Hello, this will be my first post on avsim since we have now to register to read the forum, I think I can also participate in some conversation. Sorry if I make mistakes (grammatical or so) since English is not my native language.I just wanted to argument on that point : "Secondly, I would be amazed to see that FS9 drivers weren't buying payware as much. I don't think Aerosoft's spokesperson is lying, but perhaps folks that can afford addons, can also afford great rigs that can handle FSX? I don't know, but I do know that I'm still buying FS9 addons, albeit at a more diminished rate due to the terrible exchange rate and the economic situation"Yes, Aerosoft is certainly right in some way when they say that FS9 users are buying less that FSX users, for the reasons you state in this topic but I think there are more reasons. The more obvious (in my opinion) is that FS9 users that keeping up whith their favorite sim are on the market for a very long time, and they've already bought tons off add-ons, planes, sceneries, good or bad ones, anyway. So, now the sim is almost like they always wanted it to be. And in the present, and for the future, they simply take their time to think and choose what to buy. Is it really worth it, and will this new add-on simply mess up my sim if I install it now without knowing more about it? Also, on the other side, there is a so large and well stocked free market for FS9, I know some simmers improving their sim experience with only freeware. So passionnated people can turn their sim exactly the way they want whitout paying a cent. The conclusion of that is, when you already have all that you want/need/like, why spend a lot more money for it instead it really worth it? Like a paradoxe, our passion and the way we "cherish" our sim may be one of the reasons why FS9 add-ons are selling less than before. And also cost living is higher nowadays, most of us know that. That's was my waffle on this topic. Also many many thanks to add-ons developpers that are continuing to support FS9 (I can see many of them, and not the least in this forum). Hope this will last a very long time. Alain
