New "Store" page for MSFS2024

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DaveKDEN

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The new store page is open for viewing and pre-order. One major note is the addition of the new "Aviator" edition:

"Aviator Edition – 125 Aircraft | 160 Airports​

Explore the world with our largest fleet of aircraft and take simulation to new heights while pursuing your aviation career within Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. The Aviator Edition includes everything from the Premium Deluxe Edition plus the entire fleet of 30 Microsoft-published Marketplace aircraft developed for Microsoft Flight Simulator between 2021 and 2024."

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Store - Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Just pre-ordered the Aviator Edition. Somewhat expensive, but I feel like it's worth the price. I'm not really interested in the swag the more expensive versions come with.
 
I have seen in the MS blog posts that if you purchased they famous fliers or local legions in FS2020 you keep them, so Aviator edition only makes sense if don't have many of them, but want them. I already have most of them and those I don't have I defiantly do not want, so I think Premium will make the most sense for me.
 
It looks like you can pre order from Aerosoft and from MS. The Aviator versions is $259.99 from Aerosoft and $199.99 from MS.

From Aerosoft you get all the extra swag which I would like to have but not enough to spend another $60.

Buy Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - Aviator Edition | Xbox

Pursue your aviation career throughout the world with dynamically-generated missions ranging from Medevac and Search & Rescue to Aerial Firefighting and Passenger Transport. Compete against other pilots in the iconic Reno and Red Bull Air Races. Enhanced physics and aircraft systems and a...
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www.aerosoft.com

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - Limited Collector's Edition

Pursue your dream of a career in aviation with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, the next generation of the legendary franchise. The Aviator Edition…
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I just ordered the Premium edition. Like Joe, blanston12, I have most all the Famous Flyers & Local Legends. There are no more airports in the Aviator edition, so all of them are in the Premium.
 
One thing that occurred to me, after I decided that since I had so many of the FF and LL that I did not need the Aviators Edition and pre-ordered Premium, is that in FS2020 with the premium edition instead of the normal 15$ you paid for a LL or FF it only cost 10$, what will they cost if you get the Aviators Edition? It could be the same discount as premium, or they could be even bigger discount? I probably should have waited to find out..
 
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I'm going to wait to buy until it's released. I really don't see an advantage to pre-order, unless one really wants to fly the CL-415 before then.
 
Priller said:
Nah, that is for MSFS2032!! :D
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You know a lot of ppl said that about FSX when it came out, and M$ cancelled its FS team and we were in the FS desert for 12 years, even if you don’t use it spending some money so the development team can stay together is a good investment. I hate X-plane but still buy the new version so they stay in business.
 
One of the new aspects of the MSFS 2024 Marketplace is that you'll be able to rent products, like aircraft and scenery, for a select number of days for a lower cost than the full price of the product. Once those days are up, if you decide that you do want to purchase the addon, you only need to pay the remaining amount - so if you rent a $20 aircraft from the marketplace for $5 for a few days, and you decide you want to buy it after all, you'll just spend the additional $15. If you decide you didn't want it, you're just out $5, not $20.
 
I love the trial and rent options. No more buying a plane and being disappointed or finding conflicts/performance issues.

And also, there's a big part of me that's a "test flier." I have a lot of planes I've bought, flown for a couple of days, and then hangared and thought "I'll get back to this one!" And I rarely do. This won't cut into sales, though -- companies will get a rent fee from me for the planes I'd like to try but would never drop $60 on. And other companies will get full purchases because I won't have made the mistake of blowing my monthly MSFS budget on a plane that turned out to be a disappointment or not really engaging.

DaveKDEN said:
From your perspective, what's the advantage to ordering through Steam vs. from MS?
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The choice is simple for anyone who has already bought FS2020: Whatever store you bought FS2020 from, make sure you buy FS2024 from the same store unless you've bought nothing at all from the in-game marketplace. Bizarrely, Marketplace purchases in one store don't show up on the other. If you switch, you lose all your Marketplace purchases.

I don't understand the almost religious desire some folks have to have the game on Steam vs. from the Microsoft Store. You're just adding a whole second layer of services that can be down or go awry. The files and servers are all still hosted by Microsoft, so you're now doubling the companies you're depending on. If you'd rather see Gabe Newell get 30% of the money instead of MS, I guess that's a reason? (But I'd rather MS get the money to keep developing more MSFS.) There is zero advantage to buying FS2024 on Steam over the MS Store unless you bought FS2020 from Steam.

(And according to SteamDB, I've purchased 639 games on Steam in the 19.8 years I've been a member there. I am not exactly anti-Steam. I love it for games. But for flight sims -- MSFS, DCS, and IL-2 -- there are clear advantages on all three platforms to not buying from Steam if you're not already invested in marketplace purchases there.)
 
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DennyA said:
I don't understand the almost religious desire some folks have to have the game on Steam vs. from the Microsoft Store. You're just adding a whole second layer of services that can be down or go awry. The files and servers are all still hosted by Microsoft, so you're now doubling the companies you're depending on. If you'd rather see Gabe Newell get 30% of the money instead of MS, I guess that's a reason? (But I'd rather MS get the money to keep developing more MSFS.) There is zero advantage to buying FS2024 on Steam over the MS Store unless you bought FS2020 from Steam.

(And according to SteamDB, I've purchased 639 games on Steam in the 19.8 years I've been a member there. I am not exactly anti-Steam. I love it for games. But for flight sims -- MSFS, DCS, and IL-2 -- there are clear advantages on all three platforms to not buying from Steam if you're not already invested in marketplace purchases there.)
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Ok, Denny, fully understandable, but....

I have lost count of how many times i have read posts of simmers having trouble with MSFS i have never experienced myself. Not so much trouble with the working or performance of MSFS itself but mostly with getting this ongoing truckload of updates and upgrades to properly install. Sometimes even such hairraising stories as to have to re-install MSFS because an update wouldn't properly install, that sort of thing and always by simmers who bought their MSFS thru the MS Store, never thru Steam (atleast to my knowledge).

I still remember it cost me a couple of days and a lot of aggrevation already to even get an MS account 4 years ago ! When i tried the first time i got the rediculous warning that i couldn't use an email address from work or school !! ( Haha ! I'm retired for about a decade for Pete's sake ! ) One of the reasons i went with Steam to buy my copy and never regretted it. Never a problem with updates or upgrades, all done in a jiffy smooth as a baby's bottom.

Ok, just a while ago i did get a problem with Marketplace which proved Steam to be the culprit, not MSFS. I already loved Steam all my life because of these big monsters you can still see hurtling across the landscape on two iron bars if you're lucky but i do love this other type of Steam very much now too and would recommend it to anyone with MSFS24 in mind.

I.e. 4 years of silky smooth MSFS Steam operation besides one minor hickup (my own fault ;-).. :cool:
 
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DennyA said:
I love the trial and rent options. No more buying a plane and being disappointed or finding conflicts/performance issues.

And also, there's a big part of me that's a "test flier." I have a lot of planes I've bought, flown for a couple of days, and then hangared and thought "I'll get back to this one!" And I rarely do. This won't cut into sales, though -- companies will get a rent fee from me for the planes I'd like to try but would never drop $60 on. And other companies will get full purchases because I won't have made the mistake of blowing my monthly MSFS budget on a plane that turned out to be a disappointment or not really engaging.



The choice is simple for anyone who has already bought FS2020: Whatever store you bought FS2020 from, make sure you buy FS2024 from the same store unless you've bought nothing at all from the in-game marketplace. Bizarrely, Marketplace purchases in one store don't show up on the other. If you switch, you lose all your Marketplace purchases.

I don't understand the almost religious desire some folks have to have the game on Steam vs. from the Microsoft Store. You're just adding a whole second layer of services that can be down or go awry. The files and servers are all still hosted by Microsoft, so you're now doubling the companies you're depending on. If you'd rather see Gabe Newell get 30% of the money instead of MS, I guess that's a reason? (But I'd rather MS get the money to keep developing more MSFS.) There is zero advantage to buying FS2024 on Steam over the MS Store unless you bought FS2020 from Steam.

(And according to SteamDB, I've purchased 639 games on Steam in the 19.8 years I've been a member there. I am not exactly anti-Steam. I love it for games. But for flight sims -- MSFS, DCS, and IL-2 -- there are clear advantages on all three platforms to not buying from Steam if you're not already invested in marketplace purchases there.)
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Thanks. Since I bought MSFS2020 through the MS store, I'll stick with it.
 
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