I was hoping for a partnership like this. This kind of expertise and integration with the community is just what Asobo needs to make this sim great. It’s been a huge, missing piece of the puzzle.
Take that you trolls out there who kept whining about what a bad idea it is to marry third-party devs into the core development of the sim
Just want to congratulate you guys on what you’ve accomplished and where it’s lead you. You’ve not only won the hearts of the community with your outstanding work, but even impressed MS enough to be onboarded as part of the team. And that’s no small feat. It speaks volumes about the quality of your work as welll as the knowledge and expertise you bring to the table.
Despite the fact that you can’t be open with the community about things in the works any more and will be bound to official release schedules, I think this is a huge step in the right direction for both your team and MSFS as a whole.
I wish you and the whole WT team nothing but the best.
Great news on WT, should have done this a long time ago… Asabo needs a LOT of help! Hopefully this allows them to focus on the core system and issues. 80% of my community folder contents start with “workingtitle”. Now pull in FBW, doing amazing work…
Wow! Best news I’ve had today, and best news with regard to MSFS I’ve had all year. This is outstanding thinking on the part of MS and Asobo… cheers, congrats, and kudos!
Very smart move! I posted in another forum that it was going to take a third party in the spirit of Working Title to ultimately deliver a more authentic drop-in replacement avionics suite. I didn’t realize that it would be WT in an official capacity!
And then when they teased the avionics topic early in today’s Q&A, I thought maybe they were going to announce an official partnership with Garmin. That would have been good too, but honestly, WT perhaps brings an even broader perspective to the table!
Excellent news both for WT who continue to do a awesome job, makes the future look a lot more promising with the avionics sdie of the sim. FBW would be another team that would be a great asset to the future development of the sim… I can see some real good times coming…
This is indeed incredibly great news! What WT has done to the CJ4 is so impressive. Speed, quality, and professionalism has been my experience with WT. Just take a look at the CJ4 compared to all other planes → fully custom flight plan manager that eliminates all “USR” waypoint issues, fully functioning VNAV, and now Charts integration (a life saver for us VR users) just to name a few features.
Microsoft/Asobo made a power play move here, and I think it’s going to greatly payoff. I am excited for the future of this sim!
I am absolutely overjoyed with this announcement. The WT team have developed and introduced so much innovation in their systems and have created many firsts in MSFS.
I wish Working Title Simulations and Asobo and MS continued success.