alert Support for FSX Has Come to an End

[HiFlyer 9,358]

Well if they stop selling it as well as not supporting it, better keep those disks in a safe place. If they do keep selling it, then activation better pretty darn well work!!! And real weather, too.

[jime59 58]

It's not like I ever went there for support to begin with. I got all the support I've ever needed from forums like the one we're on right now.

[xplanery 250]

Whatever, it's not like MS support ever did anything useful.

 

Even if activation stops working I think there is already ways to go around activation, but I am not sure if they are considered legal. Morally there should be no issue with going past activation with legally bought product.

[shamrockflyer 647]

I cant even remember calling up for activation!? If thats the case, then I hope I can get a reactivation code somewhere, as I cant remember if I even got one the last time I reactivated!

 

Upgrading my system with-in the next few months... Hope it works!

[jetlag 65]

I have not switched to FSX as I am very happy with FS9 but I might some day...

With FS9, there was no need to call MS for activation: possessing the discs sufficed.

Is it different with FSX? Got me worried.

[Lowflyer 97]

An era has ended. The future is elsewhere In a different platform.

 

Kind regards,

I disagree. As long as people still use it it's not dead, and as long as companies still make add-ons it's not even dying. When activation servers go down it will be a different matter.

[NoahBryant 26]

I had to call them for reactivation several years ago because I suppose you can only install it on so many computers. However, I have changed computers twice since then and it automatically activated fine. So perhaps they removed the max number of computers limit and only require you to have a valid code?

[RWFeldman 159]

I disagree. As long as people still use it it's not dead, and as long as companies still make add-ons it's not even dying. When activation servers go down it will be a different matter.

 

Also,if they quit selling it, then I would maybe get concerned about activation. As long as its being sold, the activation servers will stay on line. I see this statement as a platform for every mothers son who makes a flight game to attempt reinforcing their position in the market. I won't buy into it!

[Eric Tomlin 10]

Would the "download real weather" continue to work?

 

I'm still using FS2004 and it still has real world weather downloading enabled, so I would think/hope so.

[oldbear 33]

I'm pretty underwhelmed by the news, to be honest. Like others, I've never needed MS support for anything. And we've known that FSX is the last of an illustrious line.

 

But I'm sure this will be the cause of much wailing and gnashing of teeth, for a week or two at least.

[Swofford 155]

I'm pretty underwhelmed by the news, to be honest. Like others, I've never needed MS support for anything. And we've known that FSX is the last of an illustrious line.

 

But I'm sure this will be the cause of much wailing and gnashing of teeth, for a week or two at least.

 

I don't think anyone's going to care as long as activation works. I've still got several years worth of fun left with FSX.

[Jcannon 13]

As they have now officially stopped supporting the title, Does this mean that they will release the source files for it?

 

I know we have prepar3d, but there isnt a personal license for it.

[xplanery 250]

As they have now officially stopped supporting the title, Does this mean that they will release the source files for it?

 

I know we have prepar3d, but there isnt a personal license for it.

No, I very much doubt they would release source files for it.

[tf51d 284]

The way I see it nothing new! No more updates? There hasn't been one since SP2 years ago. The phone support was just people needing help with the sim, no bug fixes ever came out of it. Those people usually end up here (Or other FS sites) with their questions, which IMHO gives them a better chance of getting their issue resolved anyway. The only big issue with this announcement is with Activation and the Weather updates. The Activation issue being the most important.

[Djang0 1]

I must say that I've always regarded MS support for flight simulator as an afterthought! Even after SP1 and SP2 for FSX there are so many issues that never got attended to - it's a bad joke! Anyway there are perhaps a few good things MS could do now that they've ended support, why not release the FSX code to the simming community and let us develop it as an open source project (or did they already sell the code to Lockheed)? Also perhaps they will "null" the activation so that we can have unlimited installs?