January 20, 20179 yr the developers don't care, as long as people keep buying the products, they will continue to up the price, the only way to push the price down and thats if the large audience quits buying theseridiculous priced aircrafts. i did buy the fsx version and regret that i did that, for me it is worth paying the upgrade price at this point. never again will i pay for an aircraft over 75.00. i don't care what features it has. if the pmdg 747 is over 120.00 they can keep it. i am gonna stay with the fsx-se for the planes i like. the pmdg 747 for fsx i am hoping is under 100.00. i will stay with fsx.p3d is a training platform, not for entertainment. these developer's are getting down right greedy.
January 20, 20179 yr Remember that P3D is a training platform and is not intended for entertainment. Yet many members on AVSIM use it purely for entertainment purposes. If you want to use a training platform for fun (and probably violate some rules in doing so), then you're going to need to pay the training price. The FSLabs A320x is certificated for training? Cheers N.-
January 20, 20179 yr The FSLabs A320x is certificated for training? I'd assume so if it was released for P3D. Ara Mahs, Private Pilot
January 20, 20179 yr The price is probably indicative of how few people there are in the flight sim community. If the community grows and more people are buying the products, then the developers can probably start to charge lower prices and still make their $$$.
January 20, 20179 yr I'd assume so if it was released for P3D. No it is not certificated for training and neither is P3D when not used as part of a FAA approved hardware/software combination. Carenado release products for P3D, do you also assume those are certificated ?
January 20, 20179 yr What a price hike!!!....thank God I'm a Boeing guy PMDG set the standard of gouging P3D users! Pete Richards I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988. Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.
January 20, 20179 yr No it is not certificated for training and neither is P3D Actually, Prepar3d is a training platform in its essence and with no liability or limitation statement on FSLabs point of purchase, I'd say yes it is for training otherwise that would be misleading of them
January 20, 20179 yr Remember that P3D is a training platform and is not intended for entertainment. Yet many members on AVSIM use it purely for entertainment purposes. If you want to use a training platform for fun (and probably violate some rules in doing so), then you're going to need to pay the training price. I would love to know what percentage of owners of P3D use it for "entertainment" vs. serious training. I would guess its 80/20 given that this rule tends to apply to most things. Maybe I should by some shares of LM and ask the question at the next shareholders meeting. Mark CYYZ
January 20, 20179 yr I love highly complex aircraft and recognize the higher price point but PMDG really set the precedent with higher prices which of course there are buyers, so others will follow. Now I have a feeling that trend will creep up with even lesser complex aircraft. Perhaps the question should be if the price covers not just the 64bit V4 of p3d but whether it could be ported to the new DTGFS. If DTGFS offers similar to p3d but without this stupid corporate non "entertainment" pricing, then lets hope it goes that way. Try to buy this FSL A320 twice and the whopping 185CDN is just incredibly hard to swallow. I will eventually succumb though. Im a sucker CYVR LSZH I7-14700k 64gb 6000Mhz DDR5 ASUS z690 ROG STRIX Gaming RTX 4080 Super,
January 20, 20179 yr Awesome FSL. Thanks for a terrific product. i certainly don't mind handing my cash over for a quality product. Pete Richards I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988. Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.
January 20, 20179 yr I'd say yes it is for training otherwise that would be misleading of them Certificated ?, by who exactly.
January 20, 20179 yr I do blame developers. For me (i need to underline:for me) this is greed. So when you go to work and collect a pay check is that greed? Pete Richards I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988. Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.
January 20, 20179 yr Actually, Prepar3d is a training platform in its essence But only when used with FAA approved hardware, try getting FAA approval for a Logitec or Saitek joystick LOL
January 20, 20179 yr Has anyone purchased it already? Any reports on VAS/FPS? 9950X3D, X870E ROG CROSSHAIR HERO, Corsair Dominator Titanium 64GB DDR5-6000 PC5-48000, ASUS RTX 5070Ti 16GB, 9100 PRO 4TB Samsung ,990 PRO 4TB Samsung, AX1600i 1600 Watt 80 Plus Titanium ATX, ASUS 360 ARGB EXTREME 360mm Liquid CPU Cooling Kit.
January 20, 20179 yr Certificated ?, by who exactly. Don't remember saying certified... just said 'training' But only when used with FAA approved hardware, try getting FAA approval for a Logitec or Saitek joystick LOL Who said FAA? I'm in Europe and when purchasing P3D it was for home based training use as per its EULA, PMDG planes do state not for such use when licensed in their EULA for P3D and at Point of purchase, fs labs doesn't so its simple to deduce that it is so.
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