Cera Sim Closed

[cenkcnk 24]

They said:"We announced the difficult decision to permanently cease operations due to piracy!!!"http://cerasimaircraft.com/

[fakeflyer737 991]

Thanks Pirates.

[GHarrall 494]

Shame. Not into helicopters but to see any developer have to do this is bad. Interestingly though, if you follow the 'purchase' link you can still buy!Presumably its without support from this point.......

[CoolP 283]

And another round of the pirates thingy.

[newtie 533]

They said:"We announced the difficult decision to permanently cease operations due to piracy!!!"http://cerasimaircraft.com/

What's everybody else doing that's still in business? That would be my first question.

[mikea76 184]

And another round of the pirates thingy.

Just bored with the topic or do you support piracy?

[RedSpinnaker 35]

What's everybody else doing that's still in business? That would be my first question.

Yup, another developer who didn't budget for piracy (it's a fact of life) in their business model, made the niche market product rather easy to pirate (when I bought the 222 and 412 at SimMarket, just got the download and a text key), didn't get the returns they expected, so decided to blame it on pirates rather than a poor business model/practices.Yes, pirates suck, but your statement is spot on. Many other niche markets still in business (doing well too).

[bliksimpie 1]

What's everybody else doing that's still in business? That would be my first question.

helicopters being a very small niche market I think it is easy for such a developer to go bust.but..though Piracy might have been a huge influence, I dont think it is the only reason, and suspect there are some other reasons as well (that is not being mentioned), that when combined just pushed them over the limit. I guess we will not always get the full picture. Easy to blame it exclusively on "Piracy"Still it is a sad day to see a developer pack it in, either because of piracy or from some other reasons.

[RedSpinnaker 35]

Still it is a sad day to see a developer pack it in, either because of piracy or from some other reasons.

Exactly. I forgot to add that since ND did the same thing, I was hoping Cera would fill the gap/role of high quality FSX rotary addons. Their 222 and 412 are awesome.

[Vmc 0]

Isn't it ironic that the most popular video on Youtube right now is that video of the Texas judge who is beating the crap out of his daughter for..um..pirating?

[CoolP 283]

Is the Nemeth 'closing' still current by the way? Looks like a revised decision to me.I saw those news back then but the current page doesn't show any sort of closed character. Same goes for the forum.And newtie is asking the right questions in my eyes.

[dolph98 24]

Interesting. Sad to see them go TU but this link still works.http://www.cerasimaircraft.com/bell_412_fsx.html

[flyerkg 62]

I mostly fly helicopters and was hoping for something from Cera after the 222.

[Glynn 405]

What's everybody else doing that's still in business? That would be my first question.

HelloMaking life extremely difficult for genuine paying customers in order to protect their product?

[1mikel151 71]

HelloMaking life extremely difficult for genuine paying customers in order to protect their product?

No, that is what the pirates are doing, but then again I forget how selfish customers can be.