JUST IN!

 

Howard Hughes is still alive and has purchased not only the Microsoft flight simulator division but all of Microsoft itself.  States that the H-4 Hercules will be a default airplane and pictured on the new simulator cover.

 

Film and details to follow at 11.  Stay tuned.

 

You may now return to your regularly scheduled speculation.

 

Uhhh... it took me a moment to realize you were kidding. I haven't been alive long enough to know who Howard Hughes is 

 

I really hope you're kidding because I'm confused now.

From the front page:

"We can also tell you that the licensee is not one that we would have thought to have been a logical candidate in terms of direct knowledge of the product"

 

That seems to rule out Lockheed Martin, as in my view they're the most logical candidate, and it's certainly not FS2Crew.

 

No point getting too excited though...  if it's just a license transfer, so whoever the buyer is will need to create a new product, and that'll take 2-3 years or more.

From the front page:

 

"We can also tell you that the licensee is not one that we would have thought to have been a logical candidate in terms of direct knowledge of the product"

 

That seems to rule out Lockheed Martin, as in my view they're the most logical candidate, and it's certainly not FS2Crew.

 

No point getting too excited though...  if it's just a license transfer, so whoever the buyer is will need to create a new product, and that'll take 2-3 years or more.

 

This is incredibly weird. I'd have thought it was an April Fools joke, but obviously we're not there right now. We have news of this, but are only being told part of the story, and even weirder, there is NO evidence of this anywhere else on the web or from Microsoft. We also have Flex who claims to know more than we all do, including who it is. 

 

Hmm...

 

 

No point getting too excited though...  if it's just a license transfer, so whoever the buyer is will need to create a new product, and that'll take 2-3 years or more.

 

....unless they already have something waiting in the wings.  I know it's all speculation, but one never knows.

My only fear is that with the purchase of the licence,it does not affect any current products in development(pmdg,fslabs,nls) or future products.I hope with this purchase, the developers are not sidelined.

We have news of this, but are only being told part of the story, and even weirder, there is NO evidence of this anywhere else on the web or from Microsoft.

Hmm...

 

Well there's the break in the mystery we've been looking for.  The only purchaser who meets these requirements is the U.S. government itself!  Look for a Rose Garden press conference tomorrow.

I thought about this a little less (as opposed to more) and I decided that the buyer is Nintendo.

McDonalds ?  Title= McFly Combo with Wings ?

  M. Zuckerberg! Fly your Face (book) off!!! Something to go with Oculus?  j/k!!

 

@Badfinger...Now that's funny!

Edited June 9, 201412 yr by Jazzfan

Julian, you amaze me, remembering him!

Still a fan Rick

This is the last thing I am saying on the matter.  'Read the entire thread' 

this is exactly why you shouldnt have said anything from the beginning 

I heard from a friend of a friend who overheard some people talking about overhearing a microsoft exec talking about who bought the MSFS franchise 

 

 

 

It was Jim Skorna, he plans on making a sim with only jets and no Hawaii.   

JUST IN!

 

Howard Hughes is still alive and has purchased not only the Microsoft flight simulator license, but all of Microsoft itself. States that the H-4 Hercules will be a default airplane and pictured on the new simulator cover.

 

Film and details to follow at 11. Stay tuned.

 

You may now return to your regularly scheduled speculation.

It's the way of the future...

This is like waiting for dinner;

 

it could be as pungent as brussel sprouts on the boil or smelling the fresh smell of anzac biscuits baking in the early morning. 

 

IMHO, nobody buys a product to keep it from others unless;

 

1) they are a company with a competing product

2) they want to develop it as a closed line of business product

3) they want to grow the product and capitalise on it

 

my two cents worth.

 

Cheers,

 

K.

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