Those of us in the computer industry will be familiar with the 'hype cycle'

With Flight we've been through the peak of inflated expectation (this is going to be FS-11, DLC will fix the shortcomings, Microsoft are listening/care....) and are clearly in the trough (this is a POS, MS are *****, they just want kiddies spending their parents money).

 

This is good news!

 

The slope of enlightenment awaits ... there will be some good DLC eventually, the user community are finding kernels of expandability, MS are just a company that need to make money to feed their children / Porsche / habits, Flight is just a bit of fun and not an obsession.

 

Cheers

Keith

+1 ;-)

 

Those of us in the computer industry will be familiar with the 'hype cycle'

With Flight we've been through the peak of inflated expectation (this is going to be FS-11, DLC will fix the shortcomings, Microsoft are listening/care....) and are clearly in the trough (this is a POS, MS are *****, they just want kiddies spending their parents money).

 

This is good news!

 

The slope of enlightenment awaits ... there will be some good DLC eventually, the user community are finding kernels of expandability, MS are just a company that need to make money to feed their children / Porsche / habits, Flight is just a bit of fun and not an obsession.

 

Cheers

Keith

Those of us in the computer industry will be familiar with the 'hype cycle'

With Flight we've been through the peak of inflated expectation (this is going to be FS-11, DLC will fix the shortcomings, Microsoft are listening/care....) and are clearly in the trough (this is a POS, MS are *****, they just want kiddies spending their parents money).

 

This is good news!

 

Those of us in the scientific sector could look at the fancy graph and ask: in which measurements units is expressed the "Visibility"? Because you know, a graph without units is open to all the possible interpretations

(For example, from that graph is impossible to distinguish a possible success title from a flop)

 

A.

My graphic would be more like this...

 

:(

 

The slope of enlightenment awaits ... there will be some good DLC eventually, the user community are finding kernels of expandability,

 

Well, many of us have posted that we see lots of potential for expandability. However, from the developers we receive total silence. Who knows where they are planning to take the game?

 

Sorry to be so negative on this subject but how could one be otherwise considering the very, very poor interraction between the development team and their serious long term customers.

 

Had to vent, sorry.

since we're comparing data - so far the OP has one positive response, two negative responses, and one negative with an explanation (great to see you, Trevor)

 

I just wanted to even it out a bit by posting a positive response - thanks for the OP, and I'm willing to wait and see what happens. Not quite ready to damn Microsoft for giving us another computerized flying option

 

but I would REALLY like to see a helicopter!

since we're comparing data - so far the OP has one positive response, two negative responses, and one negative with an explanation (great to see you, Trevor)

 

If you counted also mine as negative response you are wrong. I simply asked clarifications about the units, because without them the graph doesn't actually represent nothing with a sense. I am actually curious to know how the "Visibility" is determined in similar cases.

 

A.

The graph simply shows the typical trend, which generally holds true regardless of the actual quantities. All that can be gleaned from it is that "You think things will be great, you realize they are terrible, then they get better, but not as good as you had originally hoped."

 

It cannot be used to measure success or failure.

Case in point, Duke Nukem. Massive hype, and long awaited after I believe an 11 or 14 year development cycle. Then they released it and it was a turkey. The devs were then going to fix it but didn't. Now its a bargain based game....

It's really about managing your own expectations and understanding how things generally work.

Avoid the hype, ignore the disillusionment and try to get productive ASAP.

 

Meanwhile I'm trying to get Take-On Helicopters to work, cos I'd 'really like a helicopter' too. :-)

 

Cheers

Keith

Very nice!

 

Just too bad the trough seems to be the size of the Grand Canyon around here :)

Those of us in the computer industry will be familiar with the 'hype cycle'

With Flight we've been through the peak of inflated expectation (this is going to be FS-11, DLC will fix the shortcomings, Microsoft are listening/care....) and are clearly in the trough (this is a POS, MS are *****, they just want kiddies spending their parents money).

 

This is good news!

 

The slope of enlightenment awaits ... there will be some good DLC eventually, the user community are finding kernels of expandability, MS are just a company that need to make money to feed their children / Porsche / habits, Flight is just a bit of fun and not an obsession.

 

Cheers

Keith

 

Said it much better than me. I can feel the flows, but its harder to explain it.