If you are, then learn about the Flight Simulator specs before you get downloading. Until then, the PC version supports the use of an Xbox controller - allowing you to get a taste of the console experience for those who prefer to play with that control scheme. Meanwhile, the Xbox One and PC versions will also share Achievement lists - there won't be separate listings.Īll this suggests the two versions are one and the same, and are likely to share progress between the two - but of course, without an announcement saying as such, there is no confirmation as yet. This means purchasing it once on PC (via the Microsoft Store, not Steam) will grant you an Xbox One version at no cost. Though there have been few specifics of what the Xbox version of Flight Simulator will feature, Microsoft has confirmed it will be an Xbox Play Anywhere title, the "initiative by Microsoft to combine platforms of gaming, letting Xbox gamers play on PC with any first-party Microsoft Studios published game that is digitally purchased and vice versa". Upgrades like speed and weapon power can be bought and added to any plane, including the airplane. Will the Xbox version of Flight Simulator share Achievements or progress with the PC version? As you play and win more games, youll unlock new aircraft.
Then, when you start playing, we have explainers on weather and liveries, multiplayer, using autopilot and sim rate, and how to use the game's equivalent of photo mode with Active Pause. We're doing the work to have a better experience on the Xbox family, then we will improve the PC version at the same time."įor those investigating their Flight Simulator options, we have a planes list and airport list for each launch edition, a list of Flight Simulator Achievements. I have enough of those and need a change of pace. Im also just looking for good games that arent first person shooters, or necessarily even competitive multiplayer. There is nothing PC will lose from the Xbox. Im looking for a flying or spaceship game that has similar flight mechanics and feel to the jets of Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4. "By the way, the Xbox will help us to optimise the product, so it will also be a benefit for PC. "We are trying to have the best visuals on every single platform, and it's another layer of optimisation," he explained.
Only the Xbox Series X and S versions were confirmed, despite a (now deleted) post on the official support website earlier in the year stating it was "coming to Xbox One at a later date", and that lead software engineer Martial Bossard originally explaining to Windows Central how development on the Xbox One version would benefit PC development. Strap yourself into the cockpit of some of the worlds most formidable fighter planes and skim through the clouds embarking on daring aerial stunts and nerve-shredding tactical dogfights.
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