Currently, for $200, anyone can purchase P3D  with little to no restrictions on it's use.

 

I guess the EULA doesn't provide any restrictions?

I guess the EULA doesn't provide any restrictions?

 

Very few, if you purchase the full COMMERCIAL License.

Gamescom 2013 is approaching. MS Flight was announced at Gamescom 2010... MS might just surprise us.

 

Yeah, with a new Xbox One push I'm sure.

 

 

In that case, if later versions of P3D advance to better graphics, and eventually 64 bit, that may well be the future.

 

P3D can't be the future because it's built on FSX which is the past.

 

It's like putting a bigger engine and leather interior in a Yugo.

Very few, if you purchase the full COMMERCIAL License.

 

For $200 there are still only 7 groups of users.

Jskorna - refrain from commenting about p3d until you have fully used it.

 

And to those idiots saying "oh prepar3d is still using the fsx code", they have the code in front of them, they've purchased it from Microsoft, so they OWN it now.

 

What this means is they can completely revamp the code and make it 64bit, etc. They are slowly improving on it.

 

Right now there is no comparison to FSX already, with the turbulence and wind effects on aircraft - all the naysayers are just way too focused on the EULA, yadda yadda.

they've purchased it from Microsoft, so they OWN it now.

Let's get the facts correct.

 

Lockheed Martin  and Microsoft Corp. entered into an intellectual property (IP) licensing agreement that allows Lockheed Martin to further develop the Microsoft ESP PC-based visual simulation software platform to better train warfighters for battle

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2009/nov09/11-30warfightertrainingpr.aspx

 

What this means is they can completely revamp the code and make it 64bit,

No one's denied that - but Lockheed Martin has said V2.0 will use DX11 but has not said it will be 64-bit nor made any commitment to that in the future.

OK guys. Let's get this back on topic. We're not comparing sims nor discussing EULA's.

 

The topic concerns the hiring of a new person at Microsoft and what possible impact it might have on the Flight simulator franchise.

 

Thanks.

The topic concerns the hiring of a new person at Microsoft and what possible impact it might have on the Flight simulator franchise.

None for the foreseeable future?

 

 

Jskorna - refrain from commenting about p3d until you have fully used it.

 

I have, FSX resides on my hard drive just fine, fully used.

 

The new hire will mean nothing for the flight sim franchise in the near term.

OK guys. Let's get this back on topic. We're not comparing sims nor discussing EULA's.

 

The topic concerns the hiring of a new person at Microsoft and what possible impact it might have on the Flight simulator franchise.

 

Thanks.

 

+1

 

That's the way to moderate a topic, no derailment of a thread, keep focusing on the subject and don't let any personal attack (if there is any) get the best of a thread so it can't be locked.

 

I'm not being sarcastic here, I mean it for real.

P3D can't be the future because it's built on FSX which is the past.

No, P3D is built on ESP, which was a radically different commercial "fork" from the FS base code. Not to be pedantic, but it is important to be accurate.