no precipitarnos en establecer una fecha límite para Navidades esperando conseguir más negocio y arriesgarnos a hacer algunos errores estúpidos. Tenemos el lujo de no tener que luchar por un sitio en los estantes, por tanto por qué no tomarnos unas pocas semanas extra para hacer las cosas bien.
En lugar de precipitarnos, estamos dando a los betatesters más tiempo para que encuentren más bugs (¡este juego es increíblemente complejo!) y también tener más tiempo para hacer manuales de alta calidad. La actual fecha de lanzamiento provisional es a principios de febrero. Esto nos da suficiente tiempo para manejar la logística, procesar todas las órdenes, etc. Comenzaremos las pre-órdenes algún día de enero.
Lo que veis aquí es una ventaja de nuestro modelo de publicación en el trabajo, una ventaja principalmente para los jugadores que puedo añadir que conseguirán un juego más pulido (ningún juego es perfecto por supuesto, estoy seguro de que habrá parches con posterioridad, pero, a diferencia de algunos lanzamientos al por menor, el juego va a ir acabado en la caja  ).
Martin |
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