For me, yes, even I pre-bought it some days ago haha, and I constantly look to the PC date just in case is already November 19th.

Edited October 14, 20241 yr by peloto

If they release it today, I'll try it today.

Yes, just release it and let them fix it up as we go, just like with MSFS2020.  I am sure we will have a lot of fun in the meantime.  You can't wait forever for something to be perfect.

Yes. Microsoft has already spent, and is continuing to spend, a marketing and advertising budget on the November 19 release date. Releases like the XBox edition of MSFS (SU 5), the 40th anniversary edition, and MSFS 2024, are different from your typical Sim Update, because of the extra money Microsoft spends to promote these special releases. I don't think any marketing/advertising budget is typically used for a Sim Update, so those can be delayed. So I doubt MSFS 2024 will be delayed.

Having said that, if you are concerned about stability, just use MSFS 2020 until you thinj MSFS 2024 is stable enough for your preferences.

I mean they can release it whenever they want.  But I'll personally only jump when I see it is ready. 

Both answers in your poll assume that MSFS2024 is not fit to be released, and the choices are to have a buggy version now or wait a year -or more-

I'd say MSFS2024 should be released whenever it is ready to be, and that could be 19 November.

Based on all the reports of the global private preview event build by content creators, and now the tech alpha, I'm seeing these as net positives over 2020:

1. A great majority of IRL pilots and simmers alike noticing solid/non-trivial improvements in flight dynamics based on the C172 and 737 Max (so I eagerly look forward to trying default birds in the sim and then to see what 3rd party devs will do with all the flight dynamics improvements and capabilities in the SDK)
2. Ground handling is a vast improvement over 2020 (per all reports, and what I saw in videos)
3. Visual fidelity and depiction of the digital twin earth - I mean, what's there to say here except that it's leaps and bounds ahead of 2020 (highly detailed ground terrain, 3D flora, various biomes, seasons, 2D->3D AI based terrain depiction, etc)
4. Better clouds depiction and density, new cirrus cloud type, better simulation of impact to aircraft when encountering dangerous weather/clouds, better clouds lighting
5. Revamped atmospheric and lighting engine, very positive reviews so far
6. Lots of medium or higher fidelity default aircraft coming, i.e. 737 Max, iniBuilds A330, etc
7. All default aircraft now use CFD for their FMs
8. Better water physics
9. Much better multi-threading and full use of CPU cores
10. And various more...

In terms of regressions from 2020, didn't see or hear of any major ones.. well I guess some terrain glitches and what not in the tech alpha, but not sure if that's representative of the full sim given what they intentionally removed/changed in the tech alpha.

So all in all, the totality of improvements over 2020 makes it an easy buy for me, and yes to release on Nov 19th based on the two preview builds so far. I get to also use 2020 so I'm not worried about initial bugs after release.
 

Edited October 14, 20241 yr by lwt1971

No one and I mean absolutely no one is being forced to buy it on release whether its today, tomorrow, Nov 19 or even if they did delay it a couple of Months. Its your option to buy it or not.

"Must" it? No. It's software, and they can ultimately delay releasing it if they want.

For them to delay it from the planned release date, there would need to be a seriously good reason though, like some big showstopping bugs.

I like how the poll and entire premise of the poll is a loaded question

Seriously, who cares?

What would be the parameters that signify that 2024 is "mature"?

I bet 2020 wouldn't meet most of them 4 years after release but it's a constantly evolving product that we enjoy playing immensely.

 

2024 will be released as a beta? I must have missed the memo....

As soon as it's released as soon the addon devs will start converting and optimise/improve, at least I hope so, their planes/sceneries/etc... for it

Edited October 14, 20241 yr by bendead

37 minutes ago, Allard said:

Both answers in your poll assume that MSFS2024 is not fit to be released, and the choices are to have a buggy version now or wait a year -or more-

I'd say MSFS2024 should be released whenever it is ready to be, and that could be 19 November.

Didn't they just lock another thread about MSFS 2024 , implying that it wasn't ready for release? 🤔

Edited October 14, 20241 yr by Bobsk8