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by **hoki1185** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:59 am

Dovetail Games have bought the rights to distribute and develop FSX.They are a 'renowned' train simulation company.

by **hoki1185** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:12 am

See this link www.pcpilot/view_article.asp?ID=8033put

Might be easier to Google PC Pilot,the article is on their home page.

by **toprob** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:43 am

Ok, that's certainly livened up the forums! After the initial rumour stating that the licensee isn't someone we'd expect, I was a bit surprised -- it is exactly who I'd expect -- DLC-based sim experience + DLC-based Flight + FSX user-base + Steam pretty much equals Dovetail. It sounds like they are happy to run with Microsoft's plans of a DLC-based sim, so let's hope that they can keep committed long enough to make something new.

It does beg the question, though, are there any plans for Microsoft's abandoned train sim? They did release some nice previews of this, although I suspect it was still very early days. There was also talk of a world-simulator, which included both FS and TS. I'd love to be able to populate my airports with the people MS showed just before they shut down the train sim.

by **AdrianPetford** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:51 am

The deal appears to be two-fold. Dovetail to distribute an edition of FSX over Steam, plus a licencing deal on "Microsoftâ€™s genre-defining flight technology" to develop new products. I fully expect the result to be a rebranded/enhanced MS Flight (as the most recent iteration of the engine) with new DLC, since this exactly reflects Dovetail's current business model with their Train Simulator line. The only difference is that unlike MS with Flight, Dovetail allows third party developers to produce TS content, albeit on very strict terms.

I am neither a fan of Steam or DLC-based platforms, but I do think FSX on Steam may ultimately be very beneficial to the community. It could potentially bring in huge numbers of new simmers to the hobby.

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:15 am

They did say it was from a unique outsider with earlier post on FSX Ownership, with this and use of 'Steam' maybe we can get a quick fix for multiplay, in the day 'GameZone' did hold a specific arena were it simply was stable and quik to get into, FSX Ownership is inside everyone's play ground here in both ways so its going to be wait and look to see the group has something to really offer.

by **gojozoom** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:16 am

Hi guys,

I've been a big fan of their train "sim-game" (yes it's in-between) for quite some time now, due to the nice graphics, the atmosphere and the continuous development based on feedback from users.

However, as a conclusion, I'm afraid that this offering won't be targeted to hard-core simmers, and I see multiple reasons why:

1.) that market is getting covered by Prepar3D, and X-Plane, why would they try to compete?
2.) they seem to be focusing on the "feel" of the simulation, making it "light-weight" and enjoyable by all ages and groups
3.) they have a pretty smart framework called "Market Place" where users can share their creations (like repaints, soundsets, missions etc). It's accessible from the game making it very simple to acquire and test stuff. This servers the same purpose as the AVSIM, and Flightsim file libraries.

These are all assumptions based on my experience with them so take it with a pinch of salt.

Dan

by **AdrianPetford** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:22 am

toprob wrote:
QUOTE (toprob @ Jul 9 2014,10:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It does beg the question, though, are there any plans for Microsoft's abandoned train sim? They did release some nice previews of this, although I suspect it was still very early days. There was also talk of a world-simulator, which included both FS and TS. I'd love to be able to populate my airports with the people MS showed just before they shut down the train sim.

Have to agree I would be very interested in an integrated transportation sim, especially based on the whole-world approach of FSX and MSTS2.

by **gojozoom** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:31 am

Not sure about MSTS but I'm aware that teh next big thing in train simulation is the new Trainz platform run as a kickstarter...

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:34 am

gojozoom wrote:
QUOTE (gojozoom @ Jul 10 2014,11:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
However, as a conclusion, I'm afraid that this offering won't be targeted to hard-core simmers, and I see multiple reasons why:

It dose give the biggies some direction , PMDG to look and aim at , they are looking at Xplane or least word on the forums , P3D

QUOTE

These are all assumptions based on my experience with them so take it with a pinch of salt.[/quote]
Ill add the 'Pepper' to spice things up, they did say the company aiming at Flight Simulator was totally out off the blue months back with conjuncture, now with can of worms half pie open it will be very interesting what they come up with .

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