51 minutes ago, domkle said:

1/ What about Windows 8 to 10 without passing by case 9 ? What about FS95, was it the 95th version ?

2/ No, it is not like if people would have called past iterations, 2K, 2K2, FS9, right ? Not like if people said P3D instead of Prepar3D.

The version 20 bit was meant more tongue in cheek, but the difference is those things are officially called what you've called them. Prepar3D and FS2004 are also officially known as P3D and FS9.

I wish we would get a daily episode of revealing more of the simulator from Microsoft/Asobo so that we have something real to discuss.

It's called MSFS because it's supposed to be a long-term project. It makes no sense to call it 2020 by 2025

1 hour ago, Julkensen said:

If I recall correctly  FSX real name is "Microsoft Flight Simulation X" , FSX has never been an official name for the sim, and yet noone complains about it.

Actually, that is incorrect. According to the original ACES team, the title was properly verbalized as "Flight Simulator Ten". The "X" was a Roman numeral. But then, as now, the user base botched it.

There is actually a big X on the box, so obviously that X was verbalized by the user base.

Everybody understood that the X meant 10, but fsx sounded better than fs10, so it prevailed.

The official name is one thing, what the community choose to call it is another.

The very fact that microsoft called it FSX came from the fact that the community chose to call fs2004 FS9.

Why it came to be called fs9 i have no idea, but microsoft embrassed it.

MSFS seems weird because it is the first time that we don't have a number at the end of the name. 

I think what microsoft is doing with msfs is the same as with windows 10.  When it came out it was said that windows 10 would be the last windows. What it meant was that instead of realeasing new windows versions, with incrementing numbers,  windows 10 would remain and small updates would be released instead. Now we have "creators updates" rather than windows 11 or 12.

The same thing will happen with MSFS,  the name will stay and we will have continuous updates without a name change.

 

FS2004 was called FS9 as it was the 9th sim program produced my Microsoft: FSX was obviously the 10th. There were 2 updates, version 5.1 & 6.1.

And you are correct by saying that, like Windows 10, MSFS will be updated with çreator/service updates.

 

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5 hours ago, HughesMDflyer4 said:

FS20 (we went from the 10th version of the sim to the 20th somehow?).

In fact that makes perfect sense because nVidia also named their current graphic cards 2080, instead of 1180.

<insert mind blown gif here>

You guys have way too much time on your hands.

I always refer to it as "the new MFS".

Edited November 29, 20196 yr by Christopher Low

17 minutes ago, mwilk said:

You guys have way too much time on your hands.

Ain't that the truth 

Microsoft Flight Simulator, we've given it a lot of thought...your Delta Tau Chi name is...SimZilla.

"Why?"

"Why NOT??!!"

 

Cant believe there is a thread that debates the upcoming official title. It doesnt matter what its called or what I call it.  The marketing is out there.  A new flight simulator from Microsoft and Asobo Studios. What I do know, is I want to fly it as soon as possible and so do so many others including the general gaming community with all the attention its getting.  Theres gotta be better things to discuss. 

I cant believe I spent 3min typing this post for this subject

We are obviously scraping the barrel for conversation

19 minutes ago, w6kd said:

Microsoft Flight Simulator, we've given it a lot of thought...your Delta Tau Chi name is...SimZilla.

"Why?"

"Why NOT??!!"

 

LOL, good one Bob! Epic, epic movie Animal House, DKE alumnus here so it definitely brought back some memories. "FOOD FIGHT!"