Prepar3D V5 Release Time & Price

[iFlySimX 748]

The Prepar3D.com store will be updated with the new product catalog at 4:00 pm (EST).  Prices for the Academic and Professional license have not increased from v4 and will remain at $59.95 and $199.00, respectively.  The Professional Plus license price has increased to $2500.

[SimonC 116]

I cannot access the site, but I remember something about a return policy... anyone know how long?

[Sethos 4,300]

1 minute ago, SimonC said:

I cannot access the site, but I remember something about a return policy... anyone know how long?

It's 14 days now

[Paul_ 52]

Didn't it use to be 60 days?

[SimonC 116]

Yeah, remember it was 30 or 60 days...

[Thomasso 224]

This is merely an update, not a new product. If they seriously ask v4 owners to repurchase, they're out of their minds. Especially with MSFS 2020 around the corner.

Some companies in the flight sim world make me sick. Come on, it's a joke... $60 for what exactly? Lol.

P3D won't receive another penny from me if it really is like this.

[331BK 96]

2 hours ago, Le Français said:

The Prepar3D.com store will be updated with the new product catalog at 4:00 pm (EST).  Prices for the Academic and Professional license have not increased from v4 and will remain at $59.95 and $199.00, respectively.  The Professional Plus license price has increased to $2500.

Ahhhhh another 5 hours to wait for me, so it`s  11 PM where i live

[Sethos 4,300]

5 minutes ago, Paul_ said:

Didn't it use to be 60 days?

 

4 minutes ago, SimonC said:

Yeah, remember it was 30 or 60 days...

Yeah, believe it used to be 60 but it's down to 14 now. You can see the license agreement here; https://secure.prepar3d.com/solo/products/LicenseAgreement.aspx?ProdOptionID=1089

'3.2    Returns.  Licensee may return the Software for whatever reason, or no reason, at any time within 14 days of the date of this EULA, in accordance with Licensor's return policy as provided at the Prepar3D Website.  Upon such return, Licensee shall return or destroy all copies of the Software, and all tangible embodiments thereof.'

[SimonC 116]

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Edited April 14, 2020 by SimonC

[SimonC 116]

1 minute ago, Sethos said:

 

Yeah, believe it used to be 60 but it's down to 14 now. You can see the license agreement here; https://secure.prepar3d.com/solo/products/LicenseAgreement.aspx?ProdOptionID=1089

'3.2    Returns.  Licensee may return the Software for whatever reason, or no reason, at any time within 14 days of the date of this EULA, in accordance with Licensor's return policy as provided at the Prepar3D Website.  Upon such return, Licensee shall return or destroy all copies of the Software, and all tangible embodiments thereof.'

Ah poo. 

[kiwikat 506]

7 minutes ago, Thomasso said:

This is merely an update, not a new product. If they seriously ask v4 owners to repurchase, they're out of their minds. Especially with MSFS 2020 around the corner.

Some companies in the flight sim world make me sick. Come on, it's a joke... $60 for what exactly? Lol.

P3D won't receive another penny from me if it really is like this.

I'm sure you are a P3D developer with inside knowledge of how much effort went into the product and how much effort goes into updates throughout the product's lifetime. If you only care about MSFS, P3D wasn't going to receive any more pennies from you anyways... 😵

[Thomasso 224]

Just now, kiwikat said:

I'm sure you are a P3D developer with inside knowledge of how much effort went into the product and how much effort goes into updates throughout the product's lifetime. If you only care about MSFS, P3D wasn't going to receive any more pennies from you anyways... 😵

I am not, but I am a manager and you price your products according to what value your customer perceives in it. Not how much effort you put into it. If you put effort but didn't create value, then that's your problem. Customers don't really care about dev's effort. Only about the value they're gonna get for money. I don't see a $60 value in this update as a customer. Do you? Why?

Actually a good point in the second part of your post though 🙂. 

[ErichB 3,638]

14 minutes ago, Thomasso said:

This is merely an update, not a new product. If they seriously ask v4 owners to repurchase, they're out of their minds. Especially with MSFS 2020 around the corner.

Some companies in the flight sim world make me sick. Come on, it's a joke... $60 for what exactly? Lol.

P3D won't receive another penny from me if it really is like this.

Well then the free market model has worked for you.  Congratulations.

I see value in the new things included.  So paying $60 for a product i will use weekly for the next 4 years is peanuts.  You need to view things in perspective.

Edited April 14, 2020 by ErichB

[Thomasso 224]

1 minute ago, ErichB said:

Well then the free market model has worked for you.  Congratulations.

Of course, the model works for everyone except the least fortunate. I am very happy to support honest companies that don't overprice their products and that don't charge for stupid stuff. And also I am willing to pay a lot for quality, if I see value in it.

Fortunately, there are a lot of companies like this 😉 Apparently, P3D isn't one of them with this silly pricing.

[ErichB 3,638]

Just now, Thomasso said:

Of course, the model works for everyone except the least fortunate. I am very happy to support honest companies that don't overprice their products and that don't charge for stupid stuff. And also I am willing to pay a lot for quality, if I see value in it.

Fortunately, there are a lot of companies like this 😉 Apparently, P3D isn't one of them with this silly pricing.

Value is a relative thing.  It has always been that way. Just because you're aggrieved by the pricing model, doesn't make them 'dishonest'.  It's a transparent model, and you can choose to buy or not.   It doesn't mean that I  (or anyone else) who does pay for it,  has lots of money either.  We just perceive the value of what we are getting, differently.  That's just the way the world works.