You heard it folks, another DTG Direct is coming on the 20th August! I'm sure you all know what this means...
What the flip is a Dovetail Direct (something out of Woodwork class?) and how does it differ from the Roadmap it’s replacing?
Has anyone ever come up with a better theme for such a season pass? Just adding more passengers and call it a day would be a bit lazy in my book.
I'm not sure if this is a genuine question or not, but in case it is, here you go. It's kind of like a Nintendo Direct. It is a pre-recorded livestream that is more focused around announcing new releases rather than updating us on ongoing projects. Often, it announces a lot more than regular roadmaps do (in this case, it is expected that TSW5 will be announced). After the Train Sim World segment is done, the direct will move on to Train Sim Classic, Fishing Simulator, Catan Console Edition, City Transport Simulator, and TSW: tycoon to do similar things with those games. The roadmap will be back in September. Here is the last direct, if you want to familiarise yourself with it.
Thanks. Yes, it was a genuine question. So the difference between that and the roadmap is that they actually announce something rather than saying something we’re not going to tell you will be released at some unspecified point in the future.
I was annoyed at the announcment of TSW3 (but I still bought it), I was angered at the announcement of TSW4 (but I still bought it) and if they announce the un-needed TSW5, I'm going to be furious (and this time I won't buy it unless the new-core game things sound interesting enough for me to pick the game up on release) TSW is a simulator and doesn't need sequel games as there is no story to be told
Either way they are going to charge for it, it's black and white on PullUps site that TSW base game is an annual release. You can keep ignoring that fact but even if it's a Rush Hour type thing it will be a paid update to the core this time. As the company is expecting revenue from it every 12 months. Same thing all the sports games expect.
What is DTG? It’s a business. How do you think gaming companies survive… no it’s not by releasing a core update to the game for free. This isn’t TSC, which is only available on PC. TSW has Microsoft and Sony to contend with also.
No, I know that. I meant from a core update prospective. Microsoft and Sony would rather welcome a new version of TSW in their stores than a free update of an older version of TSW.
Same with sports games. But they release new one successfully every year. The don't upgrade the engine every year maybe every 4 to 5 years for that. Just minor changes here and there. Updated rosters and new uniforms. Which they do update throughout the season for free anyways. But nothing as you would say signifigant enough to justify a new title every year. But they do, and successfully I might add. Making money on a yearly release to help financially to make extra DLC content and improve the core instead of hoping DLC sells enough to cover costs for game improvements seems lime a smart business model to me.
I hope Microsoft can return to the train simulation game. Microsoft has flight simulation, so it’s just a matter of getting back to the ground.
In all honesty I can’t see that happening. Unless they pulled off something really special the market is kind of awash with train sims. Not that I’m complaining as the situation is so much better than the late 90’s when all we had were a few text based titles. But all these games competing for your time makes it impossible to play all of them, which is why even good titles like Derail Valley, Diesel Railcar Sim, Railroader and even Run 8 to some extent sit dormant on my PC.
My crazy thought is that Microsoft used real world maps to make flight simulator so it could use the same approach for trains. Everyone is connected on the map, there are players flying planes and there are players driving trains.
Absolutely. That was the premise for their second attempt at MSTS2 "World Of Rails", at best, most lines would have been drawn as a single track railway with no recognition of proper gradients. And while MSFS photogrammetry might work well for viewing terrain from altitude, not so effective at ground level.
The comparison is not realistic between MSFS and train sims. Just take the UK - there are around 250 airports of all sizes and no less than 2566 railway stations - and then add track and catenary infrostucture. If you then compare the user bases for flight sims and train sims with the number of competitors in each category, you will see why Microsoft is unlikely to return to trains. Major corporations, such as Microsoft, Sony or Apple, aim to be number one in their market segments and drop products where that is not attainable or sustainable
