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We're super excited that SayIntentions.AI is adding X-Plane support! This tool really adds a level of realism to your flying – check out the full press release below.

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May 9, 2024 - In a bold step forward for the flight simulation community, SayIntentions.AI, the leading provider of AI-based Air Traffic Control (ATC) software for flight simulators, announces the expansion of its revolutionary ATC system to include support for X-Plane. This expansion opens the door for X-Plane users to experience the true AI-powered air traffic control that SayIntentions.AI is renowned for.

Austin Meyer, on the Collaboration:

"X-Plane is all about delivering the most realistic and immersive flight experience possible, and we're thrilled to see SayIntentions.AI bringing their cutting-edge AI ATC to our platform. This collaboration ensures that X-Plane pilots can experience unparalleled realism in air traffic control simulation."

Brian Shellabarger, CEO of SayIntentions.AI:

"We're excited to bring our innovative AI-based ATC software to the X-Plane community. Our goal is to deliver the most authentic and engaging flight simulation experience, and expanding to X-Plane allows us to reach a broader audience of flight sim enthusiasts. With the support of Austin Meyer and the entire X-Plane team, we're poised to redefine realism in virtual air traffic control."

Discover how the future of flight simulation is evolving with SayIntentions.AI, and elevate your flying experience to new heights.

For more information and to subscribe, visit https://sayintentions.ai/.

Great News !!!

5 minutes ago, jcomm said:

Great News !!!

It happen because when user learn about support being pulled from X Plane  they began to contact Sayintention.AI and express their desires for X plane support. The effort made on discords in getting the developers in touch with LR to help resolve any issues apparently were iron out and now we can look forward for Sayintention.Al to come to Xplane. 

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Price: $29.95/mo $295/yr

 

Great news. But I think it is only a confirmation for the increasing success of XP12. This should attract even more users in future.

6 minutes ago, Franz007 said:

Great news. But I think it is only a confirmation for the increasing success of XP12. This should attract even more users in future.

Not sure that's the angle I'd go for when they literally stopped support because the numbers were so low and "shrinking rapidly", now they are bringing back support because people straight up begged for it, not because the numbers improved. That is not some big win for XP.

Edited May 16, 20242 yr by Sethos

11 minutes ago, Sethos said:

Not sure that's the angle I'd go for when they literally stopped support because the numbers were so low and "shrinking rapidly", now they are bringing back support because people straight up begged for it, not because the numbers improved. That is not some big win for XP.

So as we see they were simply wrong. The last navigraph-survey showed an increase of 25% of users using XP as their favourite sim (vs a year before). And Laminar stated that they had sold the most copies of XP12 at release than any previously release version (included XP11 that was the most succesful). Added to that you can count the new (disappointed) users coming from MSFS out of the trillions of generated XBox users and who helps XP to grow. It's truly the best time to be a simmer right now and the future seems bright 🙂

Edited May 16, 20242 yr by Franz007

Strategically, IMO this is a good move for SayIntentions. The XPlane user base has a higher percentage of real world pilots and the user base is more affluent per capita. XPlane has been a staple of PilotEdge users since inauguration. 

Austin Myers appears to be a cheerleader for SayIntentions which goes a long way in the XPlane user base. 

4 minutes ago, Franz007 said:

So as we see they were simply wrong. The last navigraph-survey showed an increase of 25% of users using XP as their favourite sim (vs a year before). And Laminar stated that they had sold the most copies of XP12 at release thany any previously release version (included XP11 that was the most succesful). Added to that you can count the new (disappointed) users coming from MSFS out of the trillions of generated XBox users and who helps XP to grow. It's truly the best time to be a simmer right now and the future seems bright 🙂

What does a Navigraph survey matter when their own data, for their own product said it was shrinking? But I guess in X-Plane land, that doesn't matter.

Edited May 16, 20242 yr by Sethos

22 minutes ago, Bjoern said:

 

LOL ridiculous pricing. 29$ a month????? Crazy,

Edited May 16, 20242 yr by flightskyc

25 minutes ago, Sethos said:

now they are bringing back support because people straight up begged for it, not because the numbers improved. That is not some big win for XP.

The reason that pilot as you put it "begged for it" was because they were expecting support for the addon for X Plane from earlier announcement and was unaware Sayintention.Al decided to drop it. That was due to word not getting out to enough user, through the current news feed that would satisfy Sayintention.AI confidence that enough user would be interest and therefore assume the market is not ripe for it. As it turn out there were enough interested which was enough to change their mind. Given the type technology use in the case, it is win for X plane users and it will help draw more to the sim.  

Edited May 16, 20242 yr by BobFS88

3 minutes ago, Sethos said:

What does a Navigraph survey matter when their own data, for their own product said it was shrinking? But I guess in X-Plane land, that doesn't matter.

What are you talking about? It is well known that they are doing the only wide spreaded survey about flightsims. Are you saying it is not representative? And LR is lying? So which one then tells the right numbers? What is your secret source that xontradicts those numbers? Funny to demonstrate that openly how you can turn positive news into something negative. I know, many are hoping since years for XP to die. But that never happens as you see. It’s actually the opposite 😊

1 minute ago, BobFS88 said:

The reason that pilots as put it "begged for it" was because they were expecting support for the addon for X Plane from earlier announcement and was unaware Sayintention.Al decided to drop it. That was due to word not getting out to enough user, through the current news feed that would satisfy Sayintention.AI confidence that enough user would be interest and therefore assume the market is not ripe for it. As it turn out there were enough interested which was enough to change their mind. Given the type technology use in the case, it is win for X plane users and it will help draw more to the sim.  

Having users beg for support after it was dropped, is not a win, it's never a win. That is the most unsustainable, synthetic way of gauging actual interest rather than just some community led temporary campaign that doesn't actually show real interest, rather than user-lead action. So right now, this says absolutely nothing and hailing this as some sort of win for X-Plane is absolutely delusional. If this had happened to MSFS, people here would rightly so have called it out and said something along the same lines. However, we'll see in the coming months if the support and and amount of users actually increase with this new public interest and if poor 'advertisement' was actually the cause -- Then I will gladly call this a great win.

If it is $29 a month in a failing economy, dont expect it to run too long.

50 minutes ago, Sethos said:

people straight up begged for it, not because the numbers improved

mmmm.... Since when did a screaming minority trigger a $30/month product to magically reappear? Never. More likely that their claimed numbers and reasons actually aren't as pessimistic (I believe "bombastic" might also be appropriate here) as they originally touted. 

Or they finally feel comfortable enough with the status of their own product (not a beta anymore?) that they can re-apply dev resources to supporting XP.

Or they see the continued commitment of LR to a sim that has indeed grown in sales from the previous iteration and continues to grow and improve.

Bodes well for XP all around. Well angled, Franz007.