Flight Simulator 2020 is expected to generate 3 billion in PC hardware sales

Have you checked flight-sim compatible joysticks in your online store already? Chances are there it's all sold out. None the less Microsoft released Flight Simulator 2020, which is impressing users with its realistic graphics but offers slow framerates.

The challenge of running the game in high quality should stimulate hardware sales and move around $3 billion worth of hardware in three years, according to market research firm Jon Peddie Research (JPR). The company made an estimate of how players will spend to run the game based on different user-profiles and also on the possibilities offered by the simulator. According to JPR, simulation enthusiasts tend to spend more and so the movement of money around the new Flight Simulator should be impressive.

Over the next three years, the company predicts that approximately $ 2.6 billion will be spent on specific hardware to run Flight Simulator to enhance the gaming experience. The bet takes into account the game's estimated sales of 2.7 million units of the simulator in the same period. 

The company notes, however, that the value moved by Flight Simulator should be even higher over the entire product lifecycle. JPR also does not consider the numbers of the Xbox Game Pass, a PC subscription service. According to Ted Pollak, analyst at JPR, the reason for so much investment in Flight Simulator with the requirements of the simulator, where we will need a more powerful PC.

In addition to the fact that the basic components of PCs have to be more powerful and consequently more expensive, the company analyst also takes into account the additional hardware. According to Pollak, simulation enthusiasts often invest in additional equipment, including monitors and other devices, to ensure a more immersive experience.

The owner of the YouTube channel Flight Sim Pilot , for example, spent more than $ 7,350 to transform part of his home into an airplane cabin. In addition to needing two computers, the enthusiast uses multiple monitors and televisions, dedicated controls, and even 3D-printed parts to ensure greater immersion.

Flight Simulator 2020 can be purchased in the Microsoft Store and Steam for a price of 3999 pesos for the standard version. Check below the minimum and recommended requirements to run the flight simulator on your computer. You can read up our comprehensive performance report right here at Guru3D.

	Minimal specifications	Recommended specifications	Ideal specifications
OS	Windows 10 (1909)
Processor	Ryzen 3 1300X Core i5-4460	Ryzen 5 1500X Core i5-8400	Ryzen 7 2700X Core i7-9800X
Graphics card	Radeon RX 570 GeForce GTX 770	Radeon RX 590 GeForce GTX 970	Radeon VII GeForce RTX 2080
VRAM	2 GB	4 GB	8 GB
SRAM	8 GB	16 GB	32 GB
HDD	150 GB
Internet	5 Mbit / s	20 Mbit / s	50 Mbit / s