FSX demo available in 2 days for download and eval

[kiwiarcher]

Take a look, It looks promising, cut down demo version to evaluate, 2 days then available, and the say FSX will be released 3rd October 2006.

Take alook at this link:

http://www.gamespot.com/promos/2006/fli ... index.html

[ZK-MAT]

Do you have another link?

"We're sorry, but we were unable to find the page you requested. "

Edit: OK, found the problem. Go here and click the link on the right. You can't link to it directly from eternal sites

[ZK-LGD]

howdy,

you could try:
http://us.gamespot.com/promos/2006/flig ... csbox_tech

800mb download! hmmmmm, on dial-up that's ... golly! i don't have enough fingers 'n' toes.

[Zöltuger]

i shall have to wait till the 21st to download, but it should be worth the wait

p.s. 800MB at 5kB/s (dial up) = 1 day, 20 hours of downloading.
800MB at 250k/s (2mbit broadband) = 54 minutes

[Charl]

Depending on the download conditions imposed, I'd say that's a strong case for a snailmail chain letter containg a couple of CD's.
Who's the one with no bandwidth cap who's going to start the ball rolling? B)

[Jimmy]

800mb's just for a demo!!! lol

And once apon a time fs fitted on a flopy disc lol
It wouldnt e to bad to download if you use a download manager were you can just do it one night ,stop it and restart it the next, by the end of a week worth of doing that you should have it.

[FlyingKiwi]

I have to say, even I'm not a big enough FS addict to download an 800mb demo! Whoever gets to play if first, make sure to post your opinion here ASAP!

[kiwiarcher]

If any of you pilots want a copy and live in the South Island I would be happy to copy off, I have uncapped broadband, only take an hour to download.

Perhaps you could send a stamp addressed envelope, with copule of CD's

or anybody have another idea.

Sorry about bad link and beginning of the thread, need to read the rules better.

Rob
www.scvac.co.nr

[Zöltuger]

800mb's just for a demo!!! lol

there was a Lord of the Rings demo that was 2GB

i remember i once bought PC gaming world with a free CD, proclaiming "Mammoth 52MB demo!".
and before that, there was simply shareware- where you'd order demos on floppy disks (by mail) and they sent them to you.
maybe PC World will put it on their DVD next time around.

[Zöltuger]

bah. its only a single player demo. i was kind of hoping for some multiplayer fun

[ardypilot]

Is the demo limited to flights around a single state in the US or something?

I don't ever remember there being a fs2004 demo...

[Alex]

Hmm, I think I won't even bother and maybe do a flight on old FS2004 instead .

Alex

[kiwiarcher]

Quote: "The demo will feature the location of St. Maarten in the Caribbean and include 2 airports and 3 missions of progressing difficulty"

[toprob]

At the moment I'm downloading a 1GB Xbox 360 demo of Dead Rising, so I guess this is becoming the new standard:)
The concensus is that FSX will be shipped on 2 DVDs, so even if they're single-layer, you could be looking at around 8GB -- to get it down to a 1 GB demo means leaving out an awful lot. Even if it allows flying throughout the world I don't think you'd get a good impression of what NZ will be like on release.
It is a great marketing plan though. To gain the new customers they are after would require a media frenzy from now until release, as they really have their work cut out convincing a whole new 'generation' to try something completely different from what normally gets gamers excited.
Personally I'm less excited about this version than previous undates, simply because I finally have FS9 the way I like it, my aging system has been tweaked to death to give me something I am happy with. I think that it will be some time before I can get the same result from FSX, and frankly I don't have the energy to do all that tweaking over again.
Of course I'll buy it, because I've promised to support the 'current' version of FS.

[creator2003]

30min to go before demo realeased

[kiwiarcher]

Be aware everybody, there servers are slow, even with my very fast broadband, its only coming in at 5 to 8 kbs will take a while so I am using Getright download manager , will take a day or so.

Rob

[toprob]

Here's a more useful link for kiwis...
Ausgamers
I'm getting a good steady 345Kbs -- 30 minutes total download time.

[kiwiarcher]

Well done Robin, much better.

Rob

[Motheaten]

Er, Gidday!

I wonder if you could extend your kind offer
of August 8th to a JAFA?

I've just installed the RC1 Vista on my No 1
computer and as I have a monthly download
limit of 1Gig, downloading is not practicable.

I'd be happy to send a couple of CD's and a
suitable amount (could you suggest a figure?)
to cover postage, and look forward to a reply
here or email (PM?)

You would gladden the heart of one who lives
North of the Bombay Hills!

Cheers

Ted