Qseries 153 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Hello, as the last annual poll about the simulation platform usage was about one year ago, I'd like to ask whether there will be a new annual poll the next days. I'd really be interested in knowing what has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCT2003 2553 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I don't when the boss will do another, but I can tell you what I'm seeing from working with Aerosoft and other developers. This is based soley on my own interaction with others. I think it's important to say that the vast majority of flight simmers are not represented (they don't post) in any forums. There are still a good number of people using FSX, in fact I was very surprised at the number I'm seeing. Based on my experience, I'd say that at least 50% of the flight sim community is still using FSX and why not? The Steam version of FSX is incredibly stable and works on many older computers and graphics cards, while a jump to P3DV4 means a hardware upgrade of at least $600 U.S. for most people if they want to take advantage of things like Dynamic Lighting. Far more people are hanging on to P3DV3 that I thought would be. I think the reason is that we had several years for people t transition to P3DV3 from FSX and previous P3D Versions. I hear a lot that people wanted to wait before purchases V4 to ensure it was stable, while others said they wanted to wait until the first service pack came out before switching. Remember that many of these people don't visit the forums regularly, and when they do they don't look to read all the posts about what has transpired. Instead, they wait until hey feel comfortable the software warrants change. Still others have told me that they were not ready to reinvest in purchasing aircraft and scenery by switching to P3DV4, despite the fact that up until now there hasn't been any cost whatsoever for aircraft or scenery when changing from previous P3D versions to V4. Again, they don't spend time reading in the forums because of the time involved - and this is a prevalent answer. Still another reason is there is no Airbus yet for P3DV4. I think or good portion of these guys will transition to P3DV4 once the first update is released and Aerosoft releases the Airbus for V4 - a lot of eyes are on this! I have no idea what FSW's sales are, and I since I don't support or work on any products for FSW I wouldn't hazard a guess as to what percentage of people are using the product - though none of he commercial airliner guys yet.... however FSL recently said they would take their A320 to FSW. Sounds like they want to capitalize on the face that nobody else has done it yet, but who knows. I don't know, I'm probably not even close to the real numbers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabian Boulegue 403 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 ;-) will come ... sooner then you think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kunde 48 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Would be nice if we could have a poll in 2017. And the 2018's poll in autumn again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabian Boulegue 403 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kunde 48 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Maybe you can fix the end of the poll on this day? So that we have a last poll _before_ aerofly came out. And in 2018 you will see the difference. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabian Boulegue 403 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 this is not planned.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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