Purchased Standard 😁 I already own the ATR72, the C-47 and CG-4, and a few more which I intend to port to 2024... But my goto aircraft are the PMDG 737, and Fenix 320, plus the FBW 32N

I hope the rease version allows for installation into a different folder / drive from the base xBox one, as in 2020...

Edited October 19, 20241 yr by jcomm

What I don’t get is that the same people that complain about default aircraft are the ones that will more than likely buy the package with the most default aircraft.

I actually end up flying 3rd party aircraft most, so it’s best for me to get in at the lowest possible price and use the savings on those aircraft requiring upgrade purchases and/or new releases.

Collector's edition, but it's not in the voting options.

8 hours ago, Los said:

What I don’t get is that the same people that complain about default aircraft are the ones that will more than likely buy the package with the most default aircraft.

I actually end up flying 3rd party aircraft most, so it’s best for me to get in at the lowest possible price and use the savings on those aircraft requiring upgrade purchases and/or new releases.

Most of the aircraft in 2024 are being made by third party devs, and they're going to be higher quality than 2020's default aircraft.

You can buy the higher edition aircraft by themselves in the marketplace, so buying a lower edition is still a good decision if you don't think you'll fly most of the higher edition ones.

Edited October 19, 20241 yr by Tuskin38

Premium Deluxe, I'm not sure what they're talking about 30 aircraft from the FS2020 store, but I think whatever they are I would've bought them if I was interested

God speed, fellow Kiribatians!

Premium Deluxe. Couldn't help myself. Wanted to get Standard first because I don't need what's in the other versions but well... you never know. It's just nice to have it all. 😉 

i usually opt for the poverty edition of things, but i like almost all the extra planes they've included in the pde.... so i went the pde. I guess they'd be $25aud individually anyway on the marketplace

if i recall correctly, didn't the steam msfs2020 standard edition increase by $10aud almost immediately after the release date?

I haven't preordered anything, as there's no real incentive to do so (good for Asobo to not give in to any shady preorder-bonus BS).

I'll  wait for a few first reviews or reports on performance, server stability or any serious issues and then buy it if things look stable enough.

I just bought the premium deluxe version through steam.  I was hopeful that I could start preloading it but that's not a thing apparently.  I guess we are gonna stress the hell out of their servers when we all are downloading at the same time. 

For now I've all games with steam. Never bought anything in the ms store, but I don't see the benefit anymore as cdkeys is cheaper:

https://www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-aviator-edition-xbox-series-x-s-pc-ww

Any reason why I should stay with steam? Will cdkeys get more expensive if I wait some days?

Left my preorder late, but just dropped the hammer on the Aviator edition at AUD$299.

Meh, the dollars per hour over a four year period is pretty good value. And I’ve spent that much on a single aircraft before (PMDG P3D 777 + upgrade, to give just one example).

So Aviator Club it is. 😊

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by OzWhitey

2 hours ago, mistolip said:

Premium Deluxe. Couldn't help myself. Wanted to get Standard first because I don't need what's in the other versions but well... you never know. It's just nice to have it all. 😉 

It’s got to be done. Interesting to see that PDE is the most popular option in this survey. Lots of people here and on Reddit saying they’re just getting the Standard, but the stats here do not support this. 

I learned to always get the Deluxe+ edition back in the MSFS 2002 days. I’d be sad if I couldn’t fly aircraft that other people were recommending. 

I hope it's released before WW3 which appears to be due later on today

I do find it a little mystifying why pre-loads don't seem to be as common as they used to (anecdotally, I could be wrong)

Surely it's in everyone's interests to get the main bulk of the data onto people's hard drives over a period of weeks, and then update it to latest build incrementally on release?

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by EGLD

1 hour ago, Mike44 said:

For now I've all games with steam. Never bought anything in the ms store, but I don't see the benefit anymore as cdkeys is cheaper:

https://www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-aviator-edition-xbox-series-x-s-pc-ww

Any reason why I should stay with steam? Will cdkeys get more expensive if I wait some days?

I know a couple of people with some xbox play anywhere games that no longer install on PC, but still work fine on xbox. I wonder what the long term situation is with this as I've been interested in buying through cd keys in the past

edit - looks like people are still reporting it as an issue in September 24.

Are there any Avsim members who've had recent success with xbox play anywhere games as cross platform installs on PC?

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by dogmanbird

I've purchased Premium Deluxe, the same version I bought for MSFS 2020.