May 7, 20224 yr I have flown MS Flight Simulator since the DOS version. My current version is FS 2004, I am now interested in acquiring the latest edition. Question: is it available on disc for PC only use? Or is the digital download the only option? Edited May 7, 20224 yr by denlow clairification
May 7, 20224 yr Just now, denlow said: I have flown MS Flight Simulator since the DOS version. Am now interested in the latest edition. Question: is it available on disc for PC only use? Or is the digital download the only option? Even if you can buy a disc, all it does is leading you to the download store. That's how it is these days. A disc is like a product key, at most. For transparency: I'm a community mentor at the BATC discord. However, I do not get paid for it in any way.
May 7, 20224 yr Welcome to the modern world 🙂 It's basically the same for nearly all games now, boxed editions are the way of the dinosaur. Considering the sim requires internet connectivity to function, cloud based delivery is standard.
May 7, 20224 yr 5 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said: Even if you can buy a disc, all it does is leading you to the download store. That's how it is these days. A disc is like a product key, at most. This. Get the download version. Once you've gone to the trouble of installing the sim on disc the first thing it will want you to do is download an enormous update from the store. Also, if I had a chance to do it again, I'd download it from Steam, not the Microsoft store.
May 7, 20224 yr Author 3 minutes ago, AvAngel said: Welcome to the modern world 🙂 It's basically the same for nearly all games now, boxed editions are the way of the dinosaur. Considering the sim requires internet connectivity to function, cloud based delivery is standard. Thanks for your response, so if I understand, I must be connected to the internet in order to fly? Or only to download the program?
May 7, 20224 yr 7 minutes ago, denlow said: Thanks for your response, so if I understand, I must be connected to the internet in order to fly? Or only to download the program? You don't HAVE to be connected to the internet to fly, but satellite images from the terrain and photogrammetry will be streamed from the internet. MSFS get's pretty ugly without satellite images, so yes, MSFS is more or less a permanent-online game/sim. For transparency: I'm a community mentor at the BATC discord. However, I do not get paid for it in any way.
May 7, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, denlow said: Thanks for your response, so if I understand, I must be connected to the internet in order to fly? Or only to download the program? Correct, its for the scenery, updates, live weather, online functionality, even save data in many cases is cloud based... so it's like most modern games, tied almost entirely to online function.
May 7, 20224 yr 3 hours ago, denlow said: I have flown MS Flight Simulator since the DOS version. My current version is FS 2004, I am now interested in acquiring the latest edition. Question: is it available on disc for PC only use? Or is the digital download the only option? Go with the Steam Version and avoid some of the headaches that come from the MS Store version. Even if you buy the DVDs you will still need to download updates, etc. MSFS
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