Microsoft/Asobo proved they're pandering to console users

[Isaiah53six 134]

5 minutes ago, in2tech said:

MS/Asobo are absolutely thinking about the Xbox users first and foremost. Have been since, and I have no proof, since the powers that be, spoke to the big wigs at Microsoft about bringing it back. And the question was, can we make that stuff called MONEY on it? And the reply was, if we can get this on Xbox, and also on PC on the side and both with a market Place, yes, we can make money. But if you think for a minute that the income that comes from Xbox, if it works, will be a thousand times more than PC, and once again I have no proof. On Xbox they will make money on the Market Place, Game Pass, and you even have to pay ( PC get it free ), for multiplayer. Which you don't care about but console users will pay for.

I do not think the PC version would exist without the Xbox. Your the customer, you either go with the new vision or you walk away. It's always your choice. This time around they make money on flight simulation, or it does not exist at all. Plain and simple, like it or not. The days of the old ways of MS Flight Simulation are gone, never to return again. They either make money this time or flight simulation at MS will be a thing of the past. And could be anyway, if this doesn't work. But I think it will.

Man, your really gonna be mad when that Xcloud stuff kicks in and you can play it on mobile devices. MS either adapts to the new ways of flight simulation and gaming or go bye, bye!

not that I like their tactics....I do think you're correct with what you say

[in2tech 588]

19 minutes ago, pilatuz said:

I smell a market for miniature sized controls and peripherals, small enough for the mobile phone guys! 😅

They already make them for smart phones. I even saw a tiny joystick for Infinite Flight and somehow I hooked up my big joystick to it and flew it on my phone with a regular joystick. Was ages ago, and it worked, but yes can already be done! No telling what the future will bring.

Edited July 28, 2021 by in2tech

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

25 minutes ago, in2tech said:

Man, your really gonna be mad when that Xcloud stuff kicks in and you can play it on mobile devices. 

Yessum, the XPlane crew better hope all those Kawaii Kogal wearing Tokyo girls with Hello Kitty backpacks listening to PrismaX and playing MSFS on their phones on the train home from work never hear about XPlane.

Edited July 28, 2021 by Glenn Fitzpatrick

[AnkH 2,233]

6 hours ago, espent said:

I think I can live with this in TrackIR:

Two things: fly higher, 4000ft or so, and fly in a more demanding region, like around a bigger city. Or fly in a region with more hills, e.g. northern part of Norway around Tromso, and report back. On this altitude and this flat and non-demanding region, I would also not see anything bad regarding popping ins...

[HiFlyer 9,343]

Here is what I see......

 

[HiFlyer 9,343]

Duplicate post for some reason"

 

Edited July 28, 2021 by HiFlyer

[roi1862 600]

IMO, the only issue they will be facing is that most Xbox users are not into flight Sims. They will play this for another day or 2 and won't touch it again. And then Asobo/MS will be stuck with us PC simmers once again.

It will be like after the PC launch when they gave free copies to the top streamers as part of marketing. They played it couple of hours, got bored and never touched it ever again.

Again it's just my POV on this.

 

[SlowFlyer 78]

50 minutes ago, pilatuz said:

I smell a market for miniature sized controls and peripherals, small enough for the mobile phone guys! 😅

Check out Axair flight controllers   AXAIR MICO  - YouTube

[Virtual-Chris 682]

8 minutes ago, roi1862 said:

IMO, the only issue they will be facing is that most Xbox users are not into flight Sims. They will play this for another day or 2 and won't touch it again. And then Asobo/MS will be stuck with us PC simmers once again.

It will be like after the PC launch when they gave free copies to the top streamers as part of marketing. They played it couple of hours, got bored and never touched it ever again.

Again it's just my POV on this.

 

I’m sure you’re right.
 

Once they see the can go anywhere with the drone camera, they might spend another our or two with that. 😉

Seriously, Does Xbox support peripherals like a yoke, pedals and throttle quadrant?

Edited July 28, 2021 by Virtual-Chris

[HiFlyer 9,343]

Just now, Virtual-Chris said:

Seriously, Does Xbox support peripherals like a yoke, pedals and throttle quadrant?

Yes.

[Virtual-Chris 682]

Just now, HiFlyer said:

Yes.

Then I’d say there’s a chance some Xbox players get deeper into it. 

[HiFlyer 9,343]

2 minutes ago, Virtual-Chris said:

Then I’d say there’s a chance some Xbox players get deeper into it. 

https://www.turtlebeach.com/pages/velocity-one-flight

 

[CJ1045 469]

Personally I will be moving over from my gaming laptop to my Series X as my main MSFS machine. For most people that is going to make financial sense.

 

CJ

[roi1862 600]

Seriously, who's getting an Xbox to fly planes around ? Let us shoot stuff ! 😁

Time will tell...

[jcomm 5,890]

In soaring we call the escape maneuver -  "Boxing the Wake "....

I plan to be able to Box the Wake with the future xBox-oriented updates... Well, if it runs better on my semi-new rig, and if they fix the flight dynamics, the weather and so on... then I might even say I like it this way... and who knows, end up buying an xBox gamepad 🙂

Question is, is this xBoxing taking Fenix or FBW, and others, from the play ?  No ? Than let's not kill the karma ...