2 hours ago, ADamiani said:

Now, to me, it's back to an XBox game status.

Still not a game, no matter how many times you repeat this.

  

42 minutes ago, ADamiani said:

we should have known since last year that this was an XBox product and shouldn't have invested in hardware

They did announce last year it was coming to X-box.

Edited August 10, 20214 yr by Tuskin38

1 minute ago, Tuskin38 said:

Still not a game, no matter how many times you repeat this.

MSFS is a game for sure but it is a very good one.

bs

40 minutes ago, bean_sprout said:

I feel like I'm watching Sesame Street.  

bs

That's good because your Avatar looks like he should be watching Sesame Street.

9 hours ago, leprechaunlive said:

WRONG. All marketplace plane are available right now on the xbox. Same goes for airports. It is VERY near to be apples to apples actually. We have had many xbox customers reaching out to us reporting good things and issues, and these are EXACTLY  the same feedbacks we get from PC guys. Except the xbox screenshots look better somehow.

Also wrong. Some Marketplace planes available for PC are available for XBOX but by no means all. The FBW A320 is not available for XBOX for instance. In fact there are 38 available for PC and only 13 for XBOX. I have both platforms.

CJ

Edited August 11, 20214 yr by CJ1045

11 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

Still not a game, no matter how many times you repeat this.

  

They did announce last year it was coming to X-box.

I meant an X-Box LIMITED product. We were promised a PC product ALSO AVAILABLE on X-Box.

That's the difference. All there.

A.

14 minutes ago, ADamiani said:

I meant an X-Box LIMITED product. We were promised a PC product ALSO AVAILABLE on X-Box.

That's the difference. All there.

A.

THAT right there.

XBox can accommodate gamers and PC can accommodate Simmers and Gamers. There we have it and everyone will be happy. They just need some more time to catch up for mistakes made when MS decided to rush up the release in the first place.

22 hours ago, enright said:

The reason there are such a limited number of [OLED] display sizes is that the manufacturing process is complex and expensive - and the tooling required for non-standard sizes that won't be sold in huge TV-type volumes makes them prohibitive to produce. Which is why LG still doesn't have anything smaller than a 48"...

I'm reading that microLED will probably replace OLED, although I'm not sure on what timescale. OLED might go the way of plasma in the longer term.

2 hours ago, ADamiani said:

I meant an X-Box LIMITED product. We were promised a PC product ALSO AVAILABLE on X-Box.

That's the difference. All there.

A.

And we got what we were promised 

35 minutes ago, ckyliu said:

I'm reading that microLED will probably replace OLED, although I'm not sure on what timescale. OLED might go the way of plasma in the longer term.

If you're in the market for a PC monitor right now it appears a VA panel equipped monitor might be a very good bet. I read they have 3x better blacks than IPS though slighly lower viewing angle, and they are priced like other LED type.  I would love to have a curved microLED ~34" display but that seems a very long ways off right now w/ TVs just starting to arrive apparently. 

Affordable alternative to OLED and available in PC monitor sizing:

VA panels excel at a deep contrast ratio and are far beyond in the LCD technology. Dark scenes are portrayed in a rich black, while IPS for comparison can only achieve a grey shade. Usually, VA panels have a contrast ratio ranging from 3000:1 to 6000:1, whereas IPS mostly reaches a ratio of 1000:1.

A high and diverse contrast ratio is especially important for atmospheric games, as well as titles that are settled in a more sinister environment. You will still have a perfect overview and are able to see all details, instead of paving your way through a blurry muddy mass of grey and black areas.

14 hours ago, ADamiani said:

Isn't this constructive criticism?

To be honest, no. Comments stop being constructive criticism when people use the 'M$' epithet. Microsoft is a business, its purpose is to make money, there is nothing wrong with that. But when people choose to type 'M$' as a deliberate pejorative as though the fact that they want to make money makes the company some kind of global financial Bond Villain, it's fairly indicative of their viewpoint not being bipartisan.

Edited August 11, 20214 yr by Chock

20 minutes ago, Chock said:

Comments stop being constructive criticism when people use the 'M$' epithet

Oh, so 'Upvote'. 👍

@Noel I'm using a TN panel 🙈 Although it's a very nice TN panel with good brightness, contrast and colour palette, it's still a TN and it's only 60 Hz.

18 minutes ago, Chock said:

To be honest, no. Comments stop being constructive criticism when people use the 'M$' epithet. Microsoft is a business, its purpose is to make money, there is nothing wrong with that. But when people choose to type 'M$' as a deliberate pejorative as though the fact that they want to make money makes the company some kind of global financial Bond Villain, it's fairly indicative of their viewpoint not being bipartisan.

So, if a criticism comes from someone who is not bipartisan, it cannot be a constructive comment.

Nice. So nobody can criticize anything, because in case you didn't notice, nobody is bipartisan about anything. There are opinions, priorities, wishes and dreams. 

I have already clarified that I started writing M$ a few days ago, as a reaction to those who praise Microsoft for giving us this wonderful piece of software engineering. I write M$ as a reminder to those who forgot that we paid for it. Exactly as I get paid for doing my job. So it's not wrong. It is right. And it is right that we criticize the product if we don't like it. That's all.

For your peace of mind, I am not anti-Microsoft, and I am not an anti-globalist, whatever it means. I have had Windows on my PCs for thirty years, since MSDOS 3.3; I also have a MacBook Pro, an Ipad and an Iphone, and I use Linux (RedHat) at work for number crunching on our cluster. Does it make me more of a bi- (or maybe three-) partisan?

But since I like to make people happy, I will no longer write M$, I'll write MS instead. The principle remains valid: it's payware, not freeware, so we expect some quality standards and promises should be kept.

The technique of disqualifying other's opinions out of context, based on some general consideration on the HOW rather than the WHAT, was already well known (and disapproved) among ancient Greeks, and was later studied in depth by Arthur Schopenhauer (The Art of Being Right). Nothing new then.

A.

So there!

9 minutes ago, ADamiani said:

So, if a criticism comes from someone who is not bipartisan, it cannot be a constructive comment.

Yes, it can of course, but you have to admit that putting 'M$' is hardly the way to get that over. Be as critical as you like, nothing wrong with that, but you surely must be aware that you catch more stuff with honey than you do with vinegar.

And Schopenhauer was a sexist douchebag. 🤣

Edited August 11, 20214 yr by Chock