Issue has been resolved. Thank you for your reports and patience during this outage!
Update 21:35: We have pushed a fix that should now allow all players to access Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Thank you for your patience while we investigated the issue.
Update 19:18: There is currently an issue impacting players ability to launch Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Our teams are aware and working towards a fix at this time. https://status.playfab.com/
Hello all! We are aware about issues when trying to launch MSFS 2020 where’s it’s stuck on “checking for updates”. Moderators have escalated this to MS/Asobo to look into (as well as some issues with launching MSFS 2024). Please note that it is a weekend and this may take a bit for them. Thank you for your patience and reports. You may use this topic to report: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/stuck-on-checking-for-updates-msfs-2020-11-january-2025/696784 - The MSFS Forum Moderation Team