Microsoft Flight Simulator developer hasn't ruled out an Xbox One port yet

1 of the games near sought-after on Xbox is Microsoft Flight Simulator, a fantastic flying sim from Microsoft'southward long-dormant franchise that combines powerful modern gaming hardware, new technologies, and Microsoft'south advanced cloud tech to create an absolutely gorgeous showcase of the entire earth. Recently, Microsoft confirmed that Microsoft Flight Simulator is coming to Xbox Series X|S subsequently this year, only this noticeably omitted the aging Xbox I generation, which was originally rumored to also run into Microsoft Flying Simulator at some point.

For many, this meant all hope was lost for Microsoft Flight Simulator on Xbox One consoles, instead requiring the powerful and still hard-to-buy Xbox Serial 10 or Xbox Series S. In a contempo interview with Eurogamer, nonetheless, the head of Microsoft Flying Simulator, Jorg Neumann, breathed new life into the possibility of MFS on Xbox Ane.

From the interview:

I estimate it's a timing thing. Obviously memory matters. Certainly on Ultra settings, you need a large PC - well, that'due south a lot, lot more retentivity than what you had on an Xbox One. So it'south a journey, like virtually things, you know - permit'southward go the Xbox Series X and S versions done, and then we'll look ahead after that. We never close doors, and in that location are other options, though information technology's a little bit too early on to talk about information technology.

Apparently optimizing Microsoft Flight Simulator for VR on PC has led to considerable enhancements to low-cease performance, which could help a lot with bringing this monstrous and demanding visual game to the practically ancient hardware in Xbox One. While nothing has been confirmed or fix in stone, at least the possibility hasn't been completely laid to rest.

Elsewhere in the interview, Neumann discussed how like the Xbox and PC versions are going to exist, too as bringing community-fabricated content to Xbox Series Ten|S too. The team behind Microsoft Flight Simulator wants to make the experiences as close as possible, while catering to the (likely) big number of newcomers that would join because of the Xbox versions with better and more streamlined tutorials.

Finally, they besides would like to bring all of Microsoft Flight Simulator'southward third-political party add-ons to Xbox, if possible, with Neumann commenting "I think that's going to happen - I'g quite optimistic." This would exist fantastic to see, as 3rd-political party add-ons and mod support in panel games is notwithstanding a rarity.

All-in-all, the interview is definitely deserving of a read, just the main takeaway is that players who are on older Xbox consoles similar the still-capable Xbox 1 X may still see Microsoft Flight Simulator in the future.

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