Licença da franchise FS vendida!

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AVSIM is being told by multiple sources that Microsoft, after years of dickering and sometimes murky intentions, has sold the license to the FS franchise. We are not able to name our sources, but we can say they are authoritative and have been involved at various times in pursuing acquisition of this license. We can also tell you that the licensee is not one that we would have thought to have been a logical candidate in terms of direct knowledge of the product, leading us to conclude that this licensee had the deepet pockets. We will be providing more news on this story as it develops. We look forward to an official announcement at the E3 coming this week.

gibaba escreveu:Acho que o que foi vendido foi o direito ao uso do nome *FLIGHT SIMULATOR* por outra empresa. Ou seja, a empresa que comprou os direitos do nome pode lançar vamos dizer um *FLIGHT SIMULATOR XYZ 2014* com uma engine elaborada do zero. A engine do FSX esta nas mao da LM. Mas isso foi o que eu entendi.

flaviossa escreveu:Parece que todos nós erramos:
http://www.simflight.com/2014/06/10/news-microsoft-flight-simulator/

rhodesbauer escreveu:Não sei.
Honestamente fico mais otimista a respeito do fato de ser a licença do MSFlight a ser vendida do que do FSX.
Porquê tecnicamente falando o MSFlight tem tecnologia mais atual e feita já na era dos consoles 'high end' e hardwares de tecnologias superiores...
O problema todo do Flight foi o 'ajuste fino' e o modelo de comercialização.
Se a empresa que comprou o Flight conseguir fazer esse 'ajuste fino' e comercializar o produto de uma forma mais atrativa, o Flight pode se tornar tudo aquilo que a comunidade esperava na época que foi anunciado.

Joz escreveu:Como a Microsoft reconheceu a derrota do FLIGHT e não pretendia mais investir neste game, provavelmente deve ir a engine incluída na franquia. E a empresa que adquiriu vai renovar o "caça-niqueis" simulator vendendo cenários, aeronaves e missões etc.
Já vimos que a venda da engine para a Lockheed não trouxe nada inovador para o quadro atual da simulação aérea.
Os parabéns vão para as empresas de AddOns que estão tirando leite de pedra, e é isso que faz a franquia sobreviver até hoje.
Não parece ser nada interessante uma empresa que tem uma nova engine, possivelmente superior, gastar uma grana só para ter o nome e deixar outros detalhes de lado como garantir a compatibilidade com os produtos anteriores.
Se for para apostar em um novo simulador no mercado gostaria muito que fosse o AeroFlyFS da IPACS, mas para revolucionar de fato a simulação, precisamos que de empresas que apostem em engines como a Outerra ou Proland.

Manoel Carvalho escreveu:Joz, você já experimentou o AeroFlyFS? Possui controle do ATC?

DOVETAIL GAMES’ LICENSING DEAL WITH MICROSOFT TAKES FLIGHT
09 July 2014
The award-winning creators of the best-selling Train Simulator franchise have today announced a global licensing deal with Microsoft, granting them the rights to develop and publish all-new flight products based on Microsoft’s genre-defining flight technology. The company is currently investigating new concepts in this area and is expecting to bring a release to market in 2015.

In addition to this licensing agreement, Dovetail Games is pleased to announce that it has also acquired the rights to distribute the multi-award winning Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Gold Edition via Valve’s popular digital retail channel, Steam, entitled Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition.

First released in 2006, Microsoft Flight Simulator X is widely acknowledged as one of the most popular simulation products on the market. Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition will include the Deluxe Edition and the Acceleration Expansion Pack in one bundle. Dovetail Games will bring Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition to the Steam online gaming platform for the first time in late 2014.

“I am delighted to be working in partnership with Microsoft as part of this agreement,” said Paul Jackson, CEO of Dovetail Games. “We are thrilled to be exploring new flight simulation opportunities using Microsoft’s technology, and look forward to using our extensive expertise of Steam publishing to successfully bring Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition to a broad new audience on the Steam platform. This partnership is perfectly timed to support our expansion into new areas of simulation.”

Steve Bainbridge, COO at Dovetail Games added, “We are very proud of the strong community we have created around the Train Simulator series of products, and we are looking forward to extending our knowledge and experience into working closely with the flight simulation community. We know that they are a very knowledgeable, passionate and committed group of individuals and we welcome their feedback and involvement as we start to create the next generation of games in this area.”

“When it comes to licensing our simulation engine, Dovetail Games is the obvious choice for us to work with. We respect their approach in terms of delivering premium quality simulation games and look forward to seeing their vision of the next chapter in flight simulations unfold,” said Kevin Perry, Executive Producer at Microsoft. “In addition to that, they have repeatedly demonstrated the ability to launch simulation products successfully via online platforms, making them the ideal partner to distribute Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition.”

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