Microsoft will be closing shop that has designed Flight Simulator

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PC Magizine article on Microsoft shutting down ACES Studio the designer of "Flight Simulation"

 

They say it might be changing who MSFS is presented to the rest of the world, for example they may go the way of STEAM (ie you download an access portal and the main software is on servers at another location). If not that way then they may do something via Microsoft's LIVE service. If they chose either of these ideas, it might be a benny to all the general flight sim pilots. It might be easier to run virtual airlines and have more online players flying around each other.

[Viper6 3]

I saw on thursday that microsoft is cutting 5000 jobs for the first time in the companies history. The state of our economy is hitting most

everyone hard.

Edited January 24, 2009 by Viper6

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I saw on thursday that microsoft is cutting 5000 jobs for the first time in the companies history. The state of our economy is hitting most

everyone hard.

 

 

I guess I can give up on my dream of 'Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: Red Baron'.