The incredible Microsoft Flight Simulator is today celebrating 10 million players across Xbox consoles, Xbox Cloud Gaming and Windows PC, 27 months after it first released (for PC) back in August of 2020.
In addition to that figure, it's also been confirmed that players have taken 500 million flights and have flown 40 billion miles, which is the equivalent of 10 million trips around the Earth and 200 round trips from the Earth to the Sun.
"We would not have reached any of these milestones without the continued support of our amazing community and their ongoing engagement and contributions."
The team has been extremely busy ever since the game launched on Xbox Game Pass two years ago, adding 27 free updates to the game during that time, as well as the 40th Anniversary Edition on Xbox Game Pass back in November.
Asobo Studio also has "exciting plans for 2023 and beyond" so there are no signs of Microsoft Flight Simulator slowing down anytime soon — in fact, we wouldn't be surprised if we're still talking about this game in another ten years!
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[source news.xbox.com]
Comments 5
Bought my X for Sea of Thieves and Flight sim. Definitely got my $'s worth.
10 million is mighty for a niche title like this. It's super impressive tech, and I go back to it a sometimes, but I don't always feel there is much exciting to do other than the virtual sight seeing aspect.
That said it remains on my limited XSX internal storage, taking up around 150GB (about 20%) which is more than I can say for Halo: Infinite
This isn't even a game really, you can legitimately learn how to fly with it if you want, but then again they did a great job of providing gaming like elements and letting you simplify it.
I bought my Series X specifically for Flight Sim but I have played scores of incredible games through Gamepass ever since. The best value in the history of gaming. Using the T Hotas flight stick with Flight Sim is brilliant but I'm a bit miffed that it currently takes up approximately 230GB with all updates and offline mode installed.
It's one of the few really next gen games on Xbox now. I prefer sim games with more progression rather than this style of open ended game, but it's fun to fly about, and visit famous or familiar sites.
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