February 14, 20233 yr I'm a PC user. I'll be moving from P3D to MSFS. Is there any difference in the MSFS Store Xbox/PC program offered and the Steam program other than the ability to operate with Xbox on the MSFS Store program? Any recommendations and/or comments? Paul K KGYR
February 15, 20233 yr No difference in the sim. Some prefer buying / managing their content via Steam (especially if they use that platform for other sims and games). Others prefer the MS direct route. Take your pick. 🙂 Bill 😎FS2024 • Currently in 'GA mode' : A2A Comanche 2024 & Aerostar • Black Square C208, Bonanzas, Barons, TBM850, Dukes • COWS DA40 & DA42 • FSW Legacy, C24R Sierra & C414 • Echo Falco F8L • FFX HJET, Visionjet and P180 2024 • Got Friends A32 Vixxen • FSReborn Sirius TL3000, Sting S4 and Piper M500 • Flyboy Rans S6S • Skyward DA50RG • SWS Zenith CH701, RV-8, RV-10, RV-14, PC12 • Milviz C310R • Air Foil Labs Bristell B23 TrackIR • BeyondATC • PMS GTN Payware • RealTurb • Axis & Ohs • FS Realistic Pro9800X3D • RTX 3080 • 64GB DDR5-6000NPPL licence holder in the UK
February 15, 20233 yr As Bill says above, not much in it really. I have the MS store version and it was a bit of a pain initially, especially during updates, but it has all settled down quite nicely now. No real problems and I am quite happy with it.. I have Steam as well for other titles, so I am not biased either way. I forget why I selected the store for MSFS initially, but there were reasons. I think the updates came through quicker to the store initially, but it seems the steam updates happen at the same time now. Edited February 15, 20233 yr by bobcat999 Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
February 15, 20233 yr I wouldn't swear to this in court. But I believe the Steam version and the Microsoft Store version are absolutely identical in coding. Withdrawn: the folder structure is different. Edited February 15, 20233 yr by David Mills Processor: Intel i9-13900KF 5.8GHz 24-Core, Graphics Processor: Nvidia RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6, System Memory: 64GB High Performance DDR5 SDRAM 5600MHz, Operating System: Windows 11 Home Edition, Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX, LGA 1700, CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling, RGB and LCD Display, Chassis Fans: Corsair Low Decibel, Addressable RGB Fans, Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i Fully Modular Ultra-Low-Noise Platinum ATX 1000 Watt, Primary Storage: 2TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, Secondary Storage: 1TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, VR Headset: Meta Quest 2, Primary Display: SONY 4K Bravia 75-inch, 2nd Display: SONY 4K Bravia 43-inch, 3rd Display: Vizio 28-inch, 1920x1080. Controller: Xbox Controller attached to PC via USB.
February 15, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, bobcat999 said: As Bill says above, not much in it really. I have the MS store version and it was a bit of a pain initially, especially during updates, but it has all settled down quite nicely now. No real problems and I am quite happy with it.. I have Steam as well for other titles, so I am not biased either way. I forget why I selected the store for MSFS initially, but there were reasons. I think the updates came through quicker to the store initially, but it seems the steam updates happen at the same time now. Pretty sure the store was available sooner at launch or it was the one downloading anyway... hahahha. The updates were days and days sooner on the store back then too.
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