New licence details for p3dv6 on their website

[seamaster55 76]

Its here:

https://www.prepar3d.com/news/announcements/2023/06/121250/

 

£47 for those in the UK, has to be permanently connected to internet.😬

[chapstick 2,763]

Always online solely for DRM purposes. Oof.

[Skywolf 992]

I am always connected to the internet, I assume if one wants live weather (or using navigraph) - connection to the internet is needed. 

Heck, I am on PE network, so I need net connection all the time.  No net connection means, omg in my house (at times, it is like end of the world....)

I do know situations where users are offline, and they will have to plan accordingly.  I don't even think I can even use MSFS2020 without net connection.

Honestly nothing really changed...can't wait for a new sim (yay)

 

Edited June 28, 2023 by Skywolf

[CaptainAddOn 56]

Agreed Skywolf. My assumption here would be that LM is trying to deter their business clients from refusing to pay for the appropriate license fee. I would think most people in their homes would have an internet connection.

[chapstick 2,763]

6 minutes ago, Skywolf said:

I am always connected to the internet, I assume if one wants live weather (or using navigraph) - connection to the internet is needed. 

Heck, I am on PE network, so I need net connection all the time.  No net connection means, omg in my house (at times, it is like end of the world....)

I do know situations where users are offline, and they will have to plan accordingly.  I don't even think I can even use MSFS2020 without net connection.

Honestly nothing really changed...can't wait for a new sim (yay)

While true that it's not an issue for 99% of users, it still leaves a bad taste in one's mouth when it's purely for DRM (MSFS requires a connection, but the user gets something out of it) and they kept the watermark. This is a regression, albeit a small one, compared to V5.

[CaptainAddOn 56]

6 minutes ago, chapstick said:

While true that it's not an issue for 99% of users, it still leaves a bad taste in one's mouth when it's purely for DRM (MSFS requires a connection, but the user gets something out of it) and they kept the watermark. This is a regression, albeit a small one, compared to V5.

At least for my purposes, that small regression saves me $140 😊. I never felt comfortable with the academic caveat in the license.

[FBW737 519]

So who says they are not trying to compete with MSFS then? This could be interesting. I wonder what part if any Unreal Engine played in this?

There is a video too:

 

Edited June 28, 2023 by FBW737

[FBW737 519]

having looked at the video I think I can answer my own question. It still looks like FSX out of the box.😒

[chapstick 2,763]

8 minutes ago, FBW737 said:

So who says they are not trying to compete with MSFS then? This could be interesting. I wonder what part if any Unreal Engine played in this?

There is a video too:

 

Nothing that you're saying has any relation whatsoever so what Lockheed has shared regarding the licenses. Nothing they stated has anything to do with competing with MSFS or the Unreal engine. 

[FBW737 519]

1 minute ago, chapstick said:

Nothing that you're saying has any relation whatsoever so what Lockheed has shared regarding the licenses. Nothing they stated has anything to do with competing with MSFS or the Unreal engine. 

So what! In any case if you think that the license change has nothing to do with competing for a share of the home user market i.e. closing the barn door after the horse has already bolted be my guess. I'm entitled to my opinion too.

[Luis Hernandez 591]

"No perpetual cost"...I wonder what would that mean. My English is not good enough for that.

[verbal 106]

No academic anymore, now "Personal". 

[Dominique_K 10,152]

To avoid the obnoxious and petty watermark (and look cool « ya know, me, I am a real simmer so I bought the pro version »), one had to fork out 140 USD more, for v6 it  is going to be 290 USD (two hundred ninety, yep ! ).

Inflation !

[brucewtb 250]

Surely this change reflects the desire of LM to compete with MS2020 in the non commercial space or at least to keep what is left of its non commercial/professional user base.  I mean in my case there is no way I would spend something north of 250 AUD for P3Dv6 but if all my Orbx scenery etc and my long haul airliners are ported over with a minimum of fuss I just might spend 90 AUD on v6.

Bruce

[Ian S 214]

I am curious what the internet connection is for. As some say, it may be for weather or navigation functionality, but apparently the Professional version can work in an "disconnected environment". Presumably that version would have as good or better weather and navigation features as the academic version, even whilst disconnected.