Orbx Orb Store (Limited Incentive For MSFS Customers)

[PWJT8D 446]

15 hours ago, slicker55 said:

It is very disappointing to see there are no major airports for MSFS (only one GA airfield) compared to a much wider selection for other simulators.

I just noticed this the other day and was also disappointed. The Orbs store started off with quite a few MSFS airports but after each weekly or so refresh the numbers dwindled down to the one airport we see currently. My theory is ORBX lost their behind on the sheer numbers of how many MSFS airports were getting picked up for essentially free.

I feel ORBX was quickly surprised at how popular the Orbs would be and they had to reel back on the reigns just a little bit. 

[Tuskin38 6,532]

I had retroactive Orbs from some products I bought years ago, had enough for Key West. I still haven't flown to it haha.

Edited February 3, 2023 by Tuskin38

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

13 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

I had retroactive Orbs from some products I bought years ago, had enough for Key West. I still haven't flown to it haha.

Yeah, I have had that issue with occasional freebies I win on various live streams where they have random giveaways. Often I already own the only products from a particular dev that I actually want so end up with things I never use.

Edited February 3, 2023 by Glenn Fitzpatrick

[Greggy_D 936]

When they started the loyalty program, Orbx distributed some Orbs based on past purchases. I own probably about 90% of their P3D products and they gifted me 160 Orbs. 🙄  There isn’t a whole lot to pick from for 160 Orbs. 
 

[MarcG 3,007]

It's a nice idea executed badly, I went to their discord to give ideas/suggestions on how to improve it, whether they take any feedback on board is upto them.

[orchestra_nl 935]

7 hours ago, PWJT8D said:

I just noticed this the other day and was also disappointed. The Orbs store started off with quite a few MSFS airports but after each weekly or so refresh the numbers dwindled down to the one airport we see currently. My theory is ORBX lost their behind on the sheer numbers of how many MSFS airports were getting picked up for essentially free.

I feel ORBX was quickly surprised at how popular the Orbs would be and they had to reel back on the reigns just a little bit. 

That problem isn't going away. The longer they wait the bigger the piles of Orbs we will be sitting on. OrbX could offer regular airports but those of interest to us we probably already purchased during a sale.
The only MSFS Orbs airport available cost 30 orbs. With the 1200 I have accumulated I could get 40 of these, so Orbx still "ows" me 40 airports.

With Just flight I can use points to lower the cost of addons. That stimulates buying an addon while its new and outside of sales since you make your own discount. I used it to justify my purchase of FS Trafffic, otherwise I would have "watched the cat out of the tree" ( a Dutch saying meaning "to wait and see what happens").

[EnSnellHest 51]

I had my eyes on Key West which I could purchage using my Orbs. Now its gone though,

As OP said, only 1 product available for MSFS. What a complete joke!

[bvdboomen 259]

And that one MSFS airport was freeware in the first place.
I have "purchased" it even before the Orbs existed.
KORS for MSFS was available a few weeks ago, so I spend some Orbs on that.

Edited February 3, 2023 by bvdboomen

[B777ER 2,486]

Orbx Orbs are like Delta Skymiles......almost worthless!

[slicker55 24]

... guys, great input, so far, to anyone else sitting on the fence, if you're unhappy about the current situation, now's the time to have your say, keep the comments coming please ... if people agree, i'm happy to let this thread run for a week or so and then invite Orbx along to get a more realistic sense of how their customers feel.

[1st fltsimguy 466]

What's and Orb...🤣!

[Fielder 3,681]

Thanks I never knew about ORBS (because I use Orbx Central instead of Direct). The one  AP is Fairways, Oregon (by Portland).

 But fllightsim.to has the new KTCM since about 3 days ago. I wondered what that giant plane was at KTCM scenery. It's the Globemaster. KTCM is by Seattle and Renten. 

[Fielder 3,681]

https://flightsim.to/file/49187/mcchord-afb-ktcm-usa

Edited February 4, 2023 by Fielder

[Gnak26 1]

On 2/2/2023 at 11:18 PM, F737MAX said:

I'm finding their pricing noticably more expensive for some of the third party add-ons compared to other stores

Me too. Adding the "Orbs" are basically useless - at least for the moment - for msfs users (only 1 msfs scenery is available via Orbs), I dont see any incentive to keep shopping with them.

[bobcat999 8,484]

The Orbs are about as much use as my unused book of Green Shield Stamps from the 70's.