Yeah, just went through this on the Orbx forums with XP / P3D fanboys waxing on about the good ole days of their sim:
You’ll remember we saw the exact same complaints when FSX came out from the FS2004 hardcore. “I bought the latest PC and I can’t run it with all the sliders up, waaaah” “the flight models are terrible” “it’s just a bunch of eye-candy” “I’m going back to FS2004” Same guys are glassy-eyed thinking about FSX and P3D now.
When people say “P3D is better” - they mean P3D v4.5 with PMDG 737, Active Sky, REX textures, Ultimate Traffic, FSUIPC, EasyDok, FlyInside, 50 of their favorite addon airports, TBs of True Earth or photoscenery, custom shaders, etc. It’s in no way apples to apples. Let’s see where MSFS is in 2-3 years, once we have PMDG quality aircraft and a better selection of our fav airports. ( I’m guessing P3D will be on the way out and XP will still have it’s 15-20% market share )