Microsoft Flight Simulator Achieves 10 Million Players; Airbus A330 Gets New Screenshots & More

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MSFS dominates the flight simulation style after a decade of decline.

Today, Microsoft and third-party builders shared information about Microsoft Flight Simulator and its add-ons, together with each plane and surroundings.

We begin with information from Microsoft that introduced that 10 million folks took to the sky in MSFS throughout PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox Cloud Gaming.

More statistics are as follows.

• 500 million flights
• 40 billion miles flown
• Equivalent of 10 million journeys across the Earth
• Equivalent of 200 spherical journeys from Earth to solar

In the nineties and early 2000s, the flight simulation style was common and regarded on the slicing fringe of AAA gaming. Then, following Microsoft’s exit from the market, it suffered a decade of decline as a result of a string of weak releases from builders unable or unwilling to deal with the mass market.

For an previous simmer like me, who began when he was six with Flight Simulation by Psion on the Spectrum 48k, it’s definitely a pleasure to see this resurgence.

Moving on to 3rd events, Aerosoft shared a few new screenshots of its Airbus A330, exhibiting the outside and a really small element of the flight deck.

An announcement comes from SkyDesigners, which can launch BA132 Colmar–Meyenheim Air Base (LFSC) in France.

It’s an fascinating selection and quite nostalgic, contemplating that the bottom is now closed to flight operations and has been changed by military barracks.

You can see what it appears to be like like beneath.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator is at present out there for PC (Windows 10 and Steam), and Xbox Series X|S. If you need to learn extra about it, you’ll be able to try our overview.