2 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Where on earth do you get 2 million copies from? And people that try it once or twice and then it hits the recycle bin, don't count. 

Sorry, 1 million. And to the people that try it once or twice that's part of it right? I have plenty of aircraft I've purchased out of curiosity over the last 15 years that I bought, wasn't for me, got rid of it. It is what it is, that's life. I'm not going to cry and whine about it. 

2 minutes ago, Kaiii3 said:

2 milion is a number published by MS/ASOBO. It is not clear if this is "sold" copies and how many actual are still active using the Sim. I guess in the 2 milion also the users that used it in the free 1 month Game Pass.

MS is not publishing any specific data, but you can have a look at the Steam Data: https://steamcharts.com/app/1250410 (Drop by nearly 90% since release).

Like the folks I know that have tried it because they have Game pass, once or twice. After a couple of barrel roles in a 767 under the Golden Gate bridge, they lost interest. 

2 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Like the folks I know that have tried it because they have Game pass, once or twice. After a couple of barrel roles in a 767 under the Golden Gate bridge, they lost interest. 

yeah, thats my guess as well. Maybe a question for one of the Q&As, how many active users are regular using MSFS xD

Just now, Kaiii3 said:

yeah, thats my guess as well. Maybe a question for one of the Q&As, how many active users are regular using MSFS xD

My guess is that Asobo knows exactly how many people are actively using the program on a daily basis , since the users are always connected to the servers. They are just not publishing that number, but I bet they are looking at that very closely. So is Microsoft. 

Still my point stands. We at AVSIM only represent a small number of the community using MSFS. There is a market for this type of aircraft from Captain Sim whether you agree with it or not. 

19 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I think this is a very safe plane, a 777 with 2 extra engines. 

Better 4 than 2 engines, more to safe.. 🤣

..and more Power 😎

cheers 😉

Just now, PWJT8D said:

Still my point stands. We at AVSIM only represent a small number of the community using MSFS. There is a market for this type of aircraft from Captain Sim whether you agree with it or not. 

True, I keep seeing a lot users in Facebook MSFS groups keep posting screenshot for their 777 everyday and therefore, sadly it seems CS made a big sale with this one with users that have no idea or with new users. 

7 minutes ago, omarsmak30 said:

True, I keep seeing a lot users in Facebook MSFS groups keep posting screenshot for their 777 everyday and therefore, sadly it seems CS made a big sale with this one with users that have no idea or with new users. 

And I read that Facebook group every day and I see alot of "Don't buy it , it's junk" comments about the 777. 

24 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

And I read that Facebook group every day and I see alot of "Don't buy it , it's junk" comments about the 777. 

The best, when someone post a photo and then the comment "Why did you buy this junk" 🤣

1 minute ago, omarsmak30 said:

The best, when someone post a photo and then the comment "Why did you buy this junk" 🤣

Yup, Like posting a photo of a junky car , and the identifying it as such. 

Edited May 20, 20215 yr by Bobsk8

56 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Like the folks I know that have tried it because they have Game pass, once or twice. After a couple of barrel roles in a 767 under the Golden Gate bridge, they lost interest. 

Must be all your grand kids, bad grandpa for not educating them. Cant imagine your peers doing barrel rolls in a 767 under the Golden gate bridge unless they were kids lol. Is there even a 767 available for the sim? lmao

Edited May 20, 20215 yr by devgrp

6 hours ago, EvidencePlz said:

where did you get the info that 900 CS777 liveries have been downloaded? Any source?

https://flightsim.to/file/14724/cs-777-200-emirates-8k 1151 now £23,020 lets hope that gets used to develop it. Thats just the people that want the Emirates livery, so that number will most likely be higher.

Let me start by saying I don't own this one yet.  Almost pulled the trigger, but decided to wait a bit.  I noticed some complaining of no sounds,  also some not caring for the 747 sounds if working.  I saw a video on replacing the 747 sound to make it work again.  Question is how about using the 787 sound, might be better if it can be done.

Just thinkin.

Wow, 25 pages for a bunk release. Impressive. 😄

9 hours ago, Kaiii3 said:

MS is not publishing any specific data, but you can have a look at the Steam Data: https://steamcharts.com/app/1250410 (Drop by nearly 90% since release).

All games and sims hit a massive peak at release, then reduce down to a more typical figure which tends to hold steady thereafter, and the figure which MSFs is holding at compares pretty well to some big name games such as No Man's Sky and Call of Duty etc.

Keep in mind this is not taking into account direct MSFS sales from the MS store either, which I strongly suspect is a bigger number of MSFS users than those who obtained it via Steam, although that is to be fair, only a guess. A possibly more transparent figure to go off, would be something indirect but related, such as the aforementioned download of liveries for an add-on.

Beyond this, we also have to consider the harder to quantify in a numerical way factors, such as the positive PR value of MSFS. This is a program which managed to gain mainstream press coverage on release, but in prior incarnations, FS was always a popular kiosk demo in PC store windows, since it was a good technology demonstrator amongst other things. The fact that the development of MSFS and its related scenery-streaming functions are being leveraged for other endeavours is another thing which continues to drive both its and other application developmental projects, such as Bing, and the military VR stuff which MS is working on, a bit like how Prepar3D is clearly not made in order to do the people who like simulating airliner flights on Vatsim, it's a military training simulator; that other use for flying toy airliners is just a spin off.