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Is MSFS a threat to Xplane?

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First of all I should point out that I've been using Xplane on and off for over 10 years as well as MSFSims.

Secondly, I've noticed some hostility recently in some sectors of the Xplane forum community to any mention of MSFS.  Granted there are many Xplaners' like myself who also use and admire MSFS.  But there appears to be a core of members who sound hostile and defensive towards MSFS and dismiss it as "not a flight sim at all, but an eye candy game". While Xplane, they claim, is a "real flight sim authorized by the FAA".

I looked into this last claim and discovered that a) its not true unless you spend many thousands on control hardware etc, and b) Rooting around the web I see that good old FSX (P3D version) appears to be the most popular and widely used FAA certified software in use for civilian, civil and military flight training around the world.

Up until now, there's always been quite a friendly MS vs Xplane debate between the two communities over the past 25 years or so. But I feel something has changed lately.  Do some sectors of the Xplane community feel MSFS is a threat to the future of their Xplane, I wonder?

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5 minutes ago, ca_metal said:

No

Thanks for clearing that up.

...and by opening threads like this you are contributing to the hostility.

Surely not. Its called debating. I don't see any hostility in my post. I'm not a word not allowed from one camp but rather a fan of both sims posing a simple question. 

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21 minutes ago, FlightSpinner said:

First of all I should point out that I've been using Xplane on and off for over 10 years as well as MSFSims.

Secondly, I've noticed some hostility recently in some sectors of the Xplane forum community to any mention of MSFS.  Granted there are many Xplaners' like myself who also use and admire MSFS.  But there appears to be a core of members who sound hostile and defensive towards MSFS and dismiss it as "not a flight sim at all, but an eye candy game". While Xplane, they claim, is a "real flight sim authorized by the FAA".

I looked into this last claim and discovered that a) its not true unless you spend many thousands on control hardware etc, and b) Rooting around the web I see that good old FSX (P3D version) appears to be the most popular and widely used FAA certified software in use for civilian, civil and military flight training around the world.

Up until now, there's always been quite a friendly MS vs Xplane debate between the two communities over the past 25 years or so. But I feel something has changed lately.  Do some sectors of the Xplane community feel MSFS is a threat to the future of their Xplane, I wonder?

Why are you posting this on an MSFS forum, just trying to stir up trouble possibly? 

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, omarsmak30 said:

Are we not over these kind of topics? 🤔

Apparently not. 

 

 

 

 

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Sorry, I had a word hiccup.

I meant to write:...

I'm not a word not allowed of MSFS, but rather I'm a fan of both sims, and I'm posing the simple question. ......

...Is MSFS a threat to Xplane?

1 minute ago, FlightSpinner said:

Sorry, I had a word hiccup.

I meant to write:...

I'm not a word not allowed of MSFS, but rather I'm a fan of both sims, and I'm posing the simple question. ......

...Is MSFS a threat to Xplane?

I suggest you post this on the X Plane forum and let us know how that goes. 

 

 

 

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