This was Phil Spencer’s reaction to seeing Microsoft Flight Simulator for the first time

Although we didn’t put it in the title, because in Spanish it doesn’t have much impact, you might know perfectly well what Phil Spencer meant when he said “No fucking way”, in reaction to seeing the new Microsoft Flight Simulator for the first time, launched in the past 2020. And that’s what matters in an interview for VGCJorg Neumann, the title manager of Asobo Studios.

In an interview with Neumann to be published soon, he extracted this tremendous curiosity, born of the presentation for validation of the project to Phil Spencer, with the hope that he would give it the green light. And he was sure he could convince him:

When I first showed it, the demo I showed Phil was Seattle in 3D. I flew over the Microsoft Campus – literally the building we were talking in – and he said, why are you showing me a video of Seattle? I knew then that I had it.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is still a milestone of realism in video games

So the story continues Neumann said: “It’s real time”. And Phil in between laughs said the aforementioned “No fucking way”. The demo was so amazing that even the head of Xbox himself didn’t believe it at first. The technology behind Microsoft Flight Simulator is impressive, but more so, how amazingly realistic it looks on screen.

A very fun curiosity, no doubt, but getting back to the game itself, it’s still very active and with a huge update received last week, which adds new planes and even completely free helicopters, to the game. occasion of the franchise’s 40th anniversary.