Folks,
This is not something we’re choosing to push backwards for no good reason. We want these planes in the Xbox Marketplace as much as you do. The reason third-party WASM support for Xbox is not available yet is because it simply isn’t ready.
As Jorg mentioned in an earlier Developer Livestream several months ago, once we realized this was an issue following the release of the PMDG DC-6, the dev team spent a lot of time and effort evaluating how we could resolve it. Ultimately, we determined there were two possible solutions. One required an update to the Xbox OS, which is entirely outside the control of the MSFS team and would take a significant amount of time to implement. The other possible solution was within our ability to implement ourselves without having to rely on a change to the Xbox OS. This is the path we are currently pursuing, and we tentatively hoped to have it ready in time for SU10.
Unfortunately, as is often the case in software development (particularly when we’re in uncharted territory attempting something that has never been done before), unexpected challenges can arise and things can sometimes take longer than we initially thought they would. That’s what happened here and why our planned release was delayed first from SU10 to SU11 and then to SU12.
This still remains a very high priority for us. You can watch our Developer Livestream on Friday (1830Z at https://twitch.tv/MSFSOfficial) for an update.
Thanks,
MSFS Team