Microsoft Flight Simulator for Xbox: Release Date and Versions

Microsoft Flight Simulator for Xbox

We had the hope that at some point it is considered the best flight simulator of the moment it will come to Xbox, and it seems that we can finally say that we already have an approximate date of when that launch will occur. But be careful, because there will be small print.

Flight Simulator on Xbox

Xbox Series X Flight Simulator

The spectacular new Microsoft Flight Simulator will take off from PC and land on Xbox next summer. This has been confirmed by Microsoft itself through an announcement published at The Game Awards, where the company showed a gameplay video captured entirely from an Xbox Series X.

As you can see in the images, the game looks just as spectacular as in the PC version, so we will have the opportunity to continue crossing the skies and corners of the world enjoying a photographic representation of each of the most remote places of the globe.

Exclusive for the new generation

Flight Simulator 2020

But there will be a problem. As has been confirmed, our suspicions were true, and it is that the game will only be available for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, so the previous generation of consoles with Xbox One X and Xbox One S will run out of the opportunity to install the long-awaited game.

It is obviously bad news for those who are still clinging to their previous generation console, although seeing the times that are managed for the launch, it may be that by then many have already made the jump to the new consoles or are looking for a perfect excuse like Microsoft Flight Simulator to do it.

Is it exactly the same as the PC version?

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Microsoft for the moment has been quite brief in details, but his words assure that the players of Xbox Series X | S can expect the same level of depth of the PC version, allowing to experience the most authentic and realistic flight simulator created until the date”. It certainly sounds convincing.

The good news is that being an Xbox Game Studios title, the game will arrive on Xbox Game Pass immediately from its launch day, so all those subscribers will not have to wait a second to start flying and exploring the vicinity. from his hometown from the air. But that’s the first thing to do in Microsoft Flight Simulator, right?