Microsoft FLIGHT Archive

I think I have nothing to add now.Everybody now sees what we were clearly stating since a year and a half.Personally, it was clear Flight was going to be a toy but at the same time I feel sad for that being myself a passionate simmers.I encourage everyone pointing us as trolls to give us a point. I dunno if Flight will interest anyone after today but if you still have questions I think you will find the answers in old posts.At least it seems I have won $50, even if I would have preferred to lose them and having a real sim.Cheers mates

Hello,http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/#press-takes_to_skiesFriend of mine is testing as we speak.Bert Van Bulck

I've yet to see a screenshot or a video containing an airliner, and thats my question. I fly almost entirely airliners, if this game doesn't have them, then I won't be getting it.

Over the last several months of browsing these forums, I've read lots of references to mainstream gamers using terms such as "kiddies" and "xbox idiots". It's gotten worse in the last few days.I am a 46 year-old gamer. My first console was the Atari 2600. I own all of the current generation consoles. I also own a fairly beefy gaming PC, on which resides my ridiculously bloated install of FSX, FS9 and tons of other sims and games. I love playing combat sims, civilian flight sims, strategy games, action games--all sorts, really. I love the challenge of navigating via VOR's in bad weather in FSX, but I also have fun occasionally stabbing a guy in Assassin's Creed. I also pla…

I went out on a date tonight, she look nothing like her pictures... Talk about horrific.

I like thousands of others are disgusted in the new and "improved" Microsoft flight.I'm only 20, however I've been using ms flight sim since I can remember.Myself and thousands of others grew a passion for aviation from flying those sims.Now this poor excuse of a flight game is going to be released and destroy a franchise that has one of the biggest legacys in a game that I've ever seen.If anyone from Microsoft reads this , or any other comments , they should have the courage and the decency to rethink this over .Yeah it's free ... But ######! People paid money for fsx , fs 2004 , 2000 etc....I don't understand there marketing strategy when people will download it for fre…

SHAME SHAME SHAME.Without all the addons flight sim is CRAPOLA. Flight sim is dull, boring, and not worth it.The world is way too big for Microsoft only. The planes are way too complex for Microsoft only. This is DISASTER.Who was the Microsoft goofball who had this ridiculous idea? Any attempt to communicate with the 'community' after this balls up will be met with malice.Remember that guy who called Aces management a pack of corporate wolves? He's right.You think we're really going to keep shelling out more and more money every week for this junk? The model sux it will FAIL.No detailed scenery, No detailed planes, No detailed weather effects, No detailed AI, No Vatsim, …

I am downloading Prepare3D as I type this. Its was only $10.00 and I'll report back how it goes.Thx

Is Brandon working on the screenshots comparaison as we speak, I have not see them yet or him as a matter of fact?

...no Megaairports, no PMDG, no Level-D, just MS..."The game will feature it’s own marketplace, with content regulated by Microsoft. There will be no scenery development kit and hence no user created content. The Live marketplace allows for constant content flow and users that opt-in to share data, allow the team to react to user behaviors to improve the game and add more of what users want. It also allows for quicker response to user requests, fixes and general improvements. On top of that, integration with the Microsoft Flight® website offers a more direct link between team and users."Read the full article here:http://flyawaysimula...rosoft-studios/Cheers Volker

I'm curious to hear from the devs.. will your company be staying with FSX/9 longer? Moving/Adding P3D... X-Plane 9/X?Also, what can we as customers do to support the current industry?It's clear that without addon developers there would be no hobby...

Title says it all...

If selected for the Flight beta, will you bother?Cheers,- jahman.

Well, now with the news that Flight will be Hawaii only for starters and then offer region specific packs and a career mode, will this be a title that you will want to purchase? (Meaning additional content beyond the free stuff)

With the introduction of flight in its current pre state, ms announced officially the end of a very fine fligtsim era. The allmighty MS which I praised for FS9 that has given me thousands of nice flighthours, slams the door at the avsim community's face saying: from now on we follow the mainstream. I wont even try flight. Im going over to Xplane, in the very hope that I will find the same nice flight expiperience I ever had with fs9.

Here are some screenshots from the closed beta of Flight. (it's just humor, it won't kill you to smile)

"giving players the freedom to fly the skies over the beautiful Big Island of Hawaii"why..EDIT holy crap wow "Those looking to deepen their experience can purchase and download additional content that adds new aircraft, regions and customization options."

Looks like the MS team is one step closer to putting full MSFS on my iPad ;)99 cents per state.......awesome (they should throw in New Jersey for free)Ugh :(

I dunno if he is the Joshua Howard responsible of the toy but he was heavily involved with Live Arcade Platforms so I assume he is the wanted Howard the Coward.Any confirmation please ?http://www.develop-o...arbonated-Games

http://majornelson.com/2012/01/04/microsoft-flight-coming-this-spring/The intended audience for Flight are complaining that it's not on Xbox, and where is the combat? LOL....

Jim,I remember us walking barefooted along the beach....Ah.. those were times....

It's almost like Green Eggs and Ham.Regardless of the release title, we live this thing.We hate it, we try it, we like it, we want more of it.Across various age groups, nationalities and professions, we share in the experience of breaking the sim, fixing the sim, and waiting for the next best sim.I might be wrong but I think we were warned that Flight would be different and that there was a new concept behind taking "Simulator" out of the product. It's too bad that MS cannot do both, 1. a game for those who like flying as a concept and 2. a simulator for those existing users and would be users of the previous releases.I can decide to try Flight or not try it. I can als…

Microsoft invited a select group of community organizations to Redmond, Washington, for a preview and discussion regarding Microsoft's soon to be released FLIGHT simulator. The meeting and hand's on sessions took place this last Tuesday, December 13th. AVSIM was represented by Tom Allensworth, Publisher, and Robert Whitwell, Reviews Editor. This meeting was held under the auspices of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) which all participants are covered by. In this meeting Microsoft shared confidential information and access to the FLIGHT game. Microsoft has indicated that some restrictions imposed by the NDA will be removed during the first week of January. To the extent th…

Probably no one will read this because the forum is flooded with posts and apparently most people are only here to post and read bad things about Flight :( but here are some random thoughts of mine.I have to say it's quite funny to see that a lot of people who are so happy with FSX and who said Flight probably would be rubbish, are now raising hell about Flight... They said they didn't care but they do. Why is everyone so upset about Flight...? You have FSX: be happy with it. You have your PMDG 737NGX: go fly it. You don't HAVE to use Flight. Why bother (like some do) if there is a forum for Flight on Avsim? Don't come in this subforum anymore and PLEASE don't post here a…

""Looks pretty good for a free game. Think I'll pick this one up. Reminds me of Pilotwings. "Posted by Hyperglide, On major nelson blog..