Roger Wensley Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I have looked at the download numbers in 2012 and 2018 for FS9 scenery that I have made, comparing similar size airfields in similar locations in the north of Canada. In 2012 an airfield would typically reach 200 downloads in 30 days, 500+ in a year, and top out at 600+ or 700+ in the next few years. In 2018 the figures are now 130 in 130 days, so probably topping out at 200+ for a decline of around 65%. These are fairly minimalist airfields serving villages of 500 or so inhabitants, but for bigger and more intricate scenery, airports instead of airfields, the decline is of similar proportions. Given that my scenery making has improved during that same period and should have encouraged more folks to download the actual decline is probably greater. No wonder payware FS9 scenery has declined almost totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sascha66 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Roger, your Canadian airports and fileds are great, did you ever make any European ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Wensley Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 Some grass fields in England, and Cyprus, Lebanon, Caribbean, Greenland. The rest, the majority, in Canada and Alaska, and some in mainland US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 The decline is most likely due to fewer people using FS9 (it is, after all, 15 years old; archaic in the eyes of most computer gamers). It's the same with many other genres. Older racing sims (GTR2, GPL, N2003, etc.) still have active communities and new files are routinely uploaded, but show perhaps a fourth of the downloads of a few years ago. RPGs, such as Morrowind and Oblivion, have a steady stream of new mods, but with a fraction of the downloads of their heyday. But count me among those who have downloaded virtually all your files, they fit perfectly my favorite flights - "low and slow" VFR around small airfields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Wensley Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 That is what I discovered in 2004 when I learnt to fly, low and slow and "Let's go around and take another look at that". FS9 is the same, reminiscing about real life. And yes, for sure there are fewer users and who would now start with FS9? Nobody, newcomers go to Xplane or P3D4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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