Everyone here likes to speculate,  and the only ones I'll listen to are the people that have used it during the press event, and have said, what you see in the videos, is what is in the simulator. 

Flightchops

Novawings24

Belgeode

Helisimmer

Etc.

2 hours ago, Tomaz Drnovsek said:

So, in general, is the actual gameplay experience what we expect after watching all those videos?

Those who know can't say due to the NDA.

36 minutes ago, threegreen said:

Those who know can't say due to the NDA.

They're also testing a work in progress. The only thing that matters with regard to the preview videos and screen shots, is whether the final release meets those expectations. 

4 minutes ago, Paraffin said:

They're also testing a work in progress. The only thing that matters with regard to the preview videos and screen shots, is whether the final release meets those expectations. 

Exactly )

 

On 2/2/2020 at 1:59 PM, GlideBy said:

One reddit user said this "I'm a so called Alpha tester but it's not allowed do discuss any of those things. One thing I'd like to remind you all though, is that it's an ALPHA and definitely NOT the finished game. By that I mean you should lower your expectations (really) if you're picked up for testing."

So it sounds like it has a long way to go.

Maybe, but people also need to beware placing too much stock in unverifiable anecdotes like this, where they don't speak with any specificity about what they even mean.

Maybe the alpha doesn't even include the "full" sim, but a thin vertical slice of it, and that's what they mean by lowering expectations.  Maybe there's just lots of rough areas that are still clearly works in progress, etc.  We just don't know, because all you're left with in this case, is three cryptic sentences.

32 minutes ago, Scottoest said:

Maybe the alpha doesn't even include the "full" sim

Someone mentioned that the Alpha had three flyable aircraft at the time, but apparently the entire world to fly in, not much information on how complete the world might be.

It's OK for an Alpha to have problems.  It's even expected.  Most of those problems will be gone before the sim enters a beta phase.  Mentioning the existence of problems isn't like calling your baby ugly, it's more like saying your baby seems a little short compared to an adult. "Well, yeah, what did you expect?"

One person said the Alpha still had a long way to go.  "Well, yeah, what did you expect?"

Hook

21 hours ago, LHookins said:

Someone mentioned that the Alpha had three flyable aircraft at the time, but apparently the entire world to fly in, not much information on how complete the world might be.

It's OK for an Alpha to have problems.  It's even expected.  Most of those problems will be gone before the sim enters a beta phase.  Mentioning the existence of problems isn't like calling your baby ugly, it's more like saying your baby seems a little short compared to an adult. "Well, yeah, what did you expect?"

One person said the Alpha still had a long way to go.  "Well, yeah, what did you expect?"

Hook

Well yeah, there's that too.  An alpha literally means the sim isn't feature-complete yet.  It's a big reason they don't want testers talking publicly about what they are seeing in the first place - because it may not be representative of the finished product, but they know the average prospective buyer may not make that distinction.

Is it predicated that 3rd party support will be quite awhile in coming at initial launch?  I have so much invested in P3D I can't imagine shutting it down very quickly after MSFS releases.  I do every single flight using FSCaptain and w/o it, or something very similar to it, my interest in flight simming could likely wane. 

7 minutes ago, Noel said:

Is it predicated that 3rd party support will be quite awhile in coming at initial launch?  I have so much invested in P3D I can't imagine shutting it down very quickly after MSFS releases.  I do every single flight using FSCaptain and w/o it, or something very similar to it, my interest in flight simming could likely wane. 

Only MS/Asobo and 3rd parties will know that for sure. I'm sure your interest in flight simming won't wane, all the release of MSFS will do is give us another option to fly in, the others sim will still be available to fly in.

On 2/2/2020 at 10:55 AM, Anders Bermann said:

Sad... I thought they said, that everybody who signed up, eventually would get in? 

Oh well... 

They said everyone would get to test, not specifically the alpha. There's still the betas to go through after the alphas.

Edited February 6, 20206 yr by Tuskin38

3 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

They said everyone would get to test, not specifically the alpha. There's still the betas to go through after the alphas.

Where did they say that? And yeas, after release everyone can test it.

37 minutes ago, zemez said:

Where did they say that? And yeas, after release everyone can test it.

There´s something called "FAQ" on their site https://www.flightsimulator.com/insider-program-faq/

Does becoming an Insider guarantee I will participate in the Preview Build Program?

Our goal is ensure that everyone participates in the Preview Program. But that doesn’t mean everyone will participate in every build of the Preview Build Program.

14 hours ago, Noel said:

Is it predicated that 3rd party support will be quite awhile in coming at initial launch?  I have so much invested in P3D I can't imagine shutting it down very quickly after MSFS releases.  I do every single flight using FSCaptain and w/o it, or something very similar to it, my interest in flight simming could likely wane. 

The full SDK has not been released yet. Without that, I am not sure how developers can even start a project for the new MFS.

Edited February 6, 20206 yr by Christopher Low

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51400135

The future according to mr XBOX Phil Spencer.

Today's update will be interesting with the insider logins still being down.