PMDG released the FS9 MD-11 but man... what a pricetag!!!
FS2004 (FS9) Version: Available Now $79.99. FSX/FS2004 COMBO: Available Now $119.99
Don't they know there's a financial crisis going on?
In my honest opinion, these prices force people to download illegal copies!!!
I won't download illegal stuff so I won't fly the MD-11, I'm not going to pay these prices!
I buy and fly a lot of payware aircraft (and some pretty decent freeware stuff too).
But Im the same with PMDG stuff, it looks nice but they outprice themselves out of a sale for me, I'd rather fly the Level D 767 (Which is much cheaper) and other quality payware aircraft at nearly half that price. I bought the PMDG Beech 1900D once, and flew it twice, there are much better aircraft choices out there for a much better deal.
I still think at the cheaper price range commericial level simulations do good aircraft, their DC-10 looks much better that the MD-11 and its less than half the price!
I've been waiting for this one............and at that price I'm going to continue waiting :roll:
Level D has similar functionality at a lower price, and is IMHO the top end of the payware market (~$50) in that most people can justify the price for the quality of the product. Beyond that price range anything new has to bring something absolutely special to the table to justify the cost. I don't see anything here to justify a premium of 50% over the Level D.
OTOH I've also started to appreciate CLS and their products. They are not perfect in many respects, but for the $15 I paid for their A310 I'm quite happy to put in a bit of work to get things the way I want (Simon Toppman or SSW panel, contact point mods) and their visual models are very good. I've been holding off their DC-10 to see what PMDG could do with the MD-11, but the price has made the choice for me.
Add to that the ever increasing standard of freeware and I simply can't justify spending $80 on a single aircraft.
TTFN
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Just from my personal point of view I'm very happy with the MD-11 for FS9. I really like this a/c type anyway, so the price tag, high I agree, was less of a factor.
I used a special tactic for the $80 issue. I missed one Friday pub session, worked a couple of extra hours in one week and made sarnies for that week instead of just buying them - $80 easily achieved.
I do, however, fully understand and respect why anyone wouldn't want to pay that much or, indeed, is completely uninterested in the a/c type. I, on the other hand, am getting a great deal of fun from this aircraft. Each to his own and no bad feelings to anyone
Personally anyone who pays that sort of cash for a glass cockpit aircraft (where most of the systems are comon across several types) needs their head examined incase they've had a fall and bumped it
I suffer from paranoid amnesia. I can't remember who I don't trust.
