Dudley Henriques writes:

It could go that way. I'm not sure. The team seems excited about it
that's for sure. They can't talk really so it's still a crap shoot on
which way things will go. My guess is a composite of some kind.
How deeply this splits up between the actual simulation and "game"
venues will of course either bring in or lose the simulator community.

Simmers are far less numerous than gamers, so the business decision would be
to go with a game.

On the other hand, a game based on flying airplanes is unlikely to achieve any
real popularity. That's not what teenaged boys want (at least most of them).