March 3, 20233 yr 18 hours ago, Car147 said: MS and Asobo are really knocking it out the park with these updates. How can they afford to sustain this? What other 'game' title, or any kind of software title, gets this level of change over this period of time, w/ no end in sight? Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
March 3, 20233 yr Author 3 minutes ago, Noel said: How can they afford to sustain this? shhh. don't tell them Phil Leaven i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"
March 3, 20233 yr 5 minutes ago, Noel said: How can they afford to sustain this? What other 'game' title, or any kind of software title, gets this level of change over this period of time, w/ no end in sight? I have no idea. Personally I would be more than prepared to pay a monthly subscription. I mean I pay ten quid a month for Navigraph but nothing for the base sim.
March 3, 20233 yr 8 minutes ago, Noel said: How can they afford to sustain this? The marketplace. Simple as that. 5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX 9070XT.
March 3, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, jarmstro said: I have no idea. Personally I would be more than prepared to pay a monthly subscription. I mean I pay ten quid a month for Navigraph but nothing for the base sim. Shhhhh! In all seriousness, I think they do well out of the marketplace and their own aircraft sales (local legends etc.). Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
March 3, 20233 yr 4 minutes ago, bobcat999 said: Shhhhh! In all seriousness, I think they do well out of the marketplace and their own aircraft sales (local legends etc.). But it's so odd that we will happily pay a monthly subscription to the likes of Navigraph but the thought of paying monthly to see the sim evolve is regarded as horrifying? Personally I would be prepared to pay especially if Microsoft are considering pulling the plug.
March 3, 20233 yr Commercial Member 4 minutes ago, jarmstro said: But it's so odd that we will happily pay a monthly subscription to the likes of Navigraph but the thought of paying monthly to see the sim evolve is regarded as horrifying? Personally I would be prepared to pay especially if Microsoft are considering pulling the plug. I would be willing to pay a monthly subscription for MSFS 2020....If this would allow to development to keep going. Discord | YouTube | iFly Schedules 34" Odyssey OLED G8 175Hz | 3440X1440 | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | PNY VERTO OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB | G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 | Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 | Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 | ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler | Fractal Design North XL ATX Full Tower Case
March 3, 20233 yr 40 minutes ago, Noel said: How can they afford to sustain this? What other 'game' title, or any kind of software title, gets this level of change over this period of time, w/ no end in sight? Easy. Just look at the almost 10+ year old title by EA, Sims4. It is much like MSFS. Multiplayer, big platform cloud based simulation. Sims4 is always developing new content and scenarios. How can they afford to sustain this? Simple: they sell you “stuff” that you really don’t need to play the game, but you want it anyway if for nothing else, because of the cool factor. Much l,e many of the planes we duplicate here. -B Edited March 3, 20233 yr by btacon
March 3, 20233 yr 6 minutes ago, btacon said: Nonsense. Just look at the almost 10+ year old title by EA, Sims4. It is much like MSFS. Multiplayer, big platform cloud based simulation. Sims4 is always developing new content and scenarios. How can they afford to sustain this? Simple: they sell you “stuff” that you really don’t need to play the game, but you want it anyway if for nothing else, because of the cool factor. Much l,e many of the planes we duplicate here. -B There's a difference between The Sims and MSFS. Firstly the market is one hundred times greater than MSFS and secondly it needs no sustained development effort. It's totally different.
March 3, 20233 yr 32 minutes ago, jarmstro said: There's a difference between The Sims and MSFS. Firstly the market is one hundred times greater than MSFS and secondly it needs no sustained development effort. It's totally different. Do you have data that supports your premise? Because if you don’t your statements are no more or less accurate than mine because they are both supposition.
March 3, 20233 yr 27 minutes ago, jarmstro said: There's a difference between The Sims and MSFS. Firstly the market is one hundred times greater than MSFS and secondly it needs no sustained development effort. It's totally different. At this moment, for Steam users of both titles, it's 29K for Sims4, and 7K for MSFS (Steam only). To me the bigger issue is maintaining servers to be able to feed all of this whereas for Sims4, not nearly the bandwidth required is my guess. Once MSFS is essentially finished its development if MS decides it needs sub fees to keep it afloat I'm all in. Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
March 3, 20233 yr Are there still sudden changes in the direction and strength of the wind while cruising?
March 3, 20233 yr 22 minutes ago, btacon said: Do you have data that supports your premise? Because if you don’t your statements are no more or less accurate than mine because they are both supposition. Indeed. We are both guessing.
March 3, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, jarmstro said: Indeed. We are both guessing. Indeed we are. And you sir are a honorable individual. -B
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