Chris H wrote:
The prosecution rests, your honour.
Not entirely......I quote the following:-
Chris Trott wrote:The point is Ben - if they weren't selling units at a decent rate in FSX, they wouldn't be moving forward on that path. I'll be frank Ben - Alphasim & Carenado haven't ever been known as "leading edge" developers. They have always used proven technology and their releases have been to the level of others, but not pushing the boundaries as developers like A2A, PMDG (for all their problems), Aerosoft, and EagleSoft Development Group (to name a few) have been.
Hmmm Ariane, Wilco/Feelthere, Captain Sim, Aerosoft, ESDG, PDMG, Level-D, yadda-yadda.What do these have in common? The majority of their "Accu-sim" FSX products are reworks / Upgrades of FS9 models (With FSX now coming of age most of these models have now been reworked to include DDS, Bump-mapping, but this isn't a valid point here), they still maintain the same panel fuctionality that they did in FS9.
Quote again:-
Chris Trott wrote:Ben, unfortunately, you fail to understand where A2A's drive is and where the majority of FS users are and where they are going. They are not staying with FS9 nor is it possible to integrate Accusim with FS9 due to its complexity.
what makes accu-sim "accu-sim"? The functionality of the panel compared with real life operations, and the operation of the panel in relation to the flight dynamics & 3D model animations on the basis of how the aircraft bares up with in real life. That is accu-sim. Chris if this is not the case then hmmmm, would you care to remind me which sims Dreamfleets' 727 & maybe PMDG's 747-400 were originally designed for?
As regards A2A's drive? You are right Chris, I don't understand where their drive is coming from, and its not certainly from a realist. People are losing their jobs on a daily basis. New computer sales have hit an all-time slump. We're in the middle of a global recession yadda-yadda. As much as I would love to get myself a nice beefed-up system to cope with FSX, with more core's than a genetically modified apple & more RAM that a jamaican goat-herder, the choice to be able to just simply isn't an option anymore. I have bills to pay. I need to feed my family. I need to insure my car. I need to keep my job. I need to keep a roof over my head. I don't need a new system for a sim that doesn't give me more satisfaction that any previous version of Flight Simulator.
Chris Trott wrote:They are not staying with FS9
Thats funny you should say that
A few of the UKMIL guys whom until recently would never of blinked at the thought of making a move down to FS9 from FSX, have done. Why have they done it? Greater choice of aircraft, both freeware & payware? backwards compatibility with gauges right the way back to FS98? How about all those 1000's of realistic AFCAD's & addon airports? I could go on. But thats what makes people like myself stay with FS9. The freedom of choice. Hence you are going to continually get flare ups worse than an eczema rash when it comes to FS9/FSX debates.
No disrespect to you both, Or A2A & their representatives, I just feel that constantly that the last of the few, as it were, are losing out.
Not sour grapes. Just disappointment at what I feel as an ill-concieved marketing decision.
Rgds
Ben