Rumour - Gamasutra - Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At

[basys]

Hi Folks

Extent/impact unknown. :-(

Gamasutra - Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio

Phil Taylor has posted what looks like a confirmation at AVSIM

Bad day all round.

Paul

[Ben Hartmann]

Have a read of this

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=21981

Rgds

Ben

[decapod]

And all us train simmers too
I had helped out ACES in the past year with TS2

[Quixoticish]

An influx of new blood might be just what we need for any future versions of Flight Simulator. It also means we won't have to worry about FS11 coming along and making all of our addons obsolete for a little while longer.

[TSR2]

Phil Taylor left ACE's at the end of last year. This will have a significant impact as rather than leting ACE's go and do their own thing MS has cut them back, while keeping whats left inhouse to avoid it ending up anywhere else.

Very sad news for the people affected. Hopefully they will all find new employment soon.

[speedbird591]

On the positive side - they can't take my beloved FS9 away from me and I don't have to find money for a more powerful PC!

I'm very happy with what I've got. (Which is probably a sign of old age :-( )

Ian

[DelP]

I'm very happy with what I've got. (Which is probably a sign of old age :-( )

Quite right Ian

TBH, with the present economic climate, I'm more concerned that these folks find other work, rather than the future of FS.

I work for a huge company and sites are being closed and the jobs are being streamlined..it's a worry ;-)

There's plenty enough of potential to still work with FS9 and FSX without developers having to get to get to grips with future changes..perhaps, as far as FS goes, we should see this as breathing space...

ATB,

Derek ;-)

[Nigel H-J]

Very sad to hear, feel a lot for those who now face an uncertain future due to this world-wide reccession. :-(

I wonder if a new company may be founded within a few years to pick up where Microsoft have left off and produce a flight sim, or could this be the end of FS as we see it? :think:

Regards
Nigel.

[speedbird591]

or could this be the end of FS as we see it? :think:

It won't be the end, Nigel - unless the enjoyment police come round and take away your PC

All it means is that we probably won't get what we didn't know we might have got ... Which doesn't concern me very much.

Maybe it would have been cr*p anyway

Ian

[Nigel H-J]

It won't be the end, Nigel - unless the enjoyment police come round and take away your PC

Well, I don't ever think that I will progress any further than FS9....it gives me what I want and unless a soft-ware company can come up with a new sim including photo-realistic scenery, better ATC....then I am quite happy to remain behind FSX!!

Regards
Nigel.