Russian developers and flight sims

[Modus Pwnenz]

Seems like mostly Russian developers are making flight sims for example Eagle Dynamics, 777 Studios, 1C Company, Gaijin Entertainment

[kazereal]

There is plenty of know-how about physics simulation and aviation in Russia and that part of market is not overly saturated yet so it's a good choice to develop for.

[Modus Pwnenz]

But there should be plenty of know-how about physics simulation and aviation in plenty of other countries, highly developed countries in Western Europe, countries like US, Canada, Australia, etc.

If you ask me the flight sim market is the completely opposite of overly saturated, we need more money and devs doing this kind of thing instead of CoD-style shooters!!!

[kazereal]

Originally posted by Death From Above:

But there should be plenty of know-how about physics simulation and aviation in plenty of other countries, highly developed countries in Western Europe, countries like US, Canada, Australia, etc.

But in many western countries developers are often scooped up quickly by some companies which necessarily aren't into flight simulation development.. Or simply finding funding for what is considered 'niche' market may be overly difficult.

Originally posted by Death From Above:

If you ask me the flight sim market is the completely opposite of overly saturated, we need more money and devs doing this kind of thing instead of CoD-style shooters!!!

I agree here :)

[S1lentJo]

For example Aerosoft wich is a German Company publishing X-Plain and FSX. And when i'm corect they also have their own dev team(s) wich are making addons and stuff for these games. But compared to DCS its not that hardcore sim stuff.

Maybe its just because study sims like DCS are too much of a "niche" thing in the EU and western Countries, compared to the mainstream Flightsims.

[chris89]

A lot of the stuff is also done by The Fighter Collection over in the UK based at Duxford.

[Hadji]

Originally posted by ZWB S1lentJo:

For example Aerosoft wich is a German Company publishing X-Plain and FSX. And when i'm corect they also have their own dev team(s) wich are making addons and stuff for these games. But compared to DCS its not that hardcore sim stuff.

X-plane is developed by Laminar Research and FSX was developed by Microsoft - both US companies. There is also Prepar3d by Lookheed Martin that also comes from USA. At least X-plane and p3d can be considered to be hardcore in terms of actual simulation. But you are right about that Aerosoft develops addons for flight sims. There are also companies like Carenado based in Chile that also makes addons...

I have played computer games since the 80's and I have been monitoring the gaming scene for more than a decade (I run a swedish gaming community and I used to write game reviews etc. I was also a Microsoft MVP for the Xbox platform etc, etc) and there are changes in the market happening. We see a lot of interesting titles coming from the former 'Eastern Block' and not only flight sims. I think a large portion of the audience is dead tired of the AAA titles being released with sequels to the sequels. Perhaps the russian audience got tired first of playing games with heavy focus on everything american?

Now we find games and sims from Eagle Dynamics, 777, Warhorse Studios (not russian but Czech) and titles like 9th Company, Spintires and DCS. I hope this trend continues!

[chris89]

Just to correct quickly El Hadji, Spintires is by a British Games company, Not Russian. Oovee have previously done stuff for Train Simulator and believe a odd soundpack for a 3rd party aircraft on FSX.

[Hadji]

I tought Oovee only distributed the game? My bad.

[Tato Baptista (BBMP)]

Nice post. Opened a new world for me. Thanks!

[Lezhek]

Originally posted by Hadji:

I tought Oovee only distributed the game? My bad.

You are right they only distributed the game. Since the only developer left with the game to russian branch of Saber Oovee shut down.

[Jel]

Originally posted by Lezhek:

Originally posted by Hadji:

I tought Oovee only distributed the game? My bad.

You are right they only distributed the game. Since the only developer left with the game to russian branch of Saber Oovee shut down.

I´m not sure if this guy needs confirmation on an 11 year old post :)
Still, always interesting to see how deep some ppl dig when there´s time.

[Lezhek]

Originally posted by Jel:

Originally posted by Lezhek:

You are right they only distributed the game. Since the only developer left with the game to russian branch of Saber Oovee shut down.

I´m not sure if this guy needs confirmation on an 11 year old post :)
Still, always interesting to see how deep some ppl dig when there´s time.

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