FS2020 demo

[purt 6]

Back in the day when FSX was launched MS released a demo version so that potential buyers could check if FSX would run on their PC,looks to me that FS2020 is going to need a lot of processing power and bandwidth to achieve the results that we are seeing on the videos that MS have released so far. That being the case I hope a demo version is made available so that we can try before we buy !!

[Dominique_K 10,133]

Even better than a demo, a trial as Lockheed-Martin does for P3D. One month to try, money refunded if not satisfied. 

[Deleted 250]

You can test it during the alpha and later on the beta.

[Nedo68 533]

43 minutes ago, Pitbull2504 said:

You can test it during the alpha and later on the beta.

but only the few choosen one!

[Noooch 1,084]

Buy game pass, it will allow you to try the sim for a few bucks...

[bonchie 2,305]

Buy gamepass for a month, try it out.

Almost no one releases demos anymore.

[simtom 495]

4 hours ago, Pitbull2504 said:

You can test it during the alpha and later on the beta.

I wouldn't consider that to be a representative test, mostly because optimization is done after those builds (for the most part). Apart from that, certain features might not be working or be incomplete.

[HarryVoyager 21]

I wouldn't expect them to do one, but I'm of the opinion that a good, representative benchmark would be valuable for the brand. 

Right now very few reviewers include simulators in their benchmark suite because they are generally a real pain in the beep to do, and a good multi-threaded CPU heavy benchmark could be a valuable testing tool, and end up exposing people who wouldn't normally see MSFS 2020 to the game otherwise. 

[Pastaiolo 1,686]

As others already said, paying the Game pass for few dollars will be the way to go to try it out

Edited November 24, 2019 by france89

[188AHC 2,138]

As has been stated, most likely no demo will be offered other than an Xbox membership. If I was you I would wait and see what shakes out. 

[Ikaro 31]

One possibility is that the entire base game could be free of charge, with a $10 a month subscription for the online scenery streaming. This would make a lot of sense from a business standpoint; it would bring in a lot of users who might not otherwise try the simulator, and if you play for 2 years they would get $240 from you instead of $60. 

But that is pure speculation, no indication it will be the case.

Edited November 25, 2019 by Ikaro

[andyjohnston.net 617]

17 hours ago, bonchie said:

Almost no one releases demos anymore.

X-Plane is the competition, and they still do.

[bonchie 2,305]

4 hours ago, andyjohnston.net said:

X-Plane is the competition, and they still do.

X-Plane is as niche as it gets in gaming. MS is a major game studio and will be more apt to follow industry trends. I wouldn't expect a demo.

Edited November 25, 2019 by bonchie