MS Flight and MS Flight PRO

[ohsirus 240]

I hope that MS suits are following the outrage from the simmers and not just the Xbox fans. It's clear to me at they should offer 2 versions of Flight and dare I say price the PRO version higher to allow 3rd party addons and the extras we expect from a sim.

[flyingscampi 2]

I shouldn't think there's any technical reason why this couldn't happen. It depends on the suits and their spread sheets.

[Guest]

Only few days passed by and I am already starting to see a new wave of great optimism.I suggest to avoid to fall into the mistake twice, we have just been hit on our teeth, it would be fool to support the hand that has just fed us with poison.Instead of " fed us " I would have told " Fed Ex " but Flight misses jets so I can't say it.

[xplanery 250]

It wont happen. They already closed FS development because they didnt get so much money from it, and making Flight Pro would probably take another few years of programming and adding whole world.

[payt 2]

They already have the whole world in FSX.. they could include a modified version of that.. maybe include more OSM-derived data, not completely unlike XP10 does.It would still take some time though, but since they have a big team it'd be faster. hopefully.Then again, there are zero indications that MS is interested in it at this time, and they've disgrunteled a lot of devs, so i'm not keeping my hopes high..Instead i've ordered Aerofly FS and will be looking into XP10 :)

[dooderino 0]

I assume Flight became what it is because of a very tight development budget. The limited scenery is a key indicator for this, they wanted to do things right but could only concentrate on a very small area with the given budget.I however expect the MS DLC philosophy to fail and they will soon include the known 3rd party developers into the whole concept. Either this or they let the whole product die completely. From what I have read in some other forums / threads is also that the majority of developers involved int he project have been contractors and were no fixed MS employees. A company who has future plans for a product (family) would probably not rely on external personal to that extend....

[n4gix 4,900]

They already have the whole world in FSX.. they could include a modified version of that..

Yes, they have (had) the whole world, but......since they've completely changed the way that data has been converted so it can be compiled/compressed into a single proprietary format file, it would cost a lot of time and money to do what you suggest.

[demiboyx 2]

It wont happen. They already closed FS development because they didnt get so much money from it, and making Flight Pro would probably take another few years of programming and adding whole world.

If you're in the bet...sorry I meant bird that enables you to experience flight, if you go to top down view and zoom out, you will notice that the whole earth is present, you can even see the continent of north America, it's just that you can't get there because your fuel will run out before you do so :(

[Qatsimo 7]

Me think it will be in the DLC's from day one of release of FLIGHT.Extra Islands - 10$AI Air and road traffic - 10$Non mission based ATC - 10$Jet package - 10$Real world weather - 10$Base continent - 20$ eachAdd on airports - 30$ each

[Attila 2]

Me think it will be in the DLC's from day one of release of FLIGHT.Extra Islands - 10$AI Air and road traffic - 10$Non mission based ATC - 10$Jet package - 10$Real world weather - 10$Base continent - 20$ eachAdd on airports - 30$ each

If this were so, then why is MS not saying so? - without the pricing.What is to be gained from not clearly listing the features of Flight and what you will be able to do with it?I think they have already listed it clearly enough, actually. You will get a few more planes and areas to explore - likely similar in size to Hawaii. There will be frequent updates to what pass for missions and based on interest in new areas/planes, MS will endeavor to develop them if they feel it will be profitable. Anything is possible, but many of the things listed is not probable.

[Qatsimo 7]

If this were so, then why is MS not saying so? - without the pricing.What is to be gained from not clearly listing the features of Flight and what you will be able to do with it?I think they have already listed it clearly enough, actually. You will get a few more planes and areas to explore - likely similar in size to Hawaii. There will be frequent updates to what pass for missions and based on interest in new areas/planes, MS will endeavor to develop them if they feel it will be profitable. Anything is possible, but many of the things listed is not probable.

My 'from day one' remark may have been too optimistic. But i think MS will have to make Flight expandable to a level beyond FSX to be succesfull. At this point (from what i"ve seen) i would go spend money on Gardening Simulator before Flight. Edited January 8, 2012 by koyaan

[frankla 41]

Me think it will be in the DLC's from day one of release of FLIGHT.Extra Islands - 10$AI Air and road traffic - 10$Non mission based ATC - 10$Jet package - 10$Real world weather - 10$Base continent - 20$ eachAdd on airports - 30$ each

Hey I don't mind paying, as long as I know in advance they would have those features. Problem here is that people are implying that Flight is not designed to have more hard core features. I am still not sure what to make of it.

[b1m2d3 0]

Even if this is something they plan to do, why would you pay for it? Why accept something that is mediocore simply b/c its free than pay to have all that content when FSX six years ago was released with an entire world, thousands of airports and multiple GA and Commercial aircraft! Its like admitting you're freely taking part in MS's little bait and switch program. They bait you with a free dl, than want you to pay for extra content. I say don't spend a dime and let Flight stew.

[nonflyingdutchman 38]

If you're in the bet...sorry I meant bird that enables you to experience flight, if you go to top down view and zoom out, you will notice that the whole earth is present, you can even see the continent of north America, it's just that you can't get there because your fuel will run out before you do so :(

so flight is more realistic than the others, no inflight refueling

[xplanery 250]

If you're in the bet...sorry I meant bird that enables you to experience flight, if you go to top down view and zoom out, you will notice that the whole earth is present, you can even see the continent of north America, it's just that you can't get there because your fuel will run out before you do so :(

Yeah and that North America is flat picture.