State of Sim'ing 2024 Survey

[Spikes]

I play IL2 more than I play AH. So culty.

[AKIron]

Yeah and we used to pay per minute for long distance calls.  I was trying to explain that to my niece.   

We paid $3/min to call the states from Okinawa. Now they have facetime crossing the Pacific for free.

[AKIron]

[hazmatt]

It's the comparison with what is available for free. People paid $6/hr to play Air Warrior back in the late 80's early 90's. I was one of them. If there was only one multi-player flight sim today $15 would not be an issue.

I still remember my AW ID 1253/Iron

LOL. I remember when I had to pay hourly on GEnie. Thankfully I was single at the time and didn't have any responsibilities and could get by on ramen until payday if I had to.

[CptTrips]

Noice.

[LCADolby]

Come on ladies the dead horse is beat to fuq

[CptTrips]

I meant in your write up. It makes sense though if you aren't playing it that you wouldn't make comments about it

Oh sorry, you meant in the review I was working on comparing 1946 to AH?

That was a deal I was doing with one of the influencers over there.  I was taking a close look at 1946 and comparing to AH and he was going to do the trial and take a close look comparing AH to 1946 in return.

So really that was just a limited 1946-AH deal by design.

 

[Banshee7]

In that light $15 is more than some think they should pay for anything ..lol

I got to thinking the other night about this.  If you play all 12 months you are essentially paying the same price as TWO of the latest titles of the year for a dated game (that's also assuming HT still does the "pay 6 months in advance and get one month free").  That kind of opened my eye a bit considering I bought two new titles in 2024 for less than what I paid in AH subscription.  I don't think the subscription model is best for this game, but I also don't believe it has contributed that much to the decline in players.

[CptTrips]

I got to thinking the other night about this.  If you play all 12 months you are essentially paying the same price as TWO of the latest titles of the year for a dated game (that's also assuming HT still does the "pay 6 months in advance and get one month free").  That kind of opened my eye a bit considering I bought two new titles in 2024 for less than what I paid in AH subscription.  I don't think the subscription model is best for this game, but I also don't believe it has contributed that much to the decline in players.

Do you  think it contributes to the difficulty of attracting new players?

[Lazerr]

Do you  think it contributes to the difficulty of attracting new players?

I think when they log in it does.  What this game can offer, and what is does offer on a normal basis, especially for new folks... explains our lack of players.

[Banshee7]

Do you  think it contributes to the difficulty of attracting new players?

Yeah, I think it does.  $180 annually, steep learning curve, and graphics all play a role.  Aces High will always be my favorite game--I've never played IL2 and only fiddled around in DCS.  Therefore, no one can accuse me of trying to steal players or deter new ones.

[CptTrips]

Yeah, I think it does.  $180 annually, steep learning curve, and graphics all play a role.  Aces High will always be my favorite game--I've never played IL2 and only fiddled around in DCS.  Therefore, no one can accuse me of trying to steal players or deter new ones.

You know, just the other day I got an email from the WWIIOL guys.  It had to be more than 10 years ago I did a demo.  I guess they still had the email.  Sent me some kind of offer to come back.  I'm not interested because I never liked it, but if it had been an old game I had loved and forgotten about, maybe it would jog my interest to check it out again.

Surely HTC has email of old former players.  That isn't SPAM because you already had a past relationship.  You aren't just SPAM'ing rando's.  I think it's fair cricket.
Like send them a veterans code for returning players gets you 3 months free.  Rekindle the fire.  Doesn't require code changes.  A lot of those guys have recently retired and may start getting bored.

[icepac]

I've noticed that many newer games with graphics people brag about are full of eye candy and the resolution for distance viewing is lower than aces high.   

[DmonSlyr]

You know, just the other day I got an email from the WWIIOL guys.  It had to be more than 10 years ago I did a demo.  I guess they still had the email.  Sent me some kind of offer to come back.  I'm not interested because I never liked it, but if it had been an old game I had loved and forgotten about, maybe it would jog my interest to check it out again.

Surely HTC has email of old former players.  That isn't SPAM because you already had a past relationship.  You aren't just SPAM'ing rando's.  I think it's fair cricket.
Like send them a veterans code for returning players gets you 3 months free.  Rekindle the fire.  Doesn't require code changes.  A lot of those guys have recently retired and may start getting bored.

I've asked time and time again for a news letter. Would do wonders, especially for the older crowd who has finally figured out how Email works... I get 8 emails a day from so many companies. I don't understand why HTC can't do 1 a month. Or even 1 a quarter of all the events and new maps. If you think its spam, just right click and add to spam file...  I don't understand the issue.

[Animl-AW]

So angry, yet so powerless.

Not angry you’re 100% ahole, with no power just a child brain.  The typical juvenile punk.
I’m not dine with you candy striper butt. I can reach out and touch you at will. You’re way over confident, sexual predator. I know more about you than you want to know. Since ya like diggin into personal details. You’re goin to eat your own meds.

Care for an example?