X-Plane 12 is 33% off in the Steam Autumn Sale

[Tim-HH 572]

Didn't expected it to be on sale so early. But it's certainly a good deal.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2014780/XPlane_12/

[Mgard78 141]

Ah, one of the few benefits of being 3rd world country... With all taxes comes to about 10 USD for me...

[rooitou 119]

4 hours ago, Mgard78 said:

Ah, one of the few benefits of being 3rd world country... With all taxes comes to about 10 USD for me...

Yep I finally caved and bought it as well, cost around $13 equivalent in my country. I am so grateful for Steam regional pricing, which adjusts for countries' purchasing power, as there was absolutely NO way I would have bought X-Plane 12 at $60, with my puny little corruption-reduced South African Rands

Edited November 23, 2022 by rooitou

[Luis Hernandez 570]

13 hours ago, Mgard78 said:

Ah, one of the few benefits of being 3rd world country

Love it, baby. Just USD 10 for me too, while the morons at the Casa Rosada keep on devaluating my money.

BTW, MSFS Marketplace has a similar pricing policy 😁

[mwilk 1,106]

Any disadvantages to buying it on Steam as opposed to getting it directly from Laminar Research?

[Matchstick 1,886]

1 hour ago, mwilk said:

Any disadvantages to buying it on Steam as opposed to getting it directly from Laminar Research?

During the XP12 beta period a key from LR is supposed to include a key for XP11 (or more accurately you can use the XP12 key to install XP11), is that the same for Steam ?

 

Edited November 23, 2022 by Matchstick

[rooitou 119]

4 hours ago, mwilk said:

Any disadvantages to buying it on Steam as opposed to getting it directly from Laminar Research?

I've had X-Plane 11 on Steam all along and never experienced any problems. Steam keeps it updated and has fast servers in my country, so updates have been painless and almost unnoticeable. The only disadvantage I would say is that the directory structure is a little "deeper" (for things like your aircraft and plugin folders), but I added it to "Quick Access" in File explorer and it was one click away.

Edited November 23, 2022 by rooitou

[pstrub 998]

@Matchstick You can in fact get an XP11 key after purchasing XP12 on Steam, you just have to ask the X-Plane support (support (at) x-plane (dot) com) sending them your transaction ID, as discussed here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2014780/discussions/0/5057002258664794305/

I bought XP12 yesterday, and received the Steam activation code for XP11 within less than 30 minutes of sending the mail, so I can confirm it works from first-hand experience.

Edited November 23, 2022 by pstrub

[Mgard78 141]

20 hours ago, Luis Hernandez said:

Love it, baby. Just USD 10 for me too, while the morons at the Casa Rosada keep on devaluating my money.

BTW, MSFS Marketplace has a similar pricing policy 😁

Nice. I will have to check that because my MS/Xbox account was from waaaay back before there was an option for Argentina so it is a US account. For buying "normal" stuff I just use the web and it works anyway, but for the marketplace will have to see. 

Edited November 24, 2022 by Mgard78