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**Mxsmanic**

writes:

READ THE URL. It says GAMES.

A game does not incur liability. A simulation does. Additionally, games have
broader appeal than simulators. However, MSFS has always been a simulation,
from its earliest days. That's one of the things that limited its market,
since gamers quickly lose interest in something that doesn't have prizes,
goals, action and adventure, etc.

FSX moved slightly towards games, with more eye candy and "missions" to please
the kiddies, but a total rewrite would have been required to truly make the
product a game. Microsoft, in its increasing lack of wisdom, therefore killed
development on the product and fired the development team.