January 4, 201214 yr I'd like to write no in every single language available but I have better things to do.
January 4, 201214 yr I am still investing heavily in fsx. I hope to give xpx and aerofly a go. And i will certainly looking forward to seeing what flight is actually like for ga flying. Should be fun. Oz Sim Rig: MSI RTX3090 Suprim, an old, partly-melted Intel 9900K @ 5GHz+, Honeycomb Alpha, Thrustmaster TPR Rudder, Warthog HOTAS, Reverb G2, Prosim 737 cockpit. Currently flying: MSFS: PMDG 737-700, Fenix A320, Leonardo MD-82, MIlviz C310, Flysimware C414AW, DC Concorde, Carenado C337. Prepar3d v5: PMDG 737/747/777. "There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
January 4, 201214 yr I think buy as you go is only as good as the quality of the add on. Who gets to make the add on, will it be an open or closed policy, thus a Flight monopoly or a competitive market? If Flight does a fantastic job, with low prices for scenery everyone wins. I would gather they will welcome the resources of 2nd party developers and the end product will be a high quality. I just spent a truckload of coin with Orbx, so I am use to paying for quality, but it is a death of a thousand cuts just to fly a flight sim ... sigh...... Edited January 4, 201214 yr by drumsonly2002
January 4, 201214 yr I think buy as you go is only as good as the quality of the add on.Price would matter to some as well; would you be willing to pay $1000.00 to be able to fly all of North America? Mike Mann
January 4, 201214 yr I am in 110% agreement. I feel like a cow being milked every time I want an add on. I should be buying furniture and upgrades for my home rather than a sim. What I should do is try Flight for free, and stay in Hawaii. Use the the "add on payware" money for beer. Price would matter to some as well; would you be willing to pay $1000.00 to be able to fly all of North America?
January 4, 201214 yr Use the the "add on payware" money for beer.very good point!!! Windows 11 - Samsung 990 Pro M.2 | Asus Prime Z690 | i7 12700KF HT | DeepCool LS520 SE | MSI 5070 Ti Ventus OC 16GB | G.Skill 64GB XMP II | Lian Li 216 LANCOOL RGB | TrackIr v5 | Honeycomb Alfa - Bravo - Charlie | MSFS 2024 - Samsung 990 Pro M.2 | MSI Curved 27" | JBL Quantum 810
January 4, 201214 yr Surely most of you buy payware? Ive got no problem in theory buying it from the ms store. If the dlc is quality im happy to pay. If its $100, $200 to upgrade to a full sim, thats ok. Dont think it going to happen though.Im just not convinced that ms has plans to focus on 'normal', realistic aviation. And i dont see evidence that the quality payware developers are planning to support this. Oz Sim Rig: MSI RTX3090 Suprim, an old, partly-melted Intel 9900K @ 5GHz+, Honeycomb Alpha, Thrustmaster TPR Rudder, Warthog HOTAS, Reverb G2, Prosim 737 cockpit. Currently flying: MSFS: PMDG 737-700, Fenix A320, Leonardo MD-82, MIlviz C310, Flysimware C414AW, DC Concorde, Carenado C337. Prepar3d v5: PMDG 737/747/777. "There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
January 4, 201214 yr Completely dependent on what the "additional regions" will be, how much they are, etc.If the regions are like half the US, with the free Hawaii part just providing a demo of the game, then yeah. I would. If it's like just cities, or the grand canyon. Then no.
January 4, 201214 yr No. I will stay with FSX and keep looking at Prepar3D.-----------------------------------------You said it, brother!Not on day one. BUT I hear after hawaii they will be releasing the Vatican soaring scenery followed by the eastern Iraq area addon. Oh yeah baby, then I'm getting it for sure!-----------------------------------------------------Mike, you owe me a new monitor...mine now has spewed coffee on it! Man...THAT was funny! Thanks for that..... :)Mitch
January 4, 201214 yr Nope, I'm done with Microsoft. I have already left FSX for X-Plane 10. After seeing what Microsoft is doing with Flight, I'm done with Microsoft. I will probably not even bother with the free Hawaii.If I wanted to play a "game", I'd just go fire up my Xbox360. Edited January 4, 201214 yr by Xpendable FAA licensed pilot (APSEL) flying Cessna 172R and Cessna172SPs. Member of EAA & AOPA since 2001
January 4, 201214 yr Also, what about freeware? Thanks to the community there are some great free add-ons. Will be be allowed to easily install freeware and/or modify existing stuff as we do now? Or will there be some sort of mechanism to stop all of that.Excellent point, isn't MS FS freeware the historical foundation upon which many core simmers today became more interested in the hobby? It was for me, although it occurred back in the days of FS4 and 5. Still, it was instrumental for me. At the time, I wasn't interested enough to pay for extra content, but I was interested enough to download all manner of interesting freeware to upgrade the experience, which in turn got me to the point where I was willing to invest $$ in the hobby.
January 4, 201214 yr I may well download the FREE startup version of MS Flight, but I doubt that I will pay for any "additional content" (Christ, it's already starting to sound like a console whorehouse). By the way, since the release version of MS Flight will only include "the big island of Hawaii", I assume this means that Oahu (screenshots of which have already been shown) will not be included for free? Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
January 4, 201214 yr What will USD80 (cost of X-plane v10) buy in Flight ?A partial baby is not what I need, want or am interested in.If not USD80, how much for a complete "entire world package" with tradional number of aircraft bundled (as they were in FSX) ? Edited January 4, 201214 yr by m_av
January 4, 201214 yr Will I purchase Flight? Well, after owning nearly all FS versions since FS4, I have to make this clear: NO, I will NOT purchase MS Flight. End of story.
January 5, 201214 yr Not on day one. BUT I hear after hawaii they will be releasing the Vatican soaring scenery followed by the eastern Iraq area addon. Oh yeah baby, then I'm getting it for sure! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45CHLPg39Kg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
