MS Announces New Flight!

[ShaneG_old]

Considering there's only been a 5 second video, and a press release. I think you're jumping the gun. We'll see.

I don't understand why you posted this, especially considering that you agreed with, and reinforced just about every aspect of my post.

[machineman9]

Something also tells me that if it were ported to console (and I highly doubt it... The video only says Windows, not Xbox 360) they would make it very Kinect compatible.

Still. A flight simulator game like that needs a keyboard and actual controls. I doubt they will let a repeat of 'Steel Batallion' happen.


I reckon they'll put the game off for 2 years and try to bring in customers on a 30th anniversary kind of marketing scheme. A 2012 release seems most likely in my eyes. November 2012 would make it a 30th anniversary.

[Keep It Simple]

[quote]If it looks anything like that video portrays,
can you imagine how long it will be before anyone can run it?
:-/

A lot of people are still having issues getting FSX & FS9 to run,
I can't possibly imagine why they would push the envelope even further,
unless of course they've gone the route of dumbing down the game engine to allow it to run smoothly,
and putting the real burden on the graphics card,
instead of the CPU.

I really hope this isn't some cheap 'video game' of flight.
It's bad enough that it appears to be online based.

Seeing as how the majority of MSFS supporters still feel abandoned by MS,
I see this one falling on it's face,
and being supported only by the trendiest of 'gotta have the best' types.

Won't hold my breath on this one.

[Al_Fallujah]

JC on a Crutch! I've haven't read so much rampant, paranoid and utter BS...

I think the polite word you are looking for is speculation.

And being that we are all engaging in it, and you have predictions you wanna add that you state are based on bread crumbs, please share your sources. Would love to see what you got.

[Solid]

I have many apprehensions but I hope it will be PC based, accept add ons from others and look forward not backward. The FS9 and FSX technology is totally out of date, even if I love them both....they are the history of sims.....if new tech is used both hard and soft we could see the New Era of Flight Sims...I hope we do.

[Keep It Simple]

I have many apprehensions but I hope it will be PC based, accept add ons from others and look forward not backward. The FS9 and FSX technology is totally out of date, even if I love them both....they are the history of sims.....if new tech is used both hard and soft we could see the New Era of Flight Sims...I hope we do.

MS has said it will be for the PC

I agree that it's time we move foreward.

I suspect that MS is changing the title to more accurately reflect the direction FS is going which is a bit more game oriented.
IMO this is no a bad idea as long as it still remains a simulation at heart.
Personally, I would wecome an aspect of "Flight" that would make such things as air racing and formation flying, etc more accesssable and realistic. As it stands now, it's too contrived and limited IMO.

I would also welcome  a combat sim base on the new  code.

As I already staded, we need more info before we condem it.
We might be pleasently surprised.

In any event MSFS as we know it is history so lets move on.

[ShaneG_old]

As I already staded, we need more info before we condem it.

M$ condemned it for me, when they fired the Aces crew, instead of the idiots who made Vista.

[machineman9]

[quote]M$ condemned it for me, when they fired the Aces crew, instead of the idiots who made Vista.

[FuturePilot]

[quote][quote]M$ condemned it for me, when they fired the Aces crew, instead of the idiots who made Vista.

[lunitic_8]

Here is the thing, due to the ACES team being fired approx. 2 years ago; the ACES team did not make this game, the original Microsoft designers made this game. It is going to be a game not a simulator. :-/ None the less it does look like a great game!!

[B-Valvs]

I've never ever ever had a bad Vista experience and I've had for quite a while... Not long after the release actually. It's probably my favourite OS to date...

Same here. I'm not sure why it got such a bad reputation.

8-)

[specter177]

I prefer not to say that a game series is moving in the wrong direction when all we have is some vague marketing BS and a non-gameplay video. Wait till we actually see the game.

[SeanTK]

Copying from a post I made on another forum...............

It will certainly be interesting to see how this develops in the coming months and years.

My take on it?

Echoing a few others here and elsewhere, I believe that the "LIVE" elements will simply involve the ability to get addons (free or pay) through MS's marketplace system, and not much else. While MS did bin the ACES team, I find it hard to believe that they would revert FS....oh wait...I guess it's just "F" now to an "arcade game".

If anything, it could result in what is basically a bare bones FSX starting platform, and the LIVE elements come into play with anything that you want to add. While this may mean things such as "want something besides the included Cessna? ...pay us money" I believe that in the long run...the exposure that addon developers receive from this, including the free and payware developers here, will outweigh any extra "certification hoops" that one must deal with.
Basically, I'm imaging FSX with a completely different GUI when not in the flying environment. Of course, everything is going to be speculation right now, so we'll all just have to remember to "chill out" and wait until we receive more info.



Side note: On the other forum, there was speculation that this new program could lead to a required MS certification process for freeware and payware addons. While this may be a bit of a PITA initially...I think the ultimate benefits of increased public exposure will outweigh the bother of the approval process. Of course, this whole statement is made on a whole bunch of speculation, so what I am saying may not have any relevance at all!

[FuturePilot]

"chill out" and wait until we receive more info.

Best advice I've heard yet!  8-)

We haven't seen or heard hardly anything at all! This is almost like a gossip thread! 

[yancovitch]

i think we should get everyone here and in every other site to totally ignore this ...pretend it isn't and never was....that's the response they deserve for this.... pull the strings and make people jump up and down...for what....cheap promotional gimmick ......