A German website (heise.de) had the chance to interview Microsofts General Manager Aaron Greenberg on the Gamescom.

The article (in German) can be found here: https://heise.de/-4503079

Content: Most talk is about the next generation of XBox which to me also gives hints with regard to FS2020. Also a little talk about Flght Simulator:

After all, he confirmed that Flight Simulator 2020 should also continue to be installable locally and playable offline. However, Greenberg limited: "But to maintain full performance and functionality, you will want to be connected to the internet." (My translation) What ever that means...

Many happy landings,

DocBird

8 minutes ago, DocBird said:

However, Greenberg limited: "But to maintain full performance and functionality, you will want to be connected to the internet." (My translation) What ever that means...

More than likely weather, enhanced scenery via cloud and multiplayer functionality.  Not a major departure from what we have today - but would imagine, the scenery is key

Edited August 23, 20196 yr by ErichB

4 minutes ago, ErichB said:

More than likely weather, enhanced scenery via cloud and multiplayer functionality.  Not a major departure from what we have today - but would imagine, the scenery is key

He's not only talking about functionality, but also performance!

That would mean at least some processing will be made in the cloud, not only weather updates, multiplayer or scenery streaming.

3 minutes ago, Noooch said:

He's not only talking about functionality, but also performance!

That would mean at least some processing will be made in the cloud, not only weather updates, multiplayer or scenery streaming.

Could be.  But people will still be limited by internet connections, speeds etc.  If you have a crappy connection and a mediocre machine, I couldn't imagine the impossible suddenly becoming possible.

7 minutes ago, ErichB said:

Could be.  But people will still be limited by internet connections, speeds etc.  If you have a crappy connection and a mediocre machine, I couldn't imagine the impossible suddenly becoming possible.

That's almost magic 🙂

Part of the simmers have good hardware and good connection -- No problem for them

Part of the simmers have poor hardware and good connection -- No problem if processing (or most part of it) is made in the cloud as suggested

Part of the simmers have good hardware and poor connection -- Little problem for functionnality with offline mode but no problem with performance

Part of the simmers have poor hardware and poor connection -- ...

You see my point, it looks like the majority of us takes advantage from this configuration. Now who can tell how many simmers are in each category, that's the real question, but it looks like a minority will truly be affected.

Keen to know more about how this is going to work.  Sounds interesting.

Before paraphrasing and interpretation turns into facts (a la that guardian article a few weeks ago), what are his actual quotes?

3 hours ago, Superdelphinus said:

Before paraphrasing and interpretation turns into facts (a la that guardian article a few weeks ago), what are his actual quotes?

The only quote in the article is the one DocBird correctly translated (although I'd use "obtain" instead of "maintain", but that's pedantry).

Ta