World updates every 6 months, Sim updates every 6 months

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@Abriael

I’m not “trying” to tell you anything. I’m telling you that the problems are very obviously related to the complexity of the update, not to the frequency. They’ve been working on it for a year.

Incidentally, it’s not just a matter of a different platform. In case you missed it, PC users have been demanding better performance by the droves for a long time (and SU5 has been very successful in delivering that, which means that it’s good in the grand scheme of things).

“Only 2 updates a year” and “Maybe next update, extend the deadline by a week or two” are not the same thing. I was never advocating for only X number of updates a year. But if taking your time to do things right, leads to only X number of updates a year, then so be it. And I don’t think I’m alone on this one.

And don’t say “They can’t extend deadlines”, because they just did.

@Abriael

What you personally need and want has nothing to do with what is “Going strong” and I can easily guarantee that FSX is not, and hasn’t been for a long time.

There is a reason why most addons developers have jumped that ship way before MSFS was even announced, let alone released.

Again, I didn’t buy an "Add-On’ Simulator. I bought a Flight simulator. If the objective is to log on and fly (Something a LOT of us still can’t do on 2020), then yes, it’s still going strong. Am I going to be nearly as happy as I was 2020 pre-SU5? No. Not at all. But I can still log in, and I can still practice procedures without spending $1K on gas. YOU may have bought the sim for multiplayer. I didn’t.

@Abriael

“Criticism” that misses the point and overlooks realism is useless. Demanding fewer updates (especially for a simulator in its infancy that certainly benefits from further evolution) and thinking one knows better than the developers on how often it should be updated without the slightest idea of what resources are available to be allocated to updates and ignoring the fact that Microsoft has made clear promises to users in terms of free content (which they obviously can’t just go back on) isn’t “criticism.” It’s a fairy tale.

Nice word salad. Is your partner a Dev at Microsoft or something?? You’re taking all of this VERY personally… You keep reacting like we’re all asking for the moon, when all we’re doing is asking them to do is breath, and take their time.

“Gah! I can’t BELIEVE they want it right, instead of right NOW” - Said no developer…Ever.