Joe Biden is going to sue you for using one of his patented terms.

CFS3 is dead!?

Damn don't tell the CFS3 community will you?

When Janes/EA called it quits the market went pooof.

I still miss Jane's USAF like you wouldn't believe.

There wasn't a CFS4...that was the point.

there wasnt a Janes ww2fighters 2, or EAW 2 or etc etc that's totally irrelevant if there was not a 2,3 or 4 of the series. Flight sims have never worked like this.

I think you guys are still using on line only as a representation of the whole industry, which will always give you a conclusion that is well off base.

That's a valid point since a lot of flight simmers only play offline but it's also a fact that the online numbers for for both CLoD and BoS are tiny compared to IL-2.

I do think thats easy to explain, the classic il-2 we all played was a multiplayer sim (with each new update focusing more on the none single player aspects) where as the others you have mentioned tend to have more focus on the single player experience?

I do think thats easy to explain, the classic il-2 we all played was a multiplayer sim (with each new update focusing more on the none single player aspects) where as the others you have mentioned tend to have more focus on the single player experience?

lol...yes...I know how flight sims work. You are missing my point and taking offense for some reason. I still fly EAW, Falcon, Red Baron 3D, Mig Alley, and CFS2. I know they are not dead so to speak...some still have active modding communities...the studios that created them are dead is the point.

I would disagree somewhat on your point that they never worked like this...especially with the example I was making about Microsoft's series. They seemed to embrace the numbering method.


Flight Simulator 1.0
Flight Simulator 2.0
Flight Simulator 3.0
Flight Simulator 4.0
Flight Simulator 5.0
Flight Simulator 5.1
Flight Simulator 95
Flight Simulator 98
Flight Simulator 2000
Flight Simulator 2002
Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight
Flight Simulator X
Combat Flight Simulator
Combat Flight Simulator 2
Combat Flight Simulator 3
_______________________ 4?

Many others as well were fond of numbering

F/A-18 Hornet
F/A-18 Hornet 2.0
F/A-18 Hornet 3.0

X-Plane 5
X-Plane 6
X-Plane 7
X-Plane 8
X-Plane 9
X-Plane 10

Flanker
Flanker 2.0
Flanker 2.5

Falcon
Falcon 3.0
Falcon 4.0


Judging by how Microsoft just adds a number or a year at the end...it's a safe bet that the next CFS title would have been CFS4. My point was if a good portion of the community didn't jump ship and switch to IL-2...there might have been a 4th.