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Title: This is just sad ( not what i ever wanted to hear)
Post by aafan on Jan 25^th, 2009 at 4:05pm

Microsoft cut ACES

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21981

i am SO mad not more Flight Sim :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Title: Re: This is just sad ( not what i ever wanted to hear)
Post by Tyrion on Jan 28^th, 2009 at 4:16pm

It is indeed a shame MS closed ACES, but it will not be the end for fs, I hope.

I quote:
"the company [Microsoft] noted: "You should expect us to continue to invest in enabling great LIVE experiences on Windows, including flying games, but we have nothing specific to announce at this time."

Title: Re: This is just sad ( not what i ever wanted to hear)
Post by Bob Markey on Jan 30^th, 2009 at 9:23pm

Yes Tyrion, but that quote seriously scares me.

As all of us who have simmed for years know, MSFS is not a "flying game" but a flight simulator. Some die-hard simmers even refuse to buy FSX because of the "missions" that make it more like a game.

I fear that future Microsoft "flying games" will be kids play, similar to the air combat in EA's Battlefield 1942. While fun, it's still not a Flight Sim.

Title: Re: This is just sad ( not what i ever wanted to hear)
Post by Tyrion on Jan 30^th, 2009 at 10:02pm

Bob,
you're right in that, msfs isn't a flying game to us,
but you have to remember, to anyone not simming, it is.
Flight sim is now more than 25 years old,
and by official sources, fsx was a succes, so I don't think ms will completely stop the series.
If they did, they'd loose millions in profit on possible future fs versions.
And considering they're a commercial company, now firing thousands of people for financial reasons, I think they know that.
I to am worried about the future of msfs, but i don't think it's all over, just because of the closing of ACES studios.

Tyrion

Title: Re: This is just sad ( not what i ever wanted to hear)
Post by Bob Markey on Jan 30^th, 2009 at 11:03pm

Ultimately it is my hope that there are enough people from ACES with business sense and the ability to fund or obtain funding to start a whole new company devoted to sim products. It would be nice to still leverage all their years of experience in the field AND get a whole ground-up re-write of a new simulator product.

And if MS was ever to sell rights to the product anywhere (which really is not something they do) it would be to former ACES members who start a new company to carry on the legacy.

In the meantime I'm just happy so many companies such as our friends at Captain Sim continue to work towards releasing new titles for FSX and that FSX is still new enough to keep going even without MS' help for a few (or several) more years.