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| SilverSolder:
It's not subscription software... is it??? |
| chickenHeadKnob:
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on July 17, 2020, 02:26:01 am --- It's not subscription software... is it??? --- End quote --- The data base of geography is on their servers. You need a net connection as far as I know. I think you can download a region and run local for now. Once you are addicted then I bet they will enrol users into a subscription. Just like any drug pusher the first hit is free. It has been a stated goal of Microsoft to go to subscription model for all products for a long time now. like 2 decades in the making. |
| Ed.Kloonk:
Of course, you could just get this.. |
| VK3DRB:
Looks pretty good. As for the MS flight simulator if they had a mode where you can crash planes with a load of people on board and you could view the aftermath with dead bodies etc, that would sell very well (like Grand Theft Auto). Not saying it is wholesome, but it would sell well. I toured the air traffic control simulator room in Toulouse because my son-in-law worked there. About 130 extreme performance graphics PC's running in parallel and a 360 degree view of being in the air traffic control room of any airport. The detail was so good, you could see the fuselage rivets on aeroplanes. Awesome. That facility attracts students from all over the world. It is so big, they have a bowling alley, a supermarket and restaurants on campus. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on July 17, 2020, 02:26:01 am --- It's not subscription software... is it??? --- End quote --- It doesn't look like it, and the pricing for the different versions is still similar to what it was with FS X. It's probably not going to require any subscription to use it as it is sold. BUT if they add any extra service or content later on, then we don't know, but it's likely not to be free. Whether it will be subscription-based or just add-ons you must buy, I don't know. |
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