This forum is not the only news source. It may be the least populated by developers.
MSFS 2024 is essentially around the corner (sometime this fall or winter),
- my bet goes with @LuisArgerich that they’re heads down on 2024 and have a lot of work to do there.
- I’ll bet marketing research shows that lots of people are slowing down their purchases in anticipation of 2024. Rather than “Free upgrade when 2024 comes out” and having to do more work to change the planes for 2024 and pay for the cost of releasing updates, it’s more cost effective to wait until the release and go straight to 2024 for new releases from this point on. They’ll have stock ready upon release, and can meter that out a little at a time to keep excitement up.
Do I believe 2020 planes will work in 2024? Kind of
Do I believe that 2020 planes in 2024 will be able to take advantage of all the new stuff in 2024? No, and I don’t think anyone has said they will either. I’m pretty sure the buying public is going to expect perfect planes with all the new features…although I don’t know where that belief has come from…