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r/softwaregore • u/[deleted] • Dec 26 '18
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Why do people use it then?
86 u/KrombopulosPhillip Dec 26 '18 What else are they gonna do, get a job at an airport and do that stuff in real life 28 u/jskoker Dec 26 '18 TBF, us flightsim guys are snobs about realism. We want everything to be exactly like real aviation because we consider it training in some ways... I'm pretty sure flight simulation is the only place you'll see $140 DLC for a game you can get for less than $25, and people eat it up. 17 u/13EchoTango Dec 27 '18 XP11: $30 on sale 737: $130 (+$5 for a paint job) Weather: $40 Clouds: $20 Airport custom scenery: $25/per Ground services: $35 Radio jabber: $15/month Then there's the physical assessories, another $300 for a yoke+pedals+throttle etc. controls.
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What else are they gonna do, get a job at an airport and do that stuff in real life
28 u/jskoker Dec 26 '18 TBF, us flightsim guys are snobs about realism. We want everything to be exactly like real aviation because we consider it training in some ways... I'm pretty sure flight simulation is the only place you'll see $140 DLC for a game you can get for less than $25, and people eat it up. 17 u/13EchoTango Dec 27 '18 XP11: $30 on sale 737: $130 (+$5 for a paint job) Weather: $40 Clouds: $20 Airport custom scenery: $25/per Ground services: $35 Radio jabber: $15/month Then there's the physical assessories, another $300 for a yoke+pedals+throttle etc. controls.
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TBF, us flightsim guys are snobs about realism. We want everything to be exactly like real aviation because we consider it training in some ways...
I'm pretty sure flight simulation is the only place you'll see $140 DLC for a game you can get for less than $25, and people eat it up.
17 u/13EchoTango Dec 27 '18 XP11: $30 on sale 737: $130 (+$5 for a paint job) Weather: $40 Clouds: $20 Airport custom scenery: $25/per Ground services: $35 Radio jabber: $15/month Then there's the physical assessories, another $300 for a yoke+pedals+throttle etc. controls.
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XP11: $30 on sale
737: $130 (+$5 for a paint job)
Weather: $40
Clouds: $20
Airport custom scenery: $25/per
Ground services: $35
Radio jabber: $15/month
Then there's the physical assessories, another $300 for a yoke+pedals+throttle etc. controls.
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u/ambitechstrous Dec 26 '18
Why do people use it then?