The beauty and punishment of Microsoft Flight Simulator Reboot of 2020 will boost a whopping $ 2.6 billion in PC hardware sales, estimates Jon Peddie Research (JPR).
Flight Simulator formally launched August 17th. Examples of Flight Simulator (including PCWorld’s) largely agree that it is one of the most versatile flight sims, if not games, to release on the PC.
Jon Peddie Research believes this PC gamer will buy new CPUs, GPUs and monitors. Do not forget the accessories! JPR also expects strong sales points in flight decks, throttles, rudder pedals, and even simulation seats, frames and VR gear.
“Flight simulators are incredibly demanding in terms of processing capabilities and reward high resolution, large screens and VR usage. When new flight simulators are released, the hardware to run them at maximum settings and performance does not even exist, ”said analyst Ted Pollack. “This creates a situation of constant hardware demand over the life of the title, as fans chase the best experience.”
Microsoft Here are minimum, recommended, and ideal system requirements for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
If the figure of $ 2.6 billion seems unbelievable, it is based on the 2.27 million copies of Flight Simulator JPR expects Microsoft to sell. If each of those users later spent an average of $ 1,100 on additional hardware to run Flight Simulator, that would get you to the JPR estimate.
Considering that many fans of flight sim only play flight simulators, they are more willing than mainstream users to devote to their hobby. The footprint of the game is 150GB, and it is recommended that you run an SSD instead of a hard drive for game load performance. Microsoft’s recommended specs include a GeForce RTX 2080 or AMD Radeon VII GPU, along with a Ryzen 7 2700X or Core i7-9800X CPU. Price these components as configured systems, and you can easily get $ 1,100.
It is likely that many will not only buy new hardware to upgrade, they will buy entire PCs. “We’ve got a lot of interest from clients preparing for Flight Sim 2020, and the release has shown that this title definitely deserves a whole new PC,” Kelt Reeves, owner of Falcon Northwest, told PCWorld. Falcon Northwest got its start in 1992 with the making of gaming PCs, many of them focused on flash simulator players. In fact, the office is located opposite an airport in Oregon.
Reeves, who is still a gamer, said Flight Simulator is essentially the ‘Can play it Crysis? ”Game of today. That means more hardware will be sacrificed on the altar of Flight Sim. “It just eats up all the CPU and GPU processing you can throw at it,” Reeves explained. “It’s the most stressful game we’ve seen on its generation of hardware since Crysis.”
It’s worth it, though, Reeves agrees. “As a former pilot himself, the realism that it brings in all the details is just incredible. I think we will build PCs in the coming years to chase achievements in this title. ”
