Have you ever heard of such an airplane add-on that's..

[Bartul]

.. offered at two prices:

- full price: you get the right to use it as long as you want

-a symbolic, greeeeeeatly reduced price, like say 2£ for a 'hifi' plane, but once you crash land you have to buy it again.

I'm sure that would raise the stakes and make flying more interesting. And who knows, maybe that would increase the sales? That way we'd be more interested in trying every plane that's offered?

Or you disagree?

 

[Stoopy]

Actually I've joked about that all the time in combat flight sims... "my wife keeps asking why I buy so many FW-190's".... but really think it's a great idea taken farther with realism mods like the Milviz Cessna 310, and if we had to pay a small stipend for brake pads, repairs and other maintenance items it would certainly have an effect on the way we treat the aeroplane.  The costs could be structured such that an average 12 months worth of use would add up to the overall total retail price.

When I do have an "unfortunate event" with a plane in MSFS, I retire that particular livery for good and never fly with it again, since it's now "gone".  This is why I learned to do repaints 🙂

[109Sqn]

Is it the fact it's Halloween week that there are at least 3 new threads discussing crashing planes?😶

And for the record, I wouldn't be the slightest bit interested in such an add-on. I could see a lot of people liking the idea initially then just giving up and getting a different plane or nothing new once it crashed. But each to their own.

[cianpars]

There is certainly a case for selling cut down demo planes with some options disabled that could be enabled by upgrading to the full price model.

I remember UK2000 providing demos for their airports in FSX with banners across them which were useful to try before you buy, but from recollection, someone found a way to remove the banners, so perhaps not.

High prices make it quite difficult to make a decision to buy in many cases, especially when the quality of some of them is highly questionable. You do need to read quite a few reviews before buying.