[Flying Pencil]

Originally Posted by diveplane

microsoft still working on the flightsim products , they regrouped and are doing a new version. titled microsoft flight.


http://www.microsoft.com/games/fsinsider/

Why did the regroup?

Official MS statement was they "disbanded" a section dedicated to its FS product, but later said it was keeping some core employees (still laied off 5000 of them).

Bottom line, 5000 programmers is a massive downsizing, they simply will not be able to do any ground up upgrade to its FSX.
What they could do is reconfigure the engine, improve parts, add features.


Something must have made MS change its mind to make a new version so soon after canning most of its staff.


As to SoW advertising, I agree, 1C and publisher will need a massive ad campaign, how they plan to do it is another topic.