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PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:03 am
by scaber
Hey, noticed this announcement over in the Avsim Forums. Not sure if it's true or a rumour but could shake things up a bit!

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/444026-micros...o-fs-franchise/

also

http://www.lockonfiles.com/topic/39708-avs...e-fs-franchise/

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:33 am
by toprob
Yes, I'll need to buy some popcorn this week, and sit back and be entertained by the chatter.

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We can also tell you that the licensee is not one that we would have thought to have been a logical candidate in terms of direct knowledge of the product[/quote]

So, who are the (un)likely candidates?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:38 am
by Ian Warren
Well Goooooly Gee, the place had never been the same since Billy Gates left, almost thirty years plus years of flight simulation on my PCs ... now I wonder who's in the market to buy it or has the dosh! .. FLIGHT was a flop , ... Lockheed Martin using a little piece of it who else is in the market to develop and buy the complete franchise , another aviation company would be great .. or maybe WOOLWORTHS brand could stick a finger in the pie ?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:06 pm
by omitchell
Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jun 9 2014,11:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well Goooooly Gee, the place had never been the same since Billy Gates left, almost thirty years plus years of flight simulation on my PCs ... now I wonder who's in the market to buy it or has the dosh! .. FLIGHT was a flop , ... Lockheed Martin using a little piece of it who else is in the market to develop and buy the complete franchise , another aviation company would be great .. or maybe WOOLWORTHS brand could stick a finger in the pie ?


Maybe this is the Internet Party's secret weapon

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:19 pm
by Ian Warren
omitchell wrote:
QUOTE (omitchell @ Jun 9 2014,1:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Maybe this is the Internet Party's secret weapon

Funny I just trolled through the AVSIM thread ... I thought off little 'Kimmy dot com', .. why buy it .. another thought, if you develop for the FSX do you instantly become a party member?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:22 pm
by Naki
What I'm reading it's a company from within the FS community, so I'm picking Aerosoft (or maybe Flight 1)? Aerosoft maybe the only one with the grunt...and they have tried to put a stand alone simulator together before.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:29 pm
by Naki
Actually disregard my post I read the reports wrong...it meant entirely the opposite.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:48 pm
by omitchell
Naki wrote:
QUOTE (Naki @ Jun 9 2014,1:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Actually disregard my post


Done... thumbup1.gif

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:40 pm
by Ian Warren
Naki wrote:
QUOTE (Naki @ Jun 9 2014,2:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Actually disregard my post I read the reports wrong...it meant entirely the opposite.

I don't even think little 'Kimmy' could even afford the franchise ... one thing, if you are going to buy such a well known concern, at its cost .. you are going to want to make sure you make some profit real quick.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:22 pm
by Naki
Ok another guess..perhaps it's Electronic Arts? I am probably wildly wrong!

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 5:11 pm
by FlyingKiwi
I hope it's not Electronic Arts!

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:29 pm
by deeknow
Anything but Facebook .. please anything...

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:39 pm
by Splitpin
deeknow wrote:
QUOTE (deeknow @ Jun 9 2014,7:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Anything but Facebook .. please anything...

laugh.gif true .... maybe Milviz ?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:02 pm
by Yob
Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jun 9 2014,6:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
laugh.gif true .... maybe Milviz ?


Thats only so u get your F-4 sooner.......

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:25 pm
by Splitpin
Yob wrote:
QUOTE (Yob @ Jun 9 2014,9:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thats only so u get your F-4 sooner.......

I live in hope winkyy.gif

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:27 pm
by Ian Warren
Biggest thing to think about , how safe is your activation ... but then look at it this way maybe we will get an EXTRA super FSE, put in the old 'Flight' coding gleam and clean .. smile.gif

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:41 pm
by AdrianPetford
From AVSIM: "We can also tell you that the licensee is not one that we would have thought to have been a logical candidate in terms of direct knowledge of the product, leading us to conclude that this licensee had the deepet pockets."

I suspect we may not like the answer, although it'll be very interesting to see what develops. Also the actual terms of the deal. Does it include the FSX codebase or is it just rights to use the "Flight Simulator" name on an entirely new product?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:55 pm
by Ian Warren
Adrian .. be a great start .. you know us all here .. how bout buying the franchise biggrin.gif .. you have a bunch off great designers here .. and make NZ your home winkyy.gif

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:00 pm
by emfrat
And NZFF becomes NZFS - nice thought thumbup1.gif

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:08 pm
by Ian Warren
emfrat wrote:
QUOTE (emfrat @ Jun 9 2014,11:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
And NZFF becomes NZFS - nice thought thumbup1.gif

We can always twinkle with OZx and really make it glow ... ANZFS cool.gif