MS flight Simulator news are ow reaching millions.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/microsoft-flight-simulator-2020-release/index.html

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Then the FlightSim boss recounts a bout of homesickness a couple of weeks ago -- his parents live in Germany, but he can't visit them due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.

"I was so homesick that I actually flew a plane and landed next to the lake where my parents live. And, it's real time, so it's actually the exact same time of day and the exact same weather that they were experiencing. And I picked up the phone to call them and said, 'Hey, I just want you to know, I know I can't be there with you, but I'm as close as I can possibly get.'"

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Great write up.  I feel like in the past flightsimming has generally only made the mainstream media for negative reasons (9/11, Q400 theft) so it’s great to see this.

Yep its well written. The more reach this has the better. I think a bigger market will mean more new add-on developers, more choice and lower prices.

46 minutes ago, regis9 said:

Great write up.  I feel like in the past flightsimming has generally only made the mainstream media for negative reasons (9/11, Q400 theft) so it’s great to see this.

I recall the Golden Time when Flight Simulation was not only in the Newsmedia but bookstores carried plenty of good books books (Flights of "13 Mike", Stern's Flight Simulator Handbook, and more, still on my shelf). 

Kind regards, Michael

It helps to have the PR rolodex of Microsoft. 

You know our hobby will have made it as a big time mainstream title if we get an nvidia game day driver or any driver notes that reference the existence of MSFS! 😄

1 hour ago, pmb said:

I recall the Golden Time when Flight Simulation was not only in the Newsmedia but bookstores carried plenty of good books books (Flights of "13 Mike", Stern's Flight Simulator Handbook, and more, still on my shelf). 

Kind regards, Michael

Sublogic/Microsoft Flight Simulator was a legend in the early days of PCs, eagerly anticipated by the masses as showcase of just what the "new" technology could do.

Combat flight sims were the same - Microprose and Spectrum Holobyte releases were major events.

Somewhere along the way, combat and civilian flight sims became niche products. Perhaps because they became too complicated for the average computer user, or because they require excessive/unobtainable hardware to run properly (as was the case with FSX).

Good to see flight sim getting back into the mainstream! 🙂

 

5 minutes ago, OzWhitey said:

Somewhere along the way, combat and civilian flight sims became niche products. Perhaps because they became too complicated for the average computer user

Not to go too far off topic but that’s exactly my issue with combat simulators today.  DCS is amazing, gorgeous, and I own several addons but it’s too complex for me to become proficient without spending more time than I have available learning it.

For me, my ideal combat flight sim was the Jane’s USNF series and other similar titles.  Not super Arcady like combat ace 7, but not overly complex either and quite approachable.

CNN?

That was an interesting read.