Something is different..

[Thunder]

Past flightsim and FSX followed this path.

1. Jan 2006 FSX announced.
2. 5 months later we saw our first screen shots.
3. 6 months later FSX was released.

MSTS II
1. Jan 2007 Anounnced.
2. 8 months later we get screen shots.
3. 1 year & 3 months later MSTS II released.

Why is there such a huge gap between first screen shot and release?
And could the Vista only be a hint that MSTS II will be a 64 bit simulator?

[tdragger]

>Past flightsim and FSX followed this path.
>
>1. Jan 2006 FSX announced.
>2. 5 months later we saw our first screen shots.
>3. 6 months later FSX was released.
>
>MSTS II
>1. Jan 2007 Anounnced.
>2. 8 months later we get screen shots.
>3. 1 year & 3 months later MSTS II released.
>
>Why is there such a huge gap between first screen shot and
>release?

Because we want to make sure you have lots of time to express your opinions.

>And could the Vista only be a hint that MSTS II will be a 64
>bit simulator?

No.

[cbq311]

Great answer.

[Thunder]

>>Past flightsim and FSX followed this path.
>>
>>1. Jan 2006 FSX announced.
>>2. 5 months later we saw our first screen shots.
>>3. 6 months later FSX was released.
>>
>>MSTS II
>>1. Jan 2007 Anounnced.
>>2. 8 months later we get screen shots.
>>3. 1 year & 3 months later MSTS II released.
>>
>>Why is there such a huge gap between first screen shot
>and
>>release?
>
>Because we want to make sure you have lots of time to express
>your opinions.
>
>>And could the Vista only be a hint that MSTS II will be a
>64
>>bit simulator?
>
>No.
>
How about less expressing for an earlier release date.

[sstyrnol]

Dumb questions get dumb answers...

[Hawk]

>Dumb questions get dumb answers...

;-)

[PatchCrew]

>Past flightsim and FSX followed this path.
>
>1. Jan 2006 FSX announced.
>2. 5 months later we saw our first screen shots.
>3. 6 months later FSX was released.

Well what's different is this isn't FSX?? BTW your timeline isn't even accurate. Correct timeline was:

1. Jan 2006 FSX announced and first screenshots shown.
2. 9 months later FSX was released.

I also don't understand your "past flightsim" statement as each version of flightsim has had its own timeline.

PatchCrew
UP Engineer

[BNSF4723]

>How about less expressing for an earlier release date.

And a buggier piece of software, no doubt.

[bessemer]

As far as I'm concerned, I hope they take their time. It comes out when it comes out. And the understanding I had was that it will be designed for Vista, but will also be installable to XP too, not just Vista. I may be wrong on that though.