heywooood
August 19th, 2012, 13:44
Who else besides me thinks that, through the addon developer community (or thanks to them) FSX is just hitting its stride for a long haul?
Thanks to the involvement of Lockheed Martin and the advent of 'Prepared' I think MS must maintain compatibility for FSX into the next several iterations of Windows - yes?
Otherwise there might be some legal friction between them, and LM is well able to take MS to task if there is a breakdown.
So we can look forward to ongoing development of FSX quite possibly for up to a decade more - maybe...?
Brings us to Flight...and what was missed by MS at the outset.
If they had taken FSX to our established and by now well versed 3rd party developers - A2A, ORBX, REX,GEX, Carenado et al (if I did not name ALL of you, it is my fault NOT yours)
and asked " what should we fix? , what can and should be enhanced? and then corrected the code to take advantage of multi-core processors and advanced shaders - fixed DX10 etc..
they would then have had a better shot at long term success - maybe a sure thing, and maybe only had to share a percentage of gross with those who participated (maybe not even that, maybe just knowing the new sim would be open to 3PD would have been enough) - everyone wins....they wouldn't have had to share code with the 3PD's - just listened to their expertise.
Alas - thinking they needed no advice - that they could close off their entire fan base (mostly - I bought in thinking they would HAVE to eventually come around..lol at me) caused the rapid and inevitable demise of what should have been the Flight Sim of the next generation.
Why would they ignore a completely self-sufficient fan base - one that continues to provide them with customers for the FSX boxed software - and go off in an entirely unproven direction? ALL other flight sims rely on their customers for support, development, and feedback... This group shunned us and dismissed us as
relics...only realizing their fatal flaw at the end.
We now have lots of options when it comes to flight simulation...DCS, Rise of Flight, Aerofly FS, and many other titles coming available soon - so at least for now if MS wants to walk away, let them.
But wouldnt it be great if somewhere down the line as FSX Gold continues to sell as does Prepar3d - if someone at MS decided to do the right thing and ASK the people who have turned the sows ear into a silk purse " what if we took another look at this...what would YOU guys like to have in a flight sim?"
I know what I'd tell them...
Thanks to the involvement of Lockheed Martin and the advent of 'Prepared' I think MS must maintain compatibility for FSX into the next several iterations of Windows - yes?
Otherwise there might be some legal friction between them, and LM is well able to take MS to task if there is a breakdown.
So we can look forward to ongoing development of FSX quite possibly for up to a decade more - maybe...?
Brings us to Flight...and what was missed by MS at the outset.
If they had taken FSX to our established and by now well versed 3rd party developers - A2A, ORBX, REX,GEX, Carenado et al (if I did not name ALL of you, it is my fault NOT yours)
and asked " what should we fix? , what can and should be enhanced? and then corrected the code to take advantage of multi-core processors and advanced shaders - fixed DX10 etc..
they would then have had a better shot at long term success - maybe a sure thing, and maybe only had to share a percentage of gross with those who participated (maybe not even that, maybe just knowing the new sim would be open to 3PD would have been enough) - everyone wins....they wouldn't have had to share code with the 3PD's - just listened to their expertise.
Alas - thinking they needed no advice - that they could close off their entire fan base (mostly - I bought in thinking they would HAVE to eventually come around..lol at me) caused the rapid and inevitable demise of what should have been the Flight Sim of the next generation.
Why would they ignore a completely self-sufficient fan base - one that continues to provide them with customers for the FSX boxed software - and go off in an entirely unproven direction? ALL other flight sims rely on their customers for support, development, and feedback... This group shunned us and dismissed us as
relics...only realizing their fatal flaw at the end.
We now have lots of options when it comes to flight simulation...DCS, Rise of Flight, Aerofly FS, and many other titles coming available soon - so at least for now if MS wants to walk away, let them.
But wouldnt it be great if somewhere down the line as FSX Gold continues to sell as does Prepar3d - if someone at MS decided to do the right thing and ASK the people who have turned the sows ear into a silk purse " what if we took another look at this...what would YOU guys like to have in a flight sim?"
I know what I'd tell them...