https://twinfinite.net/2021/07/microsoft-flight-simulator-interview-jorg-neumann-discusses-xbox-future-plans/

Twinfinite's Giuseppe Nelva got a chance to interview Microsoft's Jorg Neumann and it's quite a read!

The underlined below, definitely stood out to me:
 

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Giuseppe: Speaking of accessibility in general, one of the features that I find most relevant on that front is the ability to share the cockpit or flight deck with another player. It would also help those who want to learn and those who would like to teach them. How is the development of this feature going?

Jorg Neumann: If you look at the feedback snapshot, it’s right at the top, so it’s foremost in our mind. Obviously, Working Title is taking care of a lot of the Garmin work, which is great.

We know we need to do more work on the shared cockpit. Obviously, we’re an entertainment product, but there are a lot of requests from flight schools, flight trainers, big companies that make aircraft… They all want to use this as a training tool and so far we’ve always said that there’s work to be done in order to enable that and there are things in the way to make it something elegant beyond gaming.

We’re obviously looking at this and we’re going to make a decision in a few months on whether we go left or right. It’s not decided yet.

 

Enjoy!

Edited July 23, 20214 yr by Ray Proudfoot
Title amended as requested by OP

Can a mod please add in the missing "with" in the title? 😅

Interesting read thks

Nice article @Abriael!

I completely missed them announcing a Ju52, nice.

Also I didn't know this:

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We know we need to do more work on the shared cockpit. Obviously, we’re an entertainment product, but there are a lot of requests from flight schools, flight trainers, big companies that make aircraft… They all want to use this as a training tool and so far we’ve always said that there’s work to be done in order to enable that and there are things in the way to make it something elegant beyond gaming.

We’re obviously looking at this and we’re going to make a decision in a few months on whether we go left or right. It’s not decided yet

I knew they had it on their bucket list, but this is new to me.

2 hours ago, Krakin said:

Can a mod please add in the missing "with" in the title? 😅

No more letters could be added so I removed “substantial” to fit in “with”.

2 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

No more letters could be added so I removed “substantial” to fit in “with”.

Ohhh many thanks!

This was a great comment...

One of my plans for the future is to work with schools giving them some free copies so that kids can play and feel it. Hopefully, they will fall in love just like we did.

10 minutes ago, RobJC said:

This was a great comment...

One of my plans for the future is to work with schools giving them some free copies so that kids can play and feel it. Hopefully, they will fall in love just like we did.

And it also means they intend to take their development ahead, for a long time. I mean, aiming the children is a long term vision. Well... at least it seems to be Jörg's view, as long he's in charge, MSFS is safe.

Im a full on Neumann word not allowed i have to admit 😄

Jorg has the best and worst job on the planet.  Poor sucker.

Also that it is easier to see project development from the outside rather than the inside.  Fun either way.

Regards

bs

Edited July 24, 20214 yr by bean_sprout

Very good read.  Thanks.

The talk about live traffic is interesting. Even brings up the Kaii3 and AIG.

A few on the official MSFS forums were accusing Jorg of being "fake" and always positive. It's like they want a dour faced angry nerd to channel their own personality and anything less is unacceptable. 

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Giuseppe: In a month we’re celebrating the first anniversary of the game. Do you have anything special planned?

Jorg Neumann: We’re talking about what we want to do. We have another product at Microsoft, Sea of Thieves. They just had their anniversary and it was delightful, with people celebrating the pirate life. I think that’s great.

I immediately wrote a mail to our community team about doing something, and we’re thinking about how do we best party with the community. That’s the goal. Maybe we’ll celebrate the past a little bit, how we got here, and perhaps a little bit of where we’re going. It’s coming up. It’s on the 18th of August. Planning has started, but I can’t tell you more because it’s not done yet.

Possibly a bit of scenery or aircraft that looks like something out of FS 5.1.. Ha, I would find that delightful. 

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I have to be careful about what I say now, but sometimes I like to follow in the footsteps of what has been done before on the franchise side, and I also like to celebrate aviation and its history. It’s sort of a combination of both things. But yes. The answer to your question is yes. We’ll do something.

A past aircraft? Wright flyer, Jenny or Spirit of St Louis would be cool again.

Edited July 25, 20214 yr by reignman40