The flight simulation game Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has been released today on Sony's PlayStation 5 console, as announced back in September . On the surface, it's only the umpteenth game published by Xbox Game Studios on the platform after the likes of Sea of Thieves , Forza Horizon 5 , Age of Empires , Gears of War: Reloaded , and more, with the (once) brand-defining IP Halo also on the way next year .

However, in an XDA Developers interview with Microsoft Flight Simulator franchise head Jorg Neumann, we learned that it might have been this game that started it all. Neumann had first discussed the possibility internally around two and a half years ago and initially received a no for an answer, but eventually Microsoft came around, kicking off, in Neumann's own word

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