Bob Myers writes:

MSFS is a computer game.

It's a simulation, which is why Microsoft killed it. The market for simulators
is very small. The market for games is very large.

It is by no stretch of the imagination
a "flight simulator" in the sense of something that would actually
be useful for flight instruction, except possibly re some very
basic procedures training.

As I've said, it is widely used as a learning and training aid.

No, they don't disagree with me at all. I know what they're using that game
for do you?

Yes.

And just how many pilot certificates have been awarded based
on MSFS hours, do you think?

None. In every jurisdiction I know of, you have to have hours in a real
aircraft to get a pilot certificate, at least currently. That may change in
the future, but even then the requirement will be for full-motion simulators,
not desktop simulators.