June 6th, 2024 - Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Yesterday we hosted another Developer Livestream featuring our regular panel of Jorg, Seb, and Martial. They answered many questions from the community and also announced several future updates for Microsoft Flight Simulator including two new City Updates, a new Famous Flyer bundle (more info below) and the next Local Legend, the Boeing 707! In case you missed it live, you can watch the full video on YouTube here:

The new Famous Flyer bundle is available from the in-sim Marketplace now and consists of two aircraft, the C-47D Skytrain and the Waco CG-4A glider. Both of these aircraft played an important role in World War II’s Normandy landings (Operation Overlord) which occurred exactly 80 years ago today on June 6, 1944. In recognition of this anniversary, for every purchase of the Famous Flyer 9 pack made between June 6, 2024 and July 5, 2024, Microsoft will donate 100% of each sale to the USO (https://www.uso.org/). More information about the USO is available by contacting them at info@uso.org.

– MSFS Team

Development Update

Development Roadmap

Feedback Snapshot

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SDK UPDATE

Asobo

No update

Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework

No update

Marketplace

We are excited to announce our first ever Top-Rated Aircraft Sale to celebrate planes with highest ratings on the Marketplace!

This sale is a first of its kind that highlights our community’s favorite content and will run from June 9^th through June 16^th.

Additional details:

Developers of the top-rated 50 planes were invited to participate.
The list of 50 was based on the Aircraft section in the Marketplace, sorted by Best Rating.
1^st party content and non-plane content such as liveries and sound packs were not included.
Products that would not be live on the Marketplace for 30 days as of the start of the sale were not included.
- The list was generated from Marketplace data as of May 23^rd.
Best Rating sorting algorithm in the Marketplace applies the Wilson score.
- Wilson score weighs average rating along with number of ratings.
- This sorting is different from pure telemetry-based, which goes by average rating exclusively.
If a developer declines an invitation for their plane(s) to participate in the sale, we forfeit the corresponding spot(s).
- We don’t go down to the next plane in the list.
- For this reason, there may be fewer than 50 planes in the sale when it goes live.

Marketplace Releases

Click here for the web-friendly version of the Marketplace Update.

There are 72 new and 71 updated products in this week’s Marketplace Update.

Released Earlier: 2 NEW Products: 1 ON PC, 1 ON XBOX
	New on PC and Xbox

Released Monday, June 3: 13 NEW PRODUCTS: 7 ON PC, 6 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
	New on PC

Released Thursday, June 6: 57 NEW PRODUCTS: 27 ON PC, 30 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC
New on Xbox		New on PC and Xbox

Released Monday, June 3: 16 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 9 ON PC, 7 ON XBOX
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox

Released Thursday, June 6: 65 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 34 ON PC, 31 ON XBOX
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on Xbox	Updated on Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC	Updated on PC
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC
Updated on Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox		Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Backlog

Current Backlog: 361 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	10	2	10	22
Mission	0	37	93	130
Scenery	12	0	2	14
Livery	8	11	11	30
Airport	27	1	16	44
Other	6	1	15	22
Total	63	52	147	262

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	27	2	8	37
Mission	2	0	0	2
Scenery	12	0	0	12
Livery	9	3	8	20
Airport	8	3	15	26
Other	2	0	0	2
Total	60	8	31	99

THIRD PARTY UPDATE

Third Party Update
- As of 06/02, we have now approved 286 (+4) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 231 (+2) have released 3,669 products on PC (+42) and 3,419 on Xbox (+38).
- In total, 4,516 products (+55) have already been released in 3^rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 815 products (-40) from 3^rd party developers are in production (330 announced, 485 unannounced). In total, over 5,331 3^rd party products (+28) have either been released or are in development.
- Airports:
  - 2,407 airports (+3) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    - 2,202 airports (+8) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    - 1,695 airports (+7) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    - 107 airports (-1) beyond the released airports have been announced.
    - 98 airports (-4) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
- Aircraft:
  - 830 aircraft (+3) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    - 404 aircraft (+5) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    - 322 aircraft (+3) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace.
    - 307 aircraft (+3) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace.
    - 202 aircraft (+1) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
    - 224 aircraft (-3) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
- Scenery:
  - 1,155 scenery packs (+3) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    - 1,117 scenery packs (+5) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    - 683 scenery packs (+7) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    - 20 scenery packs (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
    - 18 scenery packs (-2) are not announced but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
- Mission Packs:
  - 436 mission packs (+2) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    - 366 mission packs (+8) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    - 305 mission packs (+8) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    - 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
    - 70 mission packs (-6) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.
- Livery Packs:
  - 465 livery packs (+10) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    - 400 livery packs (+27) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    - 391 livery packs (+27) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    - 1 livery pack (+0) beyond the released scenery has been announced.
    - 64 livery packs (-24) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
- Ships & Watercraft:
  - 38 ships & watercraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    - 27 ships (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    - 22 ships (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    - 0 ships (+0) beyond the released ships have been announced.
    - 11 ships (+0) are not announced, but dev let us know that ships are in production.

Community

Community Fly-In Friday

June 6 is the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings (Operation Overlord) in Normandy, France. To mark this key historic event, we recently announced two new aircraft which both played important roles on D-Day: the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and the Waco CG-4 glider (both releasing Thursday from the in-sim Marketplace for PC and Xbox with all proceeds from the first month of sales being donated to the USO).

The flight plan will see us fly over historic areas from Operation Overlord including all five beaches (Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha, and Utah), the Merville Gun Battery, Pegasus Bridge, and more!

Event details are available here. All are welcome to participate!

Community Video

With Microsoft Flight Simulator now available on XCloud Gaming, we join Swiss001in this week’s Community Video, as he gives his first impressions whilst flying on his mobile phone.

Highlighting the installation process before trying out a number of different aircraft types, Swiss001 shows off the capabilities of MSFS on XCloud Gaming with another entertaining video!