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With Flight deamed a failure, does this mean that FSDT will support FS9 longer?

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nickac1092:
I read what some forum post said about Flight.  What a let down.  Does this mean FSDT will support FS9 users for a year or more?

virtuali:
We don't believe that MS Flight will be a failure, but regardless of the outcome, it doesn't change much for FS9 support, because if MS Flight will "fail" for the hard-core users that decided to stick with FS9 waiting for Flight, they'll either finally switch to FSX or P3D, some will switch to X-Plane maybe, but I don't see FS9 growing, it can only go down further.

In any case, one should really define "failure" first, if it will sell a couple of million copies, exposing 3rd party developers to a new market we couldn't dreamed of reaching before, for us it will be a success.

ubersu:
>>In any case, one should really define "failure" first, if it will sell a couple of million copies, exposing 3rd party developers to a new market we couldn't dreamed of reaching before, for us it will be a success.<<

Judging from comments from other devs, it will only do so if you are willing to completely change your business and distribution model and take a much smaller percentage of the income...

DJ

virtuali:

--- Quote from: ubersu on January 05, 2012, 12:30:01 pm ---Judging from comments from other devs, it will only do so if you are willing to completely change your business and distribution model and take a much smaller percentage of the income...
--- End quote ---

Not really "change", but simply add another distribution channel for a different platform. And besides, distribution is never free: sites like Simflight and any other flight sim sales portal always take a percentage of the sale, Esellerate does it too, no developer ever take 100% of a sale.

X-Plane author Austin Meyers said in an interview he made more *money* (nor just more sales) from the 7.99$ X-Plane on iPhone (with Apple taking 30% of that), than the computer version, which costs significantly more...it's all boils down to exposure.

The only possible "failure" for MS Flight, would be if it will fail to create an Appstore-like marketplace with lots of new users that never cared for flight sims before, that's the main goal MS has set for it.

newmanix:
So that's why they shut down ACES? MS just wants a piece of the money... Fight looks like nice graphics but it also looks more like a videogame than FSX. IDK we will see when we wll see.But I am prepaired to stick with FS9 for the longer haul if Flight is a failure.

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