Usually, we fear the concept of “take the money and run” - investing in a game/program and having it never pan out for whichever reason.
In this case with Microsoft - the same phrase rings through in a whole other way. Here’s a bunch of money - go to town! The results are stunning.
I hope that Microsoft sees the benefit of doing this purely for the sake of doing it as well, as I think it’s good PR. Everyone has their gripes with one version of Windows or another - but a solid MSFS gives us a reason to really want to have Microsoft as part of our digital family and there is a lot of value in having that user support as a business.
All gamers pretty much need Microsoft (for Windows) - but how many of us actually want them?