As we speak Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann revealed gross sales numbers for the majestic Antonov an-225 “Mriya” launched a yr in the past for the simulator.
Throughout a livestreamed broadcast, Neumann shared that the plane has offered almost 100,000 models since its launch on February 27, 2023. Particularly, 91,141 Microsoft Flight Simulator customers bought the plane throughout PC and Xbox.
All of the proceeds from the sale of the plane will go to Antonov itself, and particularly, we hear that $1.5 million will likely be despatched to the Ukrainian producer.
Whereas that is solely 0.3% of the estimated $500 million required to carry again the biggest and heaviest airplane ever created, it definitely helps, and it is an important outcome for the Microsoft Flight Simulator neighborhood, honoring the reminiscence of the plane.
The true Antonov An-225 “Mriya” held information because the heaviest airplane on the earth (628,317 kilos empty) and the one with the biggest wingspan (290 ft), and was tragically destroyed in February 2022 in the course of the Battle of Antonov Airport in the preliminary part of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Whereas Russian forces have been overwhelmed again and despatched right into a humiliating retreat within the following months, the airport was severely broken and the Mriya was discovered mainly destroyed in the principle hangar.
Since then, the Antonov An-225 has turn into one of many symbols of Ukraine’s freedom and resistance towards the invaders, and plans have been introduced to rebuild it. Hopefully, the contribution of the flight simulation neighborhood will assist with that effort.
If you would like to learn extra concerning the initiative, you may try our devoted interview with Jorg Neumann himself. The plane was developed for Microsoft by well-liked third-party developer iniBuilds.
It is price remembering that the battle in Ukraine has affected many builders within the Microsoft Flight Simulator neighborhood, together with Anton “TedStricker” Logvynenko, who handed away in November 2023 whereas defending his nation on the entrance traces.
He was well-known for his lovely freeware Ukrainian surroundings together with the Chornobyl space and the capital Kyiv.
As typical, right here on TechRaptor, we publish day by day Microsoft Flight Simulator information, and if you wish to learn extra concerning the information shared on at present’s livestream (together with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 particulars) you may learn our devoted article.