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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
Quite right. This would cater to a pretty small, hardcore group of gamers. Pilot wannabe's are a pretty small group but take it pretty seriously. I'd imagine real pilots would even get something out of this. But I don't think this would be your typical keyboard/mouse kinda game although I'm sure it would play fine like that. Anyone buying this is likely also buying the yoke/throttle sets to mount to their desks.
It's in the same vein as the racing purists that spend all the money on the seat and steering wheel for the ultra realistic racing sims.
I do wonder how much development costed for this as I'd imagine the actual market for it would be quite small. Wonder if they'd ever recoup costs.
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Considering that this is going to be on Game Pass, I'd wager Microsoft will be implementing a casual mode for people who just want to explore the map
What is exciting to me is the next step after Flight Simulator. Assuming the technology works as expected and Microsoft keeps improving it, they could make Google street view obsolete if they can get enough detail for ground level exploration. Being able to walk or drive around a highly accurate 3D representation of the planet would be incredibly useful for things like house hunting, vacation planning, city planning, architecture, etc