My guess on anticipated "great announcement" in December:

[peppy197 165]

That the entirety of Hawai is available as a FREE unlimited usage download at Christmas timeAnd that the entire globe will be available at sectional pricing or some scalar as available.That would generate an enormous captive audience with the potential of all becoming addicted to he game IF it is worth it's salt.Otherwise Flight stands to be a big loud belly-flop if its only HAWAI forever and ever.....allen

[FlyAndFight 37]

That would be very interesting, though I would think that the size of the "sectional" downloads would be huge. Would everything be sold "online"? No more brick & mortar sales? That would not be beneficial for them inregards to picking up the casual sales and "newbies", if you will. The marketing aspect would be limited, in my opinion.

[peppy197 165]

MSF started on discs because its all there was.Internet broadband and fiber optic lines will facilitate the optionOf course, theycwould leave the disc option available

[Jcannon 13]

MSF started on discs because its all there was.Internet broadband and fiber optic lines will facilitate the optionOf course, theycwould leave the disc option available

They would need to, even a free demo/open beta of hawaii at 10gbs is still gonna take me a month to download with my 3mbps (400kbps actual)

[ErichB 3,651]

Probably the release date and a confirmation that the entire world is covered.

[peppy197 165]

They would need to, even a free demo/open beta of hawaii at 10gbs is still gonna take me a month to download with my 3mbps (400kbps actual)

I dont understand why 10 Gigs would take a month to download....?less than 5 hours maybe

Probably the release date and a confirmation that the entire world is covered.

was there not a certain limited carribean trial available for FSX with unlimited usage ?thats what I'm thinkin

[Jcannon 13]

downloading at 400kbps for me pretty much kills my internet for other applications. And leaving my pc when im not at home would leave it on for well over 10 hours.I cant get cable, or faster internet where i am.

[JSkorna 137]

Don't worry all, Flight will be on DVDs.

[Gate99 246]

My guess is that MS will anounce that MSF has gone into Beta testing and is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2012.Mark

[ViperPilot 81]

The "big announcement"?Hawai'i comes with the Base Package; if you want to fly somewhere else, you can... but ONLINE only, and... you have to pay for access to it!ORThe first 500 purchasers of the New Microsoft Flight get a coupon for a free box of Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Herb Tea! :PAlan

[Jeff Nielsen 1,402]

Where did you see that there was going to be an announcement in DEC? I must be going blind...lol

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

That MS Flight is going to be Vapourware.......Just kidding. Cheers

[HughesMDflyer4 470]

Where did you see that there was going to be an announcement in DEC? I must be going blind...lol

Look at the latest news article. Very bottom.

[meshman 109]

The "big announcement"?Hawai'i comes with the Base Package; if you want to fly somewhere else, you can... but ONLINE only, and... you have to pay for access to it!ORThe first 500 purchasers of the New Microsoft Flight get a coupon for a free box of Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Herb Tea! Alan

Sorry, but my inside source tells me that since it's Hawai'i only, those first 500 purchasers will get a coupon for 50% off one pound of 100% Kona Coffee.Do a Google on Kona Coffee and see why that's a BIG savings. I'd like to order some roasted coffee beans, but can't quite get myself to click the Purchase button!

[peppy197 165]

Sorry, but my inside source tells me that ..... blah blah blah.....

By "inside", philosophers do not mean 'inside your house'......so your source is not MS Im sure