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  1. He also said they are thinking about taking it (Vision Jet) out of marketplace in June. I don't know, it's just speculation of course, but I think when he said june and september he had in mind their prospected release window and their internal roadmap. But sure, no one should take it as granted. But I still believe they are announcing the release date in the Xbox event in june. And after that they will share more details in the FSExpo. We won't be waiting a lot to know more.
  2. I had the impression Jörg hinted the release window of 2024 when he's talking about the Vision Jet. Around september I guess. I don't remember his exact words, but he's worried if they don't pull the aircraft out of the marketplace people might buy it in september and right after it the airplane would be free.
  3. Ok, I got it now. In that case I think it would still be risky to start hyping up the new version. Just a hunch based on how simmers and also gamers deal with new versions coming, they usually put the current version to rest waiting for the new one to come (you will never see the other devs announcing their new sims much prior to the release, they will always wait until they are really close). My guess is, if they really start marketing it, it COULD dry up sales for a while. But anyways, this subject is offtopic here. I'm hoping they will start talking about it ASAP.
  4. If the sales skyrocketed BECAUSE of the 2024 announcement then I stand corrected and I don't see why they aren't marketing it more. I don't have access to the numbers and also didn't see the devs talking about sales lately. By any chance do you have links where I can see their statements concerning sales? I think last time I saw sales metrics were about PMDG.
  5. When I say they need to ensure continued support isn't really about concerned simmers, but to keep people using 2020 (and of course buying on the marketplace) until they are ready for the transition. It's not really the time to keep the hype up. I don't have the numbers, but drying up marketplace sales for 6 months - 1 year would be a huge loss (I guess), not just for MS, but for the 3rd parties. Of course that's my assessment, I could be wrong. And I'm pretty sure most (if not all of us) active users/simmers will transition in less than a year to the new sim. It's pretty much just a matter of keeping 2020 alive until the time comes. Also keeping late adopters happy until they are ready (they are also an extended user base if you consider they will still be able to buy new compatible add-ons). I know people still running FS9 (really late adopters LOL).
  6. But it's not really about compatibility and transferability. Look, they already promised to keep MSFS 2020 as updated as possible, even after 2024 is released, but I've seen people saying they are killing 2020 before fixing it. I think they are avoiding promoting 2024 as much as they did with 2020 because they are afraid people might go into waiting mode. That affected other sims back in 2019/2020. It's important to show people 2020 isn't getting abandoned and they still care about it. About the Alpha Insider, I would love to join it again, but I can see why it isn't that necessary this time around. ASOBO/MS might be focusing on 3rd parties feedback. I think it's better to focus 100% on the 3rd party devs' feedbacks than splitting their resources between users (simmers) and devs. 3rd party enviroment is stablished this time, they have an SDK to improve as much as possible before the release. That said, I'm eagerly waiting for new info when they are ready, including the new features showcases.
  7. By now I'm sure they don't plan to do the same they did with 2020. I think it was just a few days after the first trailer (jun/2019) when they released the flightsimulator.com page and their insider hub. I also remember that by the end of the year (nov/2019 I guess) people started getting invited to the alpha program. They were way more active talking about 2020 between jun/2019 and aug/2020. My guess is, they don't want to finish off 2020 while it's still thriving. It would be bad for them and also for the third parties. I was very hopeful they would open another alpha insider program, but I can understand why they might not do that again this time.
  8. Good news: Inibuilds A320 next month. Bad news: They are not ready to talk about MSFS 2024 in the next dev stream.
  9. You need to use the DX12, are you using it? Post a print with your settings.
  10. We weren't talking about the release, we were talking about new info being released. My guess was just about new info (new features, aircrafts, possible release window etc). And yeah, I believe the release will probably be in winter.
  11. My bet is no later than June, when Xbox will host their annual event in LA. It could be before, but I expect a major annoucement there.
  12. Unfortunately I don't think they will talk much about MSFS 2024(maybe a new screenshot, who knows), in the form to submit questions there was a disclaimer saying they aren't ready to talk about it.
  13. First, they should buy ASOBO. They are an awesome studio (not just because MSFS, but they have other amazing titles). Then, yeah, they should expand their team working on MSFS, hiring some of the talented people working for 3rd parties.
  14. New year, new arguments. My sim has better pebbles than yours. My vote goes to MSFS2020/MSFS2024.
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