![]() More on the 'earning' process later.Īfter the splash screen, this is what greets you: The game is ad supported, but purchase just one aircraft and all the ads are removed. You earn additional aircraft by either playing the game and advancing, or buying individual aircraft at $0.99 each. Basically, you get the game for free, with a basic aircraft (the F-100A). ![]() The price is perfect for ee! SFA is based on the Freeimum business model. The main reason for the size of the program is that all the content is in the program.there is nothing else to download, merely unlocked. ![]() It also requires 42MB of storage, which can be high compared to a lot of apps, but low compared to games like HAWX. The assumption of course is that any device running 2.3.3 or higher has the power to run SFA relatively well. How did TW do on its freshman app? Read on!Īs a mobile app, the requirements are pretty short.in this case, this is only compatible with Android OS Version 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) or newer. But, once you get over that restriction, your experience can be surprisingly enjoyable if the app works well. Those expecting such are in for a major disappointment no matter what you play. Right out of the gate, you are not going to get a desktop simulation experience on a mobile device.period. ThirdWire (TW), makers of the Strike Fighters (SF) series of combat flight simulations, has come out with its first mobile gaming application (or app) called.you guessed it, Strike Fighters Android (or SFA). This has started to change, due to the increasing power mobile devices have. Usually due to the restrictions mobile devices put onto simulations, they haven't been very practical (lack of screen, keyboard inputs, computing power, etc). Traditional PC flight simulations have tended to stay within their market (ie there is no Microsoft Flight Simulator console version or a DCS for the Nintendo DS). Initially, they were dedicated gaming devices such as the Playstation Portable, but now smartphones can rock out with games like GTA III or Max Payne, not to mention other IPs. Games that were once limited to PC/consoles can now look and play very well on mobile devices. Major gaming IPs such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, or HAWX, already have a presence in PC, Console, Handheld, and Mobile space. And some traditional PC flying simulation developers have decided to expand their Intellectual Properties (IPs) into this new market. In fact, in 2011, half of the computing devices sold were mobile.Įven more interesting is the amount of revenue mobile gaming (defined as gaming on a non-dedicated mobile device like a smartphone or tablet) earns, over 8 billion dollars in 2011.Ģ011 also saw mobile gaming earn more revenue than Sony and Nintendo (PSP and DS) combined.ĭoes this mean PC gaming is dead, of course not.īut it does mean that mobile gaming represents a significant market to be tapped into. Mobile smart devices have become an increasingly integral part of our daily lives.Īnd the numbers suggest they are becoming as important or more so than your computer. More importantly, how many of you use these devices for something other than work? The majority of you do unless the device is company owned (even then that may not stop some of you). Who here has a smartphone? Or a tablet device? Or more and more frequently, one of both? Chances are, especially as a member of this forum, where most discussion is about games based on a computer, you have at least one of what are commonly called "Mobile" devices. Your face on the pilot model of your plane of choice One custom paint scheme for the aircraft of your choice One existing aircraft skin with your name below the canopy Three aircraft of choice and print-ready PDF manualįour aircraft of choice and print-ready PDF manualįive aircraft of choice and print-ready PDF manualĪll aircraft of choice and print-ready PDF manualĬopy of any Eagle Dynamics developed DCS product Two aircraft of choice and print-ready PDF manual One aircraft of choice and print-ready PDF manual
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