As I said in the shoutbox, I shall refuse to care until more information is available. Unless it is a fully mod-able, proper "buy a disk and OWN the software" game, that can interface with multiple 3rd party apps, then it will tank with hardcore FS geeks. So far all I have seen is pretty graphics. When it comes to flight sim, the graphics is the least important part. It's all about the avionics and systems simulation.
This is a very good point actually. While I have no doubt the avionics and simulation are going to be good. The issue with 3rd party add ons and apps lingers massively.
Remeber Microsoft Flight? That was Microsofts attempt to cash in on the 3rd party addon market and drive everything through their own store, so they could get a piece of the pie. It failed massively but that was a long time ago.
However, if they attempted it then, there is no reason why they won't again. As it is clear they have wanted to cash in on the 3rd party addon market. With this coming to the Xbox too, I believe they will drive traffic through the store.
What this means for the PC version though, currently is unknown. As the 3rd party market is huge and such a a great benefit to enhance the experience. I hope they don't exclude this totally and drive everything through their own store, but given Microsofts recent history this seems unlikely.
That said, Microsoft once again are serious about gaming on PC, after loosing their way for a while. If they truly are serious they need to understand what the 3rd party market means for a sim like this.
On a side note, did you notice in the video all the aircraft had the names of AS-MSGS. That is strongly assumed to stand for Aerosoft - Microsoft game studios. I will be watching this closely that's for sure. For good or worse.
While we are on the subject of E3. Cyberpunk 2077 has to be the most anticipated game for me. The studios last game, The Witcher 3, was amazing! So the benchmark is set high, the videos they have shown of gameplay do look amazing.