![]() OBE launched in 2009, but his career started at Electronic Arts in 1988. ![]() ![]() And Jackson admits that the series' core audience is made of transport enthusiasts, who come to the games looking for a very specific experience. To anyone not familiar with the world of Train Simulator, or even just more used to a world of blasting aliens or fighting goblins it can seem an oddity at first. "I kind of expect us to be just like Coca-Cola, a niche business with millions of customers." "I think we're a niche business, but about 20 years ago Coca-Cola recognised that they'd got something like 80 per cent of their business from 11 per cent of the population," he told GamesIndustry International. ![]() And one of the men making those dreams come true? Paul Jackson of, home of the massive Train Simulator series. ![]() These days those same train fans are just as likely to be sat at their PC learning to drive the NKP S-2 Class Berkshire. In the old days train enthusiasts could usually be found lurking on railway bridges, anoraks zipped tight against the British weather, noting down details and dreaming of playing conductor. ![]()
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