The failure of DW

Nexus7 · 07-10-09, 03:40 PM

I am curious to see what you think made DW be a failure...

Bill Nichols · 07-10-09, 03:52 PM

First to vote... 100 percent of all respondants agree with me!

Nexus7 · 07-10-09, 03:55 PM

Sadly I forgot an Option

Nexus7 · 07-10-09, 03:56 PM

@ Bill Nichols: now its 50% heheheheheh

Bill Nichols · 07-10-09, 04:55 PM

And back up to 66.67%

goldorak · 07-10-09, 05:04 PM

You forgot the most important option : make the game an engaging experience for would be buyers. The other options are all good and dandy but they don't address the fundamental reason why DW hasn't splashed into the mainstream.
And before you ask, yes you can make a naval simulator a fantastic gaming experience, be it placed in WWI, WWII, Cold War or even a hypothetical WWIII.
So I didn't vote, but you know what I think having expressed my opinion already in countless threads bashing DW.

Nexus7 · 07-10-09, 05:33 PM

After two years, I started DW again, just before putting up the pool.

I quitted just after the intro (at the main menu screen), because the intro alone was so exciting and w/o bs, that it's really hard and incredible to believe the game as died like that.

SUBMAN1 · 07-28-09, 12:32 AM

Where is the 5th option? Lack of advertising?

-S

Nexus7 · 07-28-09, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Where is the 5th option? Lack of advertising?

-S

Rather i missed

1. Producer abandoning the project

Hertston · 08-30-09, 11:38 AM

None of the above. The third option is closest, it was actually an insufficient number of sub simmers prepared to play games set outside WW2. You see pretty much the same phenomenon in computer wargames as well; games set in other conflicts can succeed, but WW2 games have a huge head-start in user interest and hence inevitably publisher interest.

View Poll Results: What did kill DW ?
Bad programming, too many bugs	31	31.63%
Simulator too complicated	20	20.41%
Insufficent number of sub simmers	47	47.96%
price too high	0	0%
Voters: 98. You may not vote on this poll

07-10-09, 03:40 PM	#1
Nexus7 Commander Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 469 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	The failure of DW I am curious to see what you think made DW be a failure... __________________ If you are going through hell... keep going (Winston Churchill)

07-10-09, 03:52 PM	#2
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	First to vote... 100 percent of all respondants agree with me! __________________ My Dangerous Waters website:

07-10-09, 03:55 PM	#3
Nexus7 Commander Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 469 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Sadly I forgot an Option __________________ If you are going through hell... keep going (Winston Churchill)

07-10-09, 03:56 PM	#4
Nexus7 Commander Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 469 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	@ Bill Nichols: now its 50% heheheheheh __________________ If you are going through hell... keep going (Winston Churchill)

07-10-09, 04:55 PM	#5
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	And back up to 66.67% __________________ My Dangerous Waters website:

07-10-09, 05:04 PM	#6
goldorak Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,320 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You forgot the most important option : make the game an engaging experience for would be buyers. The other options are all good and dandy but they don't address the fundamental reason why DW hasn't splashed into the mainstream. And before you ask, yes you can make a naval simulator a fantastic gaming experience, be it placed in WWI, WWII, Cold War or even a hypothetical WWIII. So I didn't vote, but you know what I think having expressed my opinion already in countless threads bashing DW.

07-10-09, 05:33 PM	#7
Nexus7 Commander Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 469 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	After two years, I started DW again, just before putting up the pool. I quitted just after the intro (at the main menu screen), because the intro alone was so exciting and w/o bs, that it's really hard and incredible to believe the game as died like that. __________________ If you are going through hell... keep going (Winston Churchill)

07-28-09, 12:32 AM	#8
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Where is the 5th option? Lack of advertising? -S __________________

08-30-09, 11:38 AM	#10
Hertston Swabbie Join Date: May 2001 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 9 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	None of the above. The third option is closest, it was actually an insufficient number of sub simmers prepared to play games set outside WW2. You see pretty much the same phenomenon in computer wargames as well; games set in other conflicts can succeed, but WW2 games have a huge head-start in user interest and hence inevitably publisher interest. __________________ "Gentlemen, prepare to defend yourselves..."