NZFF

Which version of FSX do you prefer, and why?

Is it worth paying the extra dollars for the Deluxe Edition or not?

in a word, yes
if you don't, you'll miss out on the tower controls and the development tools, plus a couple of aircraft (with the garmin displays)

I'm going to get the Deluxe edition, might as well get the full deal, even if it is a bit more expensive.

Wherever poss I get Deluxe, Special Edition, Collector's Edition etc as I prefer the Definitive Experience.


Besides, more default planes to fly once and forget about! Pure unadulterated bliss gents!


BTW from Amazon's prices we can expect to pay around $112-$120 for Deluxe.

yeah deluxe i need the tools plus id rather have everything not just part
mike

Some bad news, guys.


Well, first some good. Every day of the past fortnight I;ve been patrolling our systems at work, waiting for FSX to be inputted (and thus available for pre-order). That day was today. WOO-HOO! And yes, there is a killer staff discount price as I was hoping!


BUT.


Only FSX Standard is in there. Puzzled, I went onto Gameplanet Store which, I remember from last week, had STD AND Deluxe. Today? Only Standard.

At the suggestion of one of my workmates, I also checked out EB Games. Only Standard.

However, The Gamesman has Standard and Deluxe.


So does this mean that, apart from a couple of specialist stores, most of us won't see the Deluxe edition?

NO DELUXE from DICK SMITH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

ummmmm... last time i checked there was still 2 months until the release of FSX. i bet most games retailers wouldn't even know there was a deluxe version yet.

http://www.gpstore.co.nz/Games/1519700.html

and its still on GP Store. it just doesn't show up unless you search for "Flight Simulator X" instead of 'flight sim'

so quit your worrying

Yeah, sorry about that. I was going to show my boss the tragedy ( ) when I searched for "Flight Simulator" rather than just plain "Flight Sim".










Sorry for the false alarm dudes. My bad.

I notice Harvey Norman's has FSX deluxe for pre-order at only $109, not a bad buy!

pretty good for a bricks and motar store i suppose. the online price on gameplanet and gamesman seems to be $109.99 too

The last time MS released a standard and deluxe version was FS2000 (from memory). Most people who only bought standard regreted the decision as they lacked a lot of extras others had. For example most developers had deluxe and therefore a lot of add on planes used gauges from planes only available on the deluxe version...........etc etc.

As the others have said always go deluxe. Whats another $30 or so ?? given that most of us do this as a core hobby.

Deane

for the last nail in the coffin for the standard edition:

current GP Store sales ranking:
FSX Standard edition: 401 overall
FSX Deluxe edition: 7 overall