Microsoft Flight: The Return of Flight Simulator?
Flight Sim is back!
Flight simulations just aren't selling anymore. Maybe that's because no one is making them, or is it that no one is buying them? Is it like the question of the chicken or egg? (Scientists now say that the chicken came first.)
Either way, Microsoft is plotting to release another flying game, but this one won't have the long title of "Microsoft Flight Simulator," instead simplify things with just "Microsoft Flight."
We don't know if it'll be a hardcore or casual affair yet, but hang on to those flight sticks and throttles!
Twenty-eight years after the debut of "Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0," Microsoft Game Studios also announced the internal development of "Microsoft Flight," a new Windows exclusive. "Microsoft Flight" will bring a new perspective to the long-standing genre, welcoming everyone, including long-time fans, to experience the magic of flight.
A teaser of the future of Flight on the Windows-based PC is available at http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight
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I've got a rather large inkling that this means "Microsoft Flight" will be a cut down "Game" rather than a full-on simulator.
It won't be a patch on FSX
The video doesnt give much away.... could be flying anything from Cessna to X-Wings..
The reason flight sims dont sell very well is because of the huge system requirements to make it look realistic - and no I dont count the "recommended hardwar" that MS list ofr FSX, because it is not enough to have all the eye candy on max.
The other reason ?? no combat in FSX
I still like FS9 and although it's a game, it's more of a simualator and enthusiasm for me. So I think it'll be interesting to see if the new Microsoft Flight is as good as FS2004.