Should this Board be Moved?

[Fozzer]

My Opinion: It's not a sim so it shouldn't be in Current Flight Simulator Series.

[glow=yellow,2,300]Also if it were moved down there would be less arguments & more posts asking for help because the people who argued wouldn't bother to scroll down & the only people that would scroll down would be people who needed help.[/glow]

I think a few questions have gone unanswered because the answerers don't want to be branded "Haters".

That sounds like a good idea,

[JBaymore]

Are there enough other items out there to warrant a category of "Flight Game Software" as a distinct category?

If not ... then is a sub-category under "Computer Games and Software" possible as MS Flight?

Basically,.... it just doesn't neatly "fit" anywhere.  Which is the whole problem with it.  It is a solution looking for a need.

best,

................john

[Groundbound1]

What's the category for Wii bowling? Same place...put it there...

[CHUCK79]

What's the category for Wii bowling? Same place...put it there...

[Wing Nut]

You know, it's not my place to tell you what your job is Pete, but I would suggest that by relegating Flight to the Games and Software category you'll be killing it as the current edition of FS before it even gets started.

[alrot]

I agree with Pete

... agree? How did my question get translated into 'my opinion?'

Once again

[Wing Nut]

I might add that if you want to move Flight, you might want to consider revamping the entire Current Simulator section.

[Boikat]

[quote]You know, it's not my place to tell you what your job is Pete, but I would suggest that by relegating Flight to the Games and Software category you'll be killing it as the current edition of FS before it even gets started......

[ftldave]

www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/

www.microsoft.com/games/flight/

Flight is Microsoft's successor to FSX. Both Flight and FSX are classified as games by the publisher and retailers no matter how much that ruffles serious simmers' feathers. I can't help but think it's a little bit pretentious to insist that flying make-believe airplanes on a computer screen MUST be called a simulator and not a game. And I say that as I'm paging through a detailed XB-70 checklist and making an IFR flight plan. Keep Flight where it is.

[Groundbound1]

Reminds me of the old "engine or motor" debate... (BTW, the answer to that one is that all engines are motors, but not all motors are engines )

I really can't believe that this is still up for debate. :-?

A question for anyone that still believes Flight is a sim rather than a game...

Would you (or do you think anyone else would) build a "sim-pit" based on Flight?

[Camel_Moe]

I really can't believe that this is still up for debate. :-?

A question for anyone that still believes Flight is a sim rather than a game...

Would you (or do you think anyone else would) build a "sim-pit" based on Flight?

Not only can I believe this is still up for debate, if it ends up like it's console driving game "sim vs. arcade" counterpart, the debate will continue indefinitly, or at least as long as MS keeps putting out related product, and people keep playing.
Oddly enough I can see somebody making a sim-pit for it as well. There's got to be at least one Flight fanatic somewhere planning it right this minute...

[Flight Ace]

[quote]Well it just occurred to me that this is listed under '[b]Current Flight Simulator Series

[Camel_Moe]

Hehe. Ironically, the people at Wiki have been having an edit war over game vs. simulation for months now. It's the longest topic on the talk page. I think the most recent idea was that they should call it a "gimulator".
Do we have a gimulator section by any chance? Probabbly make things easier...
No, i'm not serious. 

[Groundbound1]

Ahh yes, Wikipedia...the only encyclopedia who's users can supply their own information...

[JBaymore]

Ahh yes, Wikipedia...the only encyclopedia who's users can supply their own information...

There is a reason that those of us in the college acadermic community frown upon its use as a reference. 

best,

...............john