Interesting to see how the numbers have gone over time. I find it fascinating that P3D is now the sim of choice for nearly two thirds and FSX has fallen back to just under one third.

Given the changes in O/S software and hardware (multi-core etc) this is not surprising that there is a shift from a 32 bit to a 64 bit operating system.

Still I am quite settled with FSX-A on a 64 bit (Win7) O/S. It is not the only 32bit legacy program I run on the PC. FSX has been quite dependable for me and most of the stuff ups have come from sloppy install work by me and sloppy programming by payware developers (not all by the way).

No intention of changing over to P3D unless Win7 falls over or the hardware fails but prepared for that eventually as well. For me it is all about Win7 no way am I going over to Win10. I cannot run P3D with its hardware and memory demands anyway without a complete new PC and the one I have is super fast for any other ordinary PC work except simming but after years of tweaking I stopped and reverted back to basics and found that the ACES team had it right most of the time anyway. I have no CTD's, no stuttering and no blurries and run all the Captain Sim products without any issues. There will always be the ocasional glitch in FSX but never show stopping. Runs well with high level REX weather as well, so why change.

IF I did it will be to X-Plane. Better programming better architecture. Scenery is streets ahead of stuff for FSX or P3D but the issue for both and X-Plane is simple for me - The aeroplanes I want to sim with will not run in either or are not available in either so no choice really. Anyway I have spent a lot of cash on FSX stuff (models, scenery etc) over the years and cannot be bothered going down that whole route of constant upgrades, changes etc etc again. It is not broke for me so I am not planning to fix it.  :)