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A small hiccup in Germany for MSFS2024 Steam availability?

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Hi folks,

 

So I have been following the news about MSFS2024 and am planning to purchase MSFS2024 via the Steam route at some stage, but today I wanted to remind myself of the pricing for the various versions and what's interesting, at least in Germany, only the Standard Edition is currently available in Steam!

It appears this has to do with DLC content in Germany requiring an age suitability rating of the game for the target audience and only the Standard Edition has this right now.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Steam-Why-some-of-the-best-indie-games-will-soon-be-hidden-in-Germany-9960810.html
 

I can confirm this is the case on Steam today where only the Standard Edition of MSFS2024 is available currently, so if you havent ordered yet and are planning to, make sure you are ordering the correct version if ordering from Germany.



No one seems to know when the other MSFS2024 Editions will be available for Steam customers in Germany and whether this will change in the coming hours ahead of the launch. Stay tuned!

Note: MS Marketplace for German customers seems to be unaffected by this new requirement.

 

 

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Mark Aldridge
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Can confirm - I discovered the same thing when I tried to pre-install yesterday.

What I don't understand is why the law doesn't allow titles without an age rating to be sold to adults at least. But I also know that, often enough, law does not have a lot to do with logic.

I hope they still get a rating in before the launch. Otherwise, I'll be torn whether I should a) wait, b) get the standard version and plan to upgrade later (if that's possible - does anyone know?), or c) buy MSFS 2024 on the Xbox store.

It's now available in all 4 Editions

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6 hours ago, megasus said:

It's now available in all 4 Editions

Thanks for reporting back and keeping a check on this! It looks like they got the problem sorted.

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One of those planes in the Deluxe version must be X rated Adults Only. I'm not sure sure which, the Albatross 111,  the 404 Titan, the Seastar?

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2 hours ago, Fielder said:

One of those planes in the Deluxe version must be X rated Adults Only. I'm not sure sure which, the Albatross 111,  the 404 Titan, the Seastar?

If they had included the Lockheed C-69 Constellation, that would certainly explain the X rating.

11 hours ago, Fielder said:

One of those planes in the Deluxe version must be X rated Adults Only. I'm not sure sure which, the Albatross 111,  the 404 Titan, the Seastar?

I think it was because someone was joining the mile high club in the back of the Citation...

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