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Why? Why? :-(
jgoggi:
Bah, I think you can't compare a small regional airport like Florence with JFK and I am frankly still convinced that Fiumicino would sell a lot all over the world. I remember that the Cloud9 Rome Scenery had a great success, didn't it? And I think that all simmers had/have, in their FS9, the free ISDProject LIRF scenery... This means that Fiumicino is a desired airport and you will never convince me that all those almost unknown airports released by Aerosoft and co. would sell more than Fiumicino!
Now I don't know how the Aerosoft LIRF for FS9 is going, but, should it not sell well, I think it's because of the low quality, the bugs and the lack of precision, not because people don't want to buy LIRF...
Anyway, once again, it's your choice...
Hnla:
Dude, FSDT has given you a LIST of FACS on why they didn't develop your airport, and you respond with a reply full of your opinions..
There ISN'T a market for LIRF !
virtuali:
--- Quote from: jgoggi on May 07, 2013, 02:00:53 pm ---Bah, I think you can't compare a small regional airport like Florence with JFK
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The comparison with JFK was just to show how we could outsell historical Florence sales just in A DAY. But comparing total sales, Kalahui/Kona sold more than Florence, about 4:1. There goes your theory about the "small regional airport that doesn't sell", unless you were trying to say that Kona is more worldwide known than *Florence* ???
We obviously wouldn't expect JFK sales from Florence, but if a small regional airport in the US sells 4 TIMES MORE than a small regional airport in Italy, what reasons would we had to believe that a large hub in Italy would magically sell like a large hub in the US ?
--- Quote ---I remember that the Cloud9 Rome Scenery had a great success, didn't it?
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Not really. Alessando, the original designer, works for us now, and he doesn't remember it very fondly, from the financial side.
--- Quote ---And I think that all simmers had/have, in their FS9, the free ISDProject LIRF scenery...
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"Having" doesn't always translate into "Purchasing". You can't beat freeware, and the usual mistake is basing the potential or a commercial product based on the popularity of a similar freeware offering.
--- Quote ---This means that Fiumicino is a desired airport and you will never convince me that all those almost unknown airports released by Aerosoft and co. would sell more than Fiumicino!
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You should ask this to Aerosoft. We don't usually do "unknown airports", but even when we do, such as Kona, they HAVE sold more than comparably-sized airports in Italy.
It's not that we haven't tried: we haven't done just Florence, our designers in the past made Aviano, Rivolto, Reggio Calabria, Bologna, Turin, Elba, Fly the Lakes. NONE of these was able to surpass sales of the much smaller Kona.
--- Quote ---Now I don't know how the Aerosoft LIRF for FS9 is going, but, should it not sell well, I think it's because of the low quality, the bugs and the lack of precision, not because people don't want to buy LIRF...
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That's the opposite way around: since Aerosoft *knows* that LIRF wouldn't sell that much anyway, they haven't assigned it to their best developers: why wasting their time, when they can work on something more profitable, like the next version of German airports ?
--- Quote ---Anyway, once again, it's your choice...
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It's a choice that has been driven by market experience.
eastern:
Umberto,
I’m sorry but did not know you and your team developed Florence. I have always bought FSDT products via your website. Now that I know you and your team developed it I will purchase it. Is their a reason why Florence was not available to purchase via FSDT web-sight? I would rather ensure money goes to FSDT for continued future development that I enjoy.
I respect your decisions on continuing your work with North American airports and truly enjoy them.
You never know perhaps the market will come to their sense and drive Italian airports into demand. Until then default Italian airports will do. Thank you and your team for providing amazing add-ons and amazing customer service.
Frank Lindberg:
--- Quote from: jgoggi on May 07, 2013, 02:00:53 pm ---Bah, I think you can't compare a small regional airport like Florence with JFK and I am frankly still convinced that Fiumicino would sell a lot all over the world. I remember that the Cloud9 Rome Scenery had a great success, didn't it? And I think that all simmers had/have, in their FS9, the free ISDProject LIRF scenery... This means that Fiumicino is a desired airport and you will never convince me that all those almost unknown airports released by Aerosoft and co. would sell more than Fiumicino!
Now I don't know how the Aerosoft LIRF for FS9 is going, but, should it not sell well, I think it's because of the low quality, the bugs and the lack of precision, not because people don't want to buy LIRF...
Anyway, once again, it's your choice...
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First they should drop FS9, that's why the lack of quality. Second, they can go higher in textures if they only make it for FSX/P3D
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