February 7, 201214 yr http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399885,00.aspI saw this article today. I never really comment on this but I must say this is so dissapointing. I was hoping for more (I will hold out to see if the dlcs that they produce later are worth it).Judging by the prices of the DLCS in the article 19.99 + 14.99 + 7.99 = 42.97 so after taxes might as well say 43.00 for an uncomplete game and two dlcs that were part of the normal FSX game.I think I might just take my chances and spend the extra 30 dollars for X-plane and give the 3rd party developers the extra money for extra content.
February 7, 201214 yr Yes, thanks Joshua (I'm guessing you're not Joshua Howard lol!)I don't think theres too many suprises here, most of us guessed the rest of Hawaii would be available plus maybe a couple planes. The pricing information is interesting but of course this is how Microsoft pay the wages. Also interesting was the 150,000 who signed up, nay sayers or not, if this brings in a lot more new Flight Sim fans then that has to be a good thing, and I'm sure the hardcore community will benefit from this overall interest further down the line.Just a word on X-Plane, it's a great piece of simulation, but you're really left to your own devices. It's a hard product to grasp for a newbie in Flight Similation. Flight is perfect because it provides young flyers with a purpose and aspiration to learn and keep on learning until one day they could then move to a sandbox environment and progress there simulation activities from there. I really do feel a lot of wannabe Simulation fans really are put off by the learning curve and Flight will really help them.Ok for the hardcore Simulation community this kinda sucks in terms of progress what we have with FSX, but don't be foolled to think that Flight isn't a viable flying alternative even if only in small doses. From what I understand Flight is built from FSX and therefore retains the full fidelity of the simulation FSX has, we just need to wait for the bigger planes to arrive which will happen when 3PD get in on the act further down the line.Cheers,Dave.
