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Reply #15 - Feb 18^th, 2012 at 7:50pm

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andy190 wrote on Feb 8^th, 2012 at 10:14pm:

Registering may or may not involve payment.

It won't include a credit card because all purchases will be done on the Windows Live Marketplace so you will pay with Microsoft Points.

"Microsoft points"??
WTF is that? Are "points" for people who can't admitt that they are paying real money?

So they are making paying for apps for a game into a game in its sellf?

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Reply #16 - Feb 18^th, 2012 at 8:29pm

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Microsoft points are the currency that we use on Xbox Live to purchase stuff like game add-ons, stuff for our avatars, etc.. but it does involve using your credit card to purchase the points or you can go to places like walmart, gamestop, etc.. and purchase MS points cards.

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Reply #17 - Feb 18^th, 2012 at 10:27pm

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andy190 wrote on Feb 8^th, 2012 at 10:14pm:

Registering may or may not involve payment.

Xbox/Games for Windows Live accounts are free and don't require MS having a credit card on file.

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Reply #18 - Feb 18^th, 2012 at 11:28pm

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sorry about that. i didn't mean to sound aggressive.

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Reply #19 - Feb 19^th, 2012 at 9:35am

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Lazek wrote on Feb 18^th, 2012 at 4:55pm:

i hope MS flight is good, but from what i've heard so far its going to be a shitty arcade game, and not a sim

I think Flight will be more than just an "arcade game". In a lot of ways it is likely to resemble Aerofly, at least initially, in that there will be a restricted flying area and no airliners.

The rest of the Hawaii islands and a Vans RV-6A as well as a Maule M7 can be purchased with MS points.

I fully expect other flying areas to be available for purchase later. No idea whether airliners will become available although I wouldn't be surprised if they, eventually, appear.

Whether Flight will be "good" will be something for you to decide after the release. Considering the large number of people who are already split between FS9. FSX and X-Plane I expect there will be several people who will dislike Flight and several people who will enjoy Flight.

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Reply #20 - Feb 19^th, 2012 at 11:51am

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silverserpent wrote on Feb 18^th, 2012 at 8:29pm:

Microsoft points are the currency that we use on Xbox Live to purchase stuff like game add-ons, stuff for our avatars, etc.. but it does involve using your credit card to purchase the points or you can go to places like walmart, gamestop, etc.. and purchase MS points cards.

That's the most contrived way of getting people's money I ever heard of.
It's sort of like like money laundering.
Your not buying apps for a game, your only buying pretty little "cards" Wink

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Have we now resorted to killing the messenger and calling them "agressive"? I though this was a discussion for adults.... IMO sugar coating something is akin to hiding one's head in the sand.
BTW, I view calling me "agressive" pretty darn agressive in its self. Wink

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Reply #21 - Feb 20^th, 2012 at 1:00pm

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No, it is correct that the reason for points is to make it less like spending money. It's easier to spend 200 points than it is $50 and if some kid goes to his parents and says I need 500 points for a game and the parent doesn't catch how much money that is, well so much the better for MS.

Just another way MS rips people off... Angry

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Reply #22 - Feb 20^th, 2012 at 1:22pm

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Are MS point cards now given to gamers as gifts like any other "gift card"? If so, what a business racket is is even though it's legal.
Gamers are spending money at MS even though they really had no plans to just because someone gave them a "point card".

I guess I'm a little old fashioned as I like a company to make (lots of) money by selling a good product but, I'm not so old fasioned that I wiil be suckered into buying "snake oil". Wink

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I can't help being reminded of the "The Big Bang Theory" episode where "Sheldon got robbed of a bunch of imaginary things for an imaginary place".
Will there be "hard copies" of the things bought for Flight or, can we suffer Sheldon's fate and have the things bought for Flight somehow be wiped out? Wink

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Forgive my ignorance but, I have never been a console gamer and have no experioence with "MS live"

BTW, TBBT is on of my favorite shows... one must maintain a sense of humor. Grin

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Reply #23 - Feb 20^th, 2012 at 2:19pm

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Gesshhh, I'll be sticking with FSX Gold acceleration edition, after I decided to drop a few hefty bucks for a really decent video graphics card and upgraded my RAM from 6 GB to 16 GB and I already had a Quadcore processor, I just had to upgrade the POWER SUPPLY for the new Graphics Card to work properly, with all that and the amount of add on's available for FSX from all the vendors out there from scenery to aircraft - FSX Gold Acceleration in my computer works really superb , I'll be keeping it for quite a while ! http://www.youtube.com/user/IFLYWINGS?feature=mhee

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Reply #24 - Feb 20^th, 2012 at 2:41pm

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Well some people think Microsoft Points are easier to use than a credit card because you don't have to always put in your pin.

But I don’t know why we are even discussing this since it seems MS Flight will be a let down. It might be a little bit of fun in the evening but it won’t have a lasting appeal because it’s not a simulation game it’s an arcade game.

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Reply #25 - Feb 20^th, 2012 at 3:40pm

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andy190 wrote on Feb 20^th, 2012 at 2:41pm:

But I don’t know why we are even discussing this since it seems MS Flight will be a let down. It might be a little bit of fun in the evening but it won’t have a lasting appeal because it’s not a simulation game it’s an arcade game.

Angry

This may be your opinion even before Flight has been released but it is not a fact. I really wish people would stop making these types of statements as though they were fact.

Once Flight has been released then we can all try it, make up our minds and discuss our views on whether Flight is any good based on a common knowledge.

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Reply #26 - Feb 20^th, 2012 at 4:00pm

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Well if you can't fly around the entire earth out of the box it's not a simulator is it?

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Reply #27 - Feb 20^th, 2012 at 4:28pm

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And what will happen if you go to the edge of an area?
Will you teleport to the other side?
Will you stop moving in that direction?
Will there be an endless ocean?
Will there be ANYTHING at all!?

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Reply #28 - Feb 20^th, 2012 at 4:39pm

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SamYeager wrote on Feb 20^th, 2012 at 3:40pm:

andy190 wrote on Feb 20^th, 2012 at 2:41pm:

But I don’t know why we are even discussing this since it seems MS Flight will be a let down. It might be a little bit of fun in the evening but it won’t have a lasting appeal because it’s not a simulation game it’s an arcade game.

Angry

This may be your opinion even before Flight has been released but it is not a fact. I really wish people would stop making these types of statements as though they were fact.

Once Flight has been released then we can all try it, make up our minds and discuss our views on whether Flight is any good based on a common knowledge.

I don't know, but compared to other actual simulators, it sure looks like an arcade-ish game to me too... Roll Eyes

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Reply #29 - Feb 20^th, 2012 at 8:08pm

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jetprop wrote on Feb 20^th, 2012 at 4:28pm:

And what will happen if you go to the edge of an area?
Will you teleport to the other side?
Will you stop moving in that direction?
Will there be an endless ocean?
Will there be ANYTHING at all!?

Tune in next week, same sim time, same sim channel

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