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Intersim studios is no Dead!!
SirIsaac726:
--- Quote from: virtuali on October 13, 2010, 10:03:17 am ---Any successfull product is a TEAM work.
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+3 except for the part bolded above. FlyTampa is Martin and George and Martin does the backend stuff as well as creates his sceneries. George also creates his own sceneries but isn't involved in the backend.
virtuali:
--- Quote from: SirIsaac726 on October 13, 2010, 06:28:38 pm ---+3 except for the part bolded above. FlyTampa is Martin and George and Martin does the backend stuff as well as creates his sceneries. George also creates his own sceneries but isn't involved in the backend.
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That simply proves my case even better. Just count how many sceneries FT released in the last 3 years, vs us.
"Successful" doesn't mean "nice". It means commercially successful in order to maintain a commercial operation running, and not as a side or a part-time job, but as the main job for most of the team members. If we took 12-15 months, or even more, to create a scenery, we would have closed shop already.
And, FT were just very lucky to have a very good back-catalog of FS9 sceneries that kept them afloat, in an unusual situation of a still relatively strong FS9 market, which is not something that is very common.
Judging from some of their latest post on FT forum, it seems they are not very happy of their current sales, compared to what they used to be.
Juniorpm:
the only thing that i can say is... "what an airport can do".
and ...Fly Tampa is one of the most sucessfull company with a lot of nice addons... the quantity doesn.t mean anything.. their are good and they are founders on this market.. and the rest of the companies are good too...evryone has a diferent style but their are really good..all.
Junior Puente
CEO - 3D Artist
ITERSim Studios
www.intersimstudios.com (under maint)
cmpbllsjc:
--- Quote from: virtuali on October 13, 2010, 07:28:39 pm ---Judging from some of their latest post on FT forum, it seems they are not very happy of their current sales, compared to what they used to be.
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I think that's because they keep doing sceneries lately that as they put, they are interested in, and probably not so much as what customers are interested in. Look at what they used to make: KMIA, KSEA, KTPA, KSAN, etc, all big hubs that are pretty popular, compared to the last few offerings like The Grenadines and KBUF, not including Vienna which was an update to FSX. Granted Kai Tak is cool looking, but its a closed airport that requires some extra side work to get AI diverted to.
I would wager that if they started doing projects that customers are interested in like you guys do, they would probably have greater sales. Frankly, some of their latest stuff while probably really nice I haven't been in a hurry to rush out and buy, namely the The Grenadines and KBUF. Altough at some point in time I will probably buy their latest offering of Vienna and maybe Buffalo. My personal opinion is that if they had spent the time re-doing their FS9 stuff to work in FSX, which is often asked for, like Tampa, San Diego, Seattle, etc., their sales would have been much greater. From what they say, I think that they are into it as more of a side job or hobby than an actual business that they derive all thier income from.
Just my opinion, but that's how I perceive them to be.
SirIsaac726:
--- Quote from: virtuali on October 13, 2010, 07:28:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: SirIsaac726 on October 13, 2010, 06:28:38 pm ---+3 except for the part bolded above. FlyTampa is Martin and George and Martin does the backend stuff as well as creates his sceneries. George also creates his own sceneries but isn't involved in the backend.
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That simply proves my case even better. Just count how many sceneries FT released in the last 3 years, vs us.
"Successful" doesn't mean "nice". It means commercially successful in order to maintain a commercial operation running, and not as a side or a part-time job, but as the main job for most of the team members. If we took 12-15 months, or even more, to create a scenery, we would have closed shop already.
And, FT were just very lucky to have a very good back-catalog of FS9 sceneries that kept them afloat, in an unusual situation of a still relatively strong FS9 market, which is not something that is very common.
Judging from some of their latest post on FT forum, it seems they are not very happy of their current sales, compared to what they used to be.
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Fair enough. I didn't take into account that you guys operate as a business different from FlyTampa in that they are more in it for the hobby...well, used to at least. I know George has been trying to use this as a full-time job type of thing and that is the reason he has gone for the smaller airports (kinda in a pickle...he needs the money from sales but he can't wait long enough to complete a major airport that would give him quite a bit more sales than the smaller airports).
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