Best and worst of Payware
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For me the best Payware I own has to come from the likes of Aerosoft (for their Tri-star!) and Carenado's products look superb.
The worst has to be that default look-a-like 737 in Air France livery that Garry mentioned a few days ago. :sicky:
The worst has to be that default look-a-like 737 in Air France livery that Garry mentioned a few days ago. :sicky:
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I stand testimony to that. It has been in front of over half a million people and no one has bought it from my store, an awful lot of people however really like the VC10 (and yes we allow everyone a tryout of the aircraft on computer before they buy it).DaveB wrote:
No one bought DC's Trident :shock: :-$
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Hiya ToH
I suspect that many.. the majority of customers who buy the VC10 are not aware of the freeware version or are those kind of folk that presume that freeware is junk and payware is 'the business'.. well it must be as they've paid for it!!
I actually bought the payware version not long after it came out to see how it compared to ours and ok.. you can consider me more than a little biased but subjectively.. it doesn't hold a candle to the freeware model in any respect. The few that would say the payware model is better than DM's must have little or no experience of the real thing but good luck to them. Without such folk, you'd be hard pushed to make a living and each to their own
Btw.. I didn't buy the Trident for comparison. Seeing the screenshots and my experience with the VC10 was enough :tuttut:
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I suspect that many.. the majority of customers who buy the VC10 are not aware of the freeware version or are those kind of folk that presume that freeware is junk and payware is 'the business'.. well it must be as they've paid for it!!
I actually bought the payware version not long after it came out to see how it compared to ours and ok.. you can consider me more than a little biased but subjectively.. it doesn't hold a candle to the freeware model in any respect. The few that would say the payware model is better than DM's must have little or no experience of the real thing but good luck to them. Without such folk, you'd be hard pushed to make a living and each to their own
Btw.. I didn't buy the Trident for comparison. Seeing the screenshots and my experience with the VC10 was enough :tuttut:
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To be honest I think people just are not interested in the Trident as it was not a particularly well liked aircraft when it was flying for real.
But you are right about the horses for courses situation, I have had people pick up titles that we have on display and tell me they are "crap" because they are too complicated. They just want to "jump in something" and hoon about the place
But you are right about the horses for courses situation, I have had people pick up titles that we have on display and tell me they are "crap" because they are too complicated. They just want to "jump in something" and hoon about the place
That Trident and VC10 try before you buy sounds like a great idea. Although I think perhaps the wording should read - TRY BEFORE YOU CRY.
BTW as a nipper, I never ever heard a bad word said about the Tridents when they flew into EGCC. :tuttut:
BTW as a nipper, I never ever heard a bad word said about the Tridents when they flew into EGCC. :tuttut:
I suffer from paranoid amnesia. I can't remember who I don't trust.