Neil Hewitt
07-10-2014, 05:21 AM
Some potentially important news here:
http://www.dovetailgames.com/news/2014/jul/9/dovetail-games-licensing-deal-with-microsoft-takes-flight (http://www.dovetailgames.com/news/2014/jul/9/dovetail-games-licensing-deal-with-microsoft-takes-flight)
Essentially, Dovetail has done with FSX what Lockheed did with ESP and licensed the core tech and the rights to build on it. They’ll also be putting FSX on Steam for digital distribution, which is good news – particularly if they fix it a bit first. But perhaps the best news is that they’re looking to build new products with a release in 2015.
Of course it all depends on what direction they want to go with the product. If they’re taking things in an MS Flight kind of direction, then it won’t be of interest to us. But Dovetail is owned and run by Paul Jackson, who is a legendary name in games in the UK with a history stretching back to the microcomputer era, and he’s a self-confessed simulation fan, albeit trains rather than flight, so there’s the chance they might do right by us this time. Dovetail is a much smaller company, so it’s not like they’ll need to sell millions of copies to turn a profit.
I’m cautiously optimistic here. That said, I’m not about to abandon P3D yet!
Edit: some not-so-good thoughts here... http://forum.avsim.net/topic/446086-dovetail-games-buys-licensing-deal-with-microsoft/page-2. Well, I guess we'll see...
http://www.dovetailgames.com/news/2014/jul/9/dovetail-games-licensing-deal-with-microsoft-takes-flight (http://www.dovetailgames.com/news/2014/jul/9/dovetail-games-licensing-deal-with-microsoft-takes-flight)
Essentially, Dovetail has done with FSX what Lockheed did with ESP and licensed the core tech and the rights to build on it. They’ll also be putting FSX on Steam for digital distribution, which is good news – particularly if they fix it a bit first. But perhaps the best news is that they’re looking to build new products with a release in 2015.
Of course it all depends on what direction they want to go with the product. If they’re taking things in an MS Flight kind of direction, then it won’t be of interest to us. But Dovetail is owned and run by Paul Jackson, who is a legendary name in games in the UK with a history stretching back to the microcomputer era, and he’s a self-confessed simulation fan, albeit trains rather than flight, so there’s the chance they might do right by us this time. Dovetail is a much smaller company, so it’s not like they’ll need to sell millions of copies to turn a profit.
I’m cautiously optimistic here. That said, I’m not about to abandon P3D yet!
Edit: some not-so-good thoughts here... http://forum.avsim.net/topic/446086-dovetail-games-buys-licensing-deal-with-microsoft/page-2. Well, I guess we'll see...