Hello everybody. The objectives of this post are to discuss with the community the likely future of MSFS 2024, whether it would be possible for the software to be fixed, or perhaps Microsoft will phase it out gradually. I want this discussion to be as objective as possible while sharing real experie…

[image] SN0WY33: Each Sim Update will be primarily bug fixing What do you mean “will be”? :sweat_smile:

Well I somewhat look forward to that if “housekeeping” takes place and they stop trying to dev more stuff which ends up breaking something that wasn’t. I am not so sure they will end MSFS 2024 because there are far too many users and 3rd party devs who rely on this sim. They might slim it down and…

[image] Pilotfirst9999: switch to AI more and more. Good luck with that. Haven’t been impressed with most AI-created content I’ve seen so far.

Agreed AI has a long way to go. It’s a sad development of modernity.

Just imagine if the servers get shut down. I suppose it’s always a possibility that they won’t run indefinitely. I agree with the other person that 2024 is going to be the last sim for a while. It’s happened before.

We don’t have a regional jetliner or large short haul aircraft as a default aircraft for career mode we still need in career mode, and we need the 767 Freighter badly for a Boeing etops aircraft Missing aircraft in career mode Boeing aircraft: 767 300 / 300F, MD90, DC8/DC8F Embrear aircraft: ERJ …

MSFS24 is “Vista” of ms flight simulators… Im waiting for “W7” of msfs’s :smirking_face::roll_eyes::person_facepalming::rofl:

Another data point from the Xbox division. Back in July Xbox created a new COO role (Chief Operating Officer) with “end-to-end profit and loss responsibility across content, hardware, platform, and services.” They assigned Helen Chiang - a 21 year Microsoft veteran and former head of Minecraft. Th…

They’d be much better off getting the community involved than relying on AI.

Recent Steam user numbers suggest there’s a sudden slump post SU7, perhaps the constant regressions, unattended issues and generally “flat” update in SU7 itself has led to the sharp drop as users find other things to play.