7 hours ago, Greazer said:

• I don't like it!

No one is forcing you to use it.

Edited September 1, 20241 yr by Tuskin38

5 minutes ago, ca_metal said:

You guys need to stop seeing everything as “gamey1!1!1!” “Minecraft!1!1!1” “Xbox!1!1!1”.

That’s tiresome sometimes. 

"sometimes" ??? 🤣

3 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

No one is forcing you to use it.

"...but it takes valuable developer resources away from hArd CoRE serious pilot simulator stuffs!!!..." 🤪

Development Update pre broadcast meeting...

 

 

 

30 minutes ago, Abriael said:

It really is. 

Thank God for gamers who are bringing a bit of young blood to this hobby. It's sorely needed. 

The amazing thing is that so many fail to see that MSFS has become the 800lb gorilla of flight sim precisely because of the fresh/new blood & "casual" gamers.

And kudos to Jorg & Seb for re-investing so much of the $$ right back into the simulator to make it even more popular.

I would dearly love to know the approximate unique user counts of the other simulators vs MSFS' >15,000,000. 

1 hour ago, UrgentSiesta said:

The amazing thing is that so many fail to see that MSFS has become the 800lb gorilla of flight sim precisely because of the fresh/new blood & "casual" gamers.

And kudos to Jorg & Seb for re-investing so much of the $$ right back into the simulator to make it even more popular.

I would dearly love to know the approximate unique user counts of the other simulators vs MSFS' >15,000,000. 

Fishing from my industry experience, I would be honestly surprised if any flight simulator after FSX that isn't MSFS sold mich over 100,000 copies, if any even reached that number.

Edited September 1, 20241 yr by Abriael

9 hours ago, Greazer said:

Save game, should be for Xbox version (if anything)

Well, MSFS is a game, regardless of the platform.

 

Edit; Made a mistake here. All the quotes below are from Greazer as well

4 hours ago, Abriael said:

This is not Minecraft!

Thanks, I had noticed that already.

 

4 hours ago, Abriael said:

Idea of resuming a flight the next day?  well the weather has changed by then!

Of course the weather would have to be saved as well.

 

4 hours ago, Abriael said:

Complex aircraft (systems) could run into issues with Save Game

That is indeed possible, so it has to be done right.

 

4 hours ago, Abriael said:

I don't like it!

Fine. Have you considered the possibility of not using it?

Edited September 1, 20241 yr by Rimshot
wrong quotes

19 minutes ago, Rimshot said:

Well, MSFS is a game, regardless of the platform.

 

Thanks, I had noticed that already.

 

Of course the weather would have to be saved as well.

 

That is indeed possible, so it has to be done right.

 

Fine. Have you considered the possibility of not using it?

Why is my name in there lol, I haven't uttered that nonsense 🤔

1 hour ago, UrgentSiesta said:

I would dearly love to know the approximate unique user counts of the other simulators vs MSFS' >15,000,000. 

Fishing from my industry experience, I would be really, really surprised if any sim after FSX passed 100,000 copies by much, if any even actually reached their number. 

Edited September 1, 20241 yr by Abriael

i am hopeful for msfs2024, but i'm also expecting some very rough edges. msfs2020 has improved quite a bit since launch but i'm also disappointed that Asobo continuously neglected (or nearly so) a litany of major issues in key areas of the sim - many of which were communicated as being worked on years ago (or at the very least, acknowledged) but have not seen improvement to this day.

there's no doubt that it's going to be the new standard, i just hope that there's a little more commitment to improving core sim aspects this time around.

14 minutes ago, Abriael said:

Why is my name in there lol, I haven't uttered that nonsense

Oh dear, sorry! I quoted from your quote if you understand what I mean. My bad!

Open Youtube. Put MSFS in search window. Click Filters. Choose "last 24 hours".

When I do that on any day, from 50-100 videos show up! For all games and sims, I'm guessing that MSFS must be number one in daily YT videos posted, by a huge margin.

I am not disappointed that MSFS console users will still have to buy their addons from the marketplace. Those monies will probably extend the number of years that MS keeps the servers in the sky active.

 

10 hours ago, Greazer said:

• Save game, should be for Xbox version (if anything)
• This is not Minecraft!
• Idea of resuming a flight the next day?  well the weather has changed by then!
• Complex aircraft (systems) could run into issues with Save Game
• I don't like it!

You're using computer software, running on a home computer, for entertainment purposes. 

That's literally the definition of a video game.

It's really amazing to me, the mental gymnastics some simmers go through, to convince themselves they aren't like those "gamer" types.  That's not an insult; it's genuinely interesting to me.  I imagine a psychologist could make an interesting study out of it, on the delusion of self-selection or something.

Just now, Stearmandriver said:

You're using computer software, running on a home computer, for entertainment purposes. 

That's literally the definition of a video game.

It's really amazing to me, the mental gymnastics some simmers go through, to convince themselves they aren't like those "gamer" types.  That's not an insult; it's genuinely interesting to me.  I imagine a psychologist could make an interesting study out of it, on the delusion of self-selection or something.

We're all pilot roleplayers. 😂

of the announced aircraft, what are you people most interested in trying out?