Its interesting reading the comments and statements here. MS are doing a great job drip/feeding in to the public domain. After all that is what they do with all their XBOX releases since day one. marketing are probably rubbing their hands as we type at the speculation!
The issues of on line, offline subscription are already I suspect agreed. The Vid makes a very commonsense statement - funding. With with scenery changing daily and airports upgrading, down grading being building sites and plans for many to include differing equipment, licences to land aircraft plus the next generation technology then I suspect that Ms have watched the lack of demise of their flight sim with interest. Add to this the current investment by so many system owners in AI then it just makes the who story more interesting.
Will it be standalone - I think yes to a basic level of scenery, equipment etc (just enough to make it a "can I have XYZ please" at Xmas and birthdays etc (all other religious and celebrated holidays and days included). Will it be on line YEP! as we see now more and more have a base engine and the rest is online stream. MS know that fibre is in the progression stages across the planet - One only has to peep at those using XBOX and many of the games there to know they are doing it right now.
Subscription - pretty well can say personally YEP, they will need to continually fund the environment with changes we all see in real world. I>E look at EGLL and its potential 3rd Runway, the building work required to do that and not just the runways but associated terminals etc - GATWAY 2030 in Aruba (TNCA) Wow what a difference that going to pull .
Will it be called a game or simulator ? Look at many of the latest shoot em ups published by MS for XBOX - graphics that are practically cinema quality, Ai that learns and can move the environment around so the "player" cannot replicate and know where the enemy is about to jump out.
Plus consider this - ATC. With the amount of people that dont fly (I think we forget these) but join the likes of vatsim and Ivao (other online systems are available) the ATC levels will be an opportunity for people to work on a grander scale online and interact in real life(ish) situations) . as to calling it a game or sim - will it matter because Sim can put some off as they dont mentally dont see it gaminsh and simmer s the opposite
AI and its use - WOW look out future. Anyone who has used an online receiver for real world atc and has tuned to the likes of JFK, Heathrow etc knows the volume of equipment above our heads at anyone time. An AI system taking that available date could add to the reality mega fold.
Cost V users - based on a million simmers across the globe who either fly or control then stick a 300$ tag on there and 300 million potential income, and thats before the gamer get at it.
Its a real interesting watch a present because by just chatting about it here we are doing what MS marketing wants - driven curiosity followed by demand
Will they launch globally - no doubt! will they be issues like each Xmas of registering or subscribing ABSOLUTELY as teh servers struggle with new customers
Its a really interesting one Dr Watson and one we will have to wait and see
The issues of on line, offline subscription are already I suspect agreed. The Vid makes a very commonsense statement - funding. With with scenery changing daily and airports upgrading, down grading being building sites and plans for many to include differing equipment, licences to land aircraft plus the next generation technology then I suspect that Ms have watched the lack of demise of their flight sim with interest. Add to this the current investment by so many system owners in AI then it just makes the who story more interesting.
Will it be standalone - I think yes to a basic level of scenery, equipment etc (just enough to make it a "can I have XYZ please" at Xmas and birthdays etc (all other religious and celebrated holidays and days included). Will it be on line YEP! as we see now more and more have a base engine and the rest is online stream. MS know that fibre is in the progression stages across the planet - One only has to peep at those using XBOX and many of the games there to know they are doing it right now.
Subscription - pretty well can say personally YEP, they will need to continually fund the environment with changes we all see in real world. I>E look at EGLL and its potential 3rd Runway, the building work required to do that and not just the runways but associated terminals etc - GATWAY 2030 in Aruba (TNCA) Wow what a difference that going to pull .
Will it be called a game or simulator ? Look at many of the latest shoot em ups published by MS for XBOX - graphics that are practically cinema quality, Ai that learns and can move the environment around so the "player" cannot replicate and know where the enemy is about to jump out.
Plus consider this - ATC. With the amount of people that dont fly (I think we forget these) but join the likes of vatsim and Ivao (other online systems are available) the ATC levels will be an opportunity for people to work on a grander scale online and interact in real life(ish) situations) . as to calling it a game or sim - will it matter because Sim can put some off as they dont mentally dont see it gaminsh and simmer s the opposite
AI and its use - WOW look out future. Anyone who has used an online receiver for real world atc and has tuned to the likes of JFK, Heathrow etc knows the volume of equipment above our heads at anyone time. An AI system taking that available date could add to the reality mega fold.
Cost V users - based on a million simmers across the globe who either fly or control then stick a 300$ tag on there and 300 million potential income, and thats before the gamer get at it.
Its a real interesting watch a present because by just chatting about it here we are doing what MS marketing wants - driven curiosity followed by demand
Will they launch globally - no doubt! will they be issues like each Xmas of registering or subscribing ABSOLUTELY as teh servers struggle with new customers
Its a really interesting one Dr Watson and one we will have to wait and see