Somewhat Disturbed on This in the "Fact Sheet"

[Ragtopjohnny]

Who else wonders what they mean by this?

Pricing: The starter pack is free to play and includes the Icon A5 and the Big Island of Hawaii. Pricing for game add-ons will vary.

Does this mean that that's all that comes with the Starter pack at first? Now I definitely know I'm sticking with FSX! We didn't have to pay extra for more terrain and more aircraft. Only if we bought add-ons. What a crock. Microsoft, you did yourself in with this one.

John Thuot II

[NSRacer]

i have my doubts about this game but let's stick to the topic. What they mean by this is that the game will feature a free demo including the hawaii island. Just like fsx came with a demo featuring some planes and tncm

[torkermax]

It not really "free" there is no such thing in todays economical enviroment. It is a portal to the real pay as you go "game". Best have a killer ISP connection!

[IGrant]

Unless they have come up with some ground breaking advances and optimization that make this new generation better looking and better performing, this is going to die very quickly. That would be the only reason any of us would move on to Flight over our old tested and and trusty FS9s and FSXs. And it would have to be a leap at that. I don't see it happening, especially since it looks like the same old engine repackaged one more time no matter how many times they swear its not. Just look at the screen shots that show you full detail vs reduced for performance... looks awfully familiar to me.

[Jack19262]

Actually, from the release date of the free part, you'll be able to purchase the entire hawaiian island chain.

[Firekitten]

Don't like Hawaii... Its too sunny.

[Jugador]

Unfortunately, this seems to be the (sad) trend in the gaming industry. Apparently, dlc is where the monies are.

How does $100 bucks for a plane sound to you?...

Well, that's exactly what EA is charging for their latest "premium elite" vehicle.

EA $100 car



Of course, it's just a psychological marketing ploy. I doubt they'll sell many, but now the $50 vehicles look like a bargain!

[jcmmg]

1) it looks like MS is trying to creat a market similar to Apple with its ITunes store. can we judge how successful it is? How does all those music labels, film producer, etc are now looking to iTunes, as thread or as an opportunity? Unfortunately this market need time!!

2) The statement MS FLIGHT is to fly not to fight, for PC gaming industry is just rubbish. They are barking the wrong tree, if they want to capture the Masses for these kind of games with this approach. Uhmmm Prepar3D is looking more feasible, well if they allow it... I mean a gaming platform for commun people not for corporates. The only succes in this area is Nintendo, with Wii Sports... But after you can buy a Resident Evil copy...

2.5) If they want masses, then create an App for that! Upppss there is an App for that and is X-Plane for IPhone

3) For me MS Flight is just an interim software, like Windows Vista or perhaps even Millenium! MS is doing real tests with this and future flightsim products...

[jomni]

Unfortunately, this seems to be the (sad) trend in the gaming industry. Apparently, dlc is where the monies are.

How does $100 bucks for a plane sound to you?...

Well, that's exactly what EA is charging for their latest "premium elite" vehicle.

EA $100 car



Of course, it's just a psychological marketing ploy. I doubt they'll sell many, but now the $50 vehicles look like a bargain!

Well the trend is already apparent with all the FS9 and FSX add-ons floating around. MS just wants everything for themselves this time. But how fast can they develop sceneries and aircraft? Flight is so bare bones, there's a lot of things that needs to be done till we get FSX level of content.

Yes it seems to be an interim product. They will develop the main simulation engine. Offer a small portion for free. Slowly develop additional content. Make people buy little add-ons to fund the development of the full blown stuff. It may also create a new generation of flight simmers. (Who may upgrade to FSX once they find out what's missing in Flight).

It actually makes no difference to us if Flight (stripped down) releases this year or Flight (full blown as we thought it would) be released in 2014. If we want the full blown stuff we have to wait.

[benEggleston16]

I don't understand ORBX anymore, see the post in the FSX forum 'The ORBX 2012 approach'
Is Prepar3D such a viable alternative, at $499? Perhaps to Jon Venema and his followers, they will buy it just to keep up to date with FTX addons but to most, it's just a fantasy.