Hello, Was at Simmarket website and new plane has been released. Seems pretty nice but the price is a staggering $40.00! I know one does not have to purchase but I am shocked. jakob

Doesn't sound out of the ordinary to me - the PMDG 737NG, CS 707 and F104 are all around that price for a start...

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if you're reffering to that ariane 737, it's actually $ 51 (40 euros). as the others said, 40 $ is a reasonable price for a good quality ac. but be careful not to buy some dodgy one

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yes i suspected that too. why even bring out a new payware 737 when there's a perfectly good one available ???. i'm wondering who would buy this

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Odd, Ive been reading the Avsim forums about this AC and most say its better than the PMDG 737NG, though with liveries (added cost), the basic model, and a VC (added cost as well) you are looking at around $130 for an aircraft. A bit too steep for my tastes but $40 for a quality add-on aircraft isnt a bad price, but it better be quality!

But then again, I see it is the Ariane model. I would just go with the PMDG 737NG, and add the 800/900 addon. You would come out cheaper and be able to install all the free liveries you wanted that were available

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM ARIANE!  THAT COMPANY IS OWNED BY PETER TISHMA!

LET ME REPEAT...

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM ARIANE!

Most of the old timers will know the deal about this, but the newer guys may not have heard of him.

It's a long story to tell, so let me make it as brief as possible.

Back in the days of FS200, Tishma tried to pass himself off as being a representative of the flight sim community and entered into negotiations with American Airlines to be the sole distributor of the AA name and logo as far as flight simulation was concerned.  Any person wishing to make an American plane (freeware or payware) would have had to pay Tishma a royalty.  Letters of cease and desist were sent out, and AA planes were pulled en masse from sites across the web.  The whole incident boiled down to two camps, with Tom Allensworth over at AVSIM towing the line for freeware and fighting against Tishma and company, and Nels Anderson over at Flightsim.com supporting Tishma.  

A lot of hard feelings were caused and the damage to the Flight Sim community was incalculable.  To this day, I don't see many AA planes around, and the use of any  commercial logos on freeware was seriously threatend.

In the end, Tishma was driven underground, and has had to hide his name on everything he has touched since then.  This guy is nothing but bad news, folks and you should stay away from him...

Here's a bit from Avsim you may wish to read...

http://www.avsim.com/pages/0902/pt_again.html

Search for Peter Tishma over at Avsim News and you'll find more.

Kevin
'Lest we forget...'

Yup thanks kev!

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Yes, but no....I couldn't fly any freeware plane that mathes up to a MY payware aircraft, the payware aircraft I use are just to sophisticated for many freeware designers.  It's not that freeware makers are bad designers, its just payware makers I guess have more resources and have more money to spend so in return people buy their aircraft and they in return make money...

Chomp,

The logic there is missing a crucial point, I think.

The missing factor there is "# of units sold".  Microsoft sells a gazillion FS units at $50 each.  Development cost for all the various components is very, very high.... but due to the HUGE volume of units they will sell....... well worth it in the end.  That sales volume keeps the target price pretty low.

Virtual Aircraft Company, Ltd. makes a single very realistic airliner.  True...... compared to producing the entirety of fs200x, the development costs are not in the same league.... but they are still quite substantial.  Research into realistic systems and flight dynamics takes time and coding itself is S...L....O....W work. 

Unfortunately projected units to be sold are low... so the development cost per unit is high.  So in order to pay for development time plus some profit, the price has to be high to make the effort worthwhile.

Good thing freeware plane makers don't really keep track of their "work" hours  .

best,

......................john

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Silver,

Around here that is about "burger flipper" wages ...... not skilled designer / programmer.    

Your scenario above is about what I expected.... thanks for sharing the TIME it takes... and the potential sales volume.  That plane of yours was a full time job for 38 weeks....... almost 3/4 of a year.

best,

..............john

Everyone has a certain set of expectations that match a given price to pay.  I thought $44.99 for the CD version of 737 NG was steep. It was $39.99 but tax and shipping of course.....   Here's the reason.  It isn't a whole lot more functional than 767 PIC was in it's day.  In fact, in some ways less because you don't have to set and align the IRS before making initial FMC entries.  PIC had that modeled. sure, it has a VC but rarely use it due to frame and convenience issues.  Now, take WOP on the other hand.  Great package.  All of those super detailed realistic warbirds for $29.99.  That was a bargain to me, Id have payed more and thought it a good deal.  I tell you, if someone did a Gulfstream 450/550 with the new Primus Epic Planeview cockpit I would pay up to $50 or even more if it's 99% of real.  It's all in what you want.