2 hours ago, Dillon said:

I always go with the top version.  I find I need it at some point to get certain features the others don't have.  This time it's the 'Aviator's' version.🍺

Indeed, that's exactly been my experience too.

Anybody knows which developer did that A330-200-300 ?

cheers 😉

Will most likely get the Standard one, that's all I need. But after the release of FM2025 😀

39 minutes ago, pmplayer said:

Anybody knows which developer did that A330-200-300 ?

iniBuilds

3 hours ago, Dillon said:

I always go with the top version.  I find I need it at some point to get certain features the others don't have.  This time it's the 'Aviator's' version.🍺

I usually do that as well. But, this time, isn't the only thing different about the Aviator's version is the inclusion of 30 planes already released in FS2020. It seems to me that if I wanted any of those planes, I would have picked them up already. Is my thinking wrong here?

1 minute ago, ricka47 said:

Is my thinking wrong here?

No, I’m thinking the same thing. I suppose there’s a chance that Aviator edition buyers will get an extra discount or something else later, like what they did with Premium Deluxe buyers, but I don’t think that’s likely. 

5 minutes ago, ricka47 said:

I usually do that as well. But, this time, isn't the only thing different about the Aviator's version is the inclusion of 30 planes already released in FS2020. It seems to me that if I wanted any of those planes, I would have picked them up already. Is my thinking wrong here?

If you like a lot of the planes in the Aviator's edition, supposedly it will be cheaper to buy the Aviator's edition than to buy them individually. But you are right, if you wanted any of those planes, you probably would have bought them already.

1 minute ago, JonathanC said:

No, I’m thinking the same thing. I suppose there’s a chance that Aviator edition buyers will get an extra discount or something else later, like what they did with Premium Deluxe buyers, but I don’t think that’s likely. 

My only reason to get it would be the reason that you mentioned - that is, down the road, something will be coming that is only for the Aviator's version. But, still that isn't reason enough to get it.

You should always be able to add the upgrade anytime later on.  You don't have to decide now.  

I'll probably get the premium deluxe again and barely touch the default aircraft as usual.

I'm definitely not getting the Aviator edition.  I can just buy the few famous flyers I want for $10 (discounted if you own one of the higher 2020 versions).  I'm not interested in most of them to be honest.  

I’ve heard that the deluxe/premium aircraft don’t transfer to 2024.

I don't know any more than anyone else about what's included with the various 2024 versions but my take on the statement that all purchased content in the Marketplace will transfer from 2020 to 2024 is that this would not include the additional aircraft and airports that were included in the Premium and Premium Deluxe versions of 2020. Those additional aircraft weren't marketplace purchases. They were included with the version of 2020 that you purchased.

So I suspect that even if you own MSFS 2020 Premium Deluxe, if you buy MSFS 2024 Standard, then you'll only have access to the aircraft that are listed as being included with 2024 Standard.

Based on that logic -- which I admit may be flawed -- I've pre-purchased the Aviator's Edition rather than just hoping that I'll get the Premium Deluxe aircraft from 2020.

4 hours ago, flightyjoe said:

If at all carries over from MSFS can anyone convince me why i wouldn't just be buying the same game?

Huh? Just because a new platform is able to support add-ons for the previous platforms with minimal to zero changes does *not* therefore mean that the platforms are the same essentially 🙂. This is basic software good practice (and good business) for a new platform to still support add-ons for the previous generation (no different than a new version of Excel supporting spreadsheets created in an older generation of Excel). Now in order for the existing add-ons to best make use of new features in MSFS 2024 they would obviously need new development work.
 

5 hours ago, abrams_tank said:

So I am reading this thread here in the official forums, and it appears that if you own the Premium Deluxe version of MSFS 2020, your planes will transfer over to MSFS 2024, especially the 787: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/will-add-ons-from-premium-deluxe-edition-transfer-to-msfs2024/639669

I own the Premium Deluxe version of MSFS 2020. For me, the plane that makes the Premium Deluxe version of MSFS 2020 worth it is the 787, especially after all the work that Working Title did on it. And now you can get the Horizon Simulations and Kuro mod for the 787. 

I would like to continue to fly the 787 in MSFS 2024, with the Horizon Simulations and Kuro mods, and all the updates they do for it in MSFS 2024.  But I looked at all the new planes that come with the Deluxe and Premium Deluxe version of MSFS 2024, and I am not too interested in those planes. So I am considering buying the Standard Version of MSFS, if I can continue to fly the Horizon Simulation and Kuro mods for the 787 in MSFS 2024.

So my question is, will the 787 from MSFS 2020 transfer over nicely to MSFS 2024, and if the 787 is further upgraded in MSFS 2024, I should get those upgrades for free, because I already own it in MSFS 2020, right?

The MSFS 2024 FAQ does not mention anything about MSFS 2020 content that comes with the Deluxe or Premium edition and whether you will get the upgrades for those content for free in MSFS 2024. It only mentions "purchased content" from the MSFS marketplace:

I would think if you get upgrades for the Reno Air Races, Local Legends, Famous Flyers, Expert Series, etc, for free, then for consistency, if I buy the Standard Version of MSFS 2024, I should get any upgrades that they make to the 787 in MSFS 2024 for free as well.

The last thing I want is for the 787 to transfer over to MSFS 2024, but then Working Title or Asobo does further changes to it, and I don't get the upgraded version of the 787 and I am stuck with the "2020" version of the 787.  In that case, the Horizon Simulations and Kuro mods for the 787 will be broken, if there is a "2020" version of the 787, and a "2024" version of the 787 that has been upgraded/changed by Asobo or Working Title in MSFS 2024.

Having content transfer over to MSFS 2024 is one thing, and we all know that content from MSFS 2020 can transfer over to MSFS 2024.  Continually getting upgrades on the content that transferred over to MSFS 2024 (ie. the 787) is another. I am more interested in the latter.

There's nothing in the thread you linked from the Official forums that would indicate that what you're going for will, in fact, happen.

The key is all content purchased in the Marketplace, which in my mind doesn't include the D/PD content acquired as part of the base game, will transfer over. Here is the answer in the thread you linked, all of it referring to Marketplace or 3rd-party purchases: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/will-add-ons-from-premium-deluxe-edition-transfer-to-msfs2024/639669/16

It would be a bizarre decision by Microsoft to carry over your prior level of purchases from the different game, thereby disincentiving you from purchasing the higher level game tier for the new game.

Compared to the total cost of operation including PC and screen(s), internet access fees, even electricity, does it make any sense to labor over the difference in cost between the various versions?  I want to support the MSFS total project so would always buy the top version.

17 minutes ago, mmcmah said:

There's nothing in the thread you linked from the Official forums that would indicate that what you're going for will, in fact, happen.

The key is all content purchased in the Marketplace, which in my mind doesn't include the D/PD content acquired as part of the base game, will transfer over. Here is the answer in the thread you linked, all of it referring to Marketplace or 3rd-party purchases: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/will-add-ons-from-premium-deluxe-edition-transfer-to-msfs2024/639669/16

It would be a bizarre decision by Microsoft to carry over your prior level of purchases from the different game, thereby disincentiving you from purchasing the higher level game tier for the new game.

Yes. In that thread, various users think that the Deluxe and Premium Deluxe content will carry over. But these are just users, not official staff from Microsoft or the MSFS team.  An official answer from the MSFS team would be nice, to clarify this confusion.

I agree with you though if the Deluxe and Premium Deluxe content from MSFS 2020 carried over, it would give less incentive for people like me to buy the Deluxe or Premium Deluxe versions for MSFS 2024.