by toprob » Sun Sep 08, 2019 5:24 pm
As someone who is really only interested in NZ, I do think that the 2 other sims have a long way to go before they'll be of interest to locals. Although it would only take one major development to make either -- or both -- major contenders. At the moment I do think that the best chance is Orbx TrueEarth. Both sims require a good, solid base, and TrueEarth would give us this. Once that happens, we'll probably see a lot of releases in quick succession, fleshing out the airports etc.
The main unknown, though, is Microsoft FS2020. It certainly looks to me that a lot of people are holding off spending any money until they know what to expect from the new sim. It is entirely possible that a new MS sim will send everything else back to runner-up status.
I can dabble with scenery for X-plane and Aerofly FS2, but I don't have the resources or manpower to make much headway. All I can hope for is that one quality base to build on. Although I am still committed to at least one release for both sims, at the moment I can't see any long term benefit in committing to either without something a lot better than default to build on.
People have their own favourites, but as a group -- community? market? -- they'd prefer one great sim to a number of good sims. Until MS reappeared in the market, I would have expected things to move along as they do now, each sim with its own worthwhile features, with the most developed -- Prepar3d -- holding the lead, but the others taking converts where they could. Now I couldn't guess where we will be in 18 months, I suspect that MS might be the one final winner.
. Alas no New Zealand (YET) .
