Me and many others bought an Xbox in hope to get A32NX. I think Microsoft/Asobo should make it clear for Xbox users, what kind of 3PD mods we might get, and what kind of will never happen. The official statement was
“The experience of Microsoft Flight Simulator is the same.”
MS / Asobo have make it clear:
1- only DLC from in-game store can be available on Xbox (no mod, no other store).
2- only Windows Store version support crossbuy with Xbox.
3- all MS / Asobo content will be available on PC and Xbox (and with crossbuy).
4- they left to third party the choice to go or not on Xbox. They left thrid party to do crossbuy or not. It’s third party decision.
That’s what I’m saying. There’s a problem on the Microsoft side. That’s why fbw saying that they would like to make it if possible. (Appearance on Xbox’s marketplace)
That’s why I want MS/Asobo make a clearance, because there are some restrictions on their side, which FBW struggling with.
It would be an EXTREMELY big disappointment if we don’t have the A32NX on the XBOX. The FS’s standard A320 aircraft is just a toy. MS and ASOBO should help the FBW guys to port their aircraft to Xbox. A32NX is awesome.
A32NX (FBW) and eventually their other projects (a380) - FBW is looking into this, nothing confirmed as of yet.
CRJ (Aerosoft) - I’m very excited for this one. Aerosoft is currently testing their xbox model.
PMDG planes (737 and DC6) - I’ve heard PMDG is looking into it! Currently testing xbox model of DC6.
A320CEO (Fenix) - maybe potential considering performance is better than default a320. Fenix for the time being have stated their are not looking to port this to xbox as they don’t believe they have a market especially with FBW mod being free. Maybe this may change as they are payware, and they have a very different product to FBW. I think not releasing on xbox is a mistake as they are missing on a share of the market. Additionally, if they were able to release before FBW mod, I’m sure they would make a lot of money.
777 (CS), even though its not the best, better than nothing. CS confirmed they are bring mod to xbox.
787 Heavy division mod, and eventually perhaps QualityWings 787. Nothing from QW about xbox port.
The a220 tap design or whiskey jet - haven’t read anything about xbox
project megapack (a321, a330, 737-800, 747-400, and 700+ liveries) - haven’t heard anything about xbox release for this one either.
Neither have Microsoft for the same reason. AFAIK there is a group working on a payware A320, Microsoft would probably rather that found its way to Xbox.
Oh of course - MSFS is expensive to develop and to support (online servers, outbound bandwidth etc). We only pay once for the sim, so they make their money through marketplace commission.
There hasn’t really been any official statement that confirms whether it’ll support Xbox or not. But chances are, if they are planning to release it on the MSFS Marketplace, it’s very likely that it can work on Xbox. But like I said, I couldn’t find any statement to confirm this.
But that being said, I’m not quite sure what makes the A320 that appealing. I mean, we already have the A320neo as a default aircraft, and while that doesn’t say as much, we already have the A32NX mod which is getting closer to the real A320neo.
While it’s nice to have the variety, I personally just doesn’t feel justified to have the aircraft. Especially since there are other airline classes that we’re lacking right now, like a widebody A350, and double-decker A380. It just feels redundant to have another narrow-body airbus that’s practically the same aircraft as we currently have at the moment.