A32NX will not be returning to the marketplace

[CptLucky8]

@FlyingsCool5650

Could we please STOP expecting the Marketplace to control the quality of its offerings?
What does that even mean, beyond that it works?

It’s just a silly thought to even think this would be possible.

I could imagine that perhaps proven bugs that keep a product from working for everybody (not just a few people) could be one justification to pull a product down (Like the Carenado Mooney. It’s ridiculous it doesn’t work yet).

But, to that end, who puts in the effort to determine if a product works?

It just depends what the objectives of the market place are for MSFT.

But you can’t ignore the following though:

@CptLucky8

Even with a rating system…

@CptLucky8

…there is a minimum common sense applicable both sides, otherwise it won’t be long until the next DLC aircraft panel will be offering only one button to play a flatulence sound when pressed (one of the most successful iOS App Store app…)

Common sense tells me an aircraft DLC should be offering what you’d expect for an aircraft, which at a minimum is:

• Realistic values displayed in the gauges.
• Flight characteristic fairly representing the aircraft behavior in flight.
• 3D model and textures closely resembling the model.

Both of these cases in July are about DLC which are either not flying at all, or not having any proper instrumentation.*

There must be many different and all equally good reasons aircraft DLC, which are not even fulfilling the basic premise of what an aircraft and its instrumentation are supposed to be representing and simulating, are found appealing enough nonetheless to be approved on the Market Place, but we’re not at a liberty to discuss these on this forum. One of these reasons at least though, is to generate DLC sales revenue for both sides: the vendor and the market place.

*twice in a month, the products which are promoted first at the top of the new Market Place releases, are deceiving in what they are supposed to be basically doing: flying.

1st one:
[BLOG] July 1st, 2021 Development Update

@BostonJeremy77

HAHA… IT DOESN’T FLY! At full power and all propellers set to full mixture full, it DOESN’T MOVE!!!

Just wanted to bring this up to everyone’s attention. A couple of us have purchased this latest BT Studio abomination. Just a word of warning - it doesn’t actually fly. […]

2nd one:
[BLOG] July 22nd, 2021 Development Update

@BostonJeremy77

the altimeter and airspeed indicator (of all things!!! on a Flight Simulator!!!) are NOT functional.

@Billybadness76

Why is aircraft that doesn’t work and is incomplete allowed to be sold in the marketplace? The New added aircraft like the A-10 and A-4 are complete trash. They do not work at all […]

And this:

@CptLucky8

@AHal

Xbox Store is refunding the money spent on flightsim credits for sim marketplace content that is basically broken, like the Bredok 737 MAX. Myself and many others got refunded by MS for it, and I know a few that got a refund for the Typhoon.

Issuing refunds for products they know are defective but they are still selling yet, while our market place application is stalled since Aug. 2020… it doesn’t seem to be just a quality control problem only?!

@CptLucky8

@N6722C

Remember, at the end of the day, it really all boils down to $$$$ & Profits – lets not keep kidding ourselves that is anything else.

Let’s not kidding ourselves about paying Microsoft for reviewing the add-ons vendors are pushing to the market place: they are already taking a 30% cut off every sale which I believe is paying them already isn’t it? Paying them for this among other things:

@CptLucky8

One of these is, to make things clear, was not even moving when throttling up… And it was at the top promotion spot in the list of releases. Meanwhile I’m still waiting…

PS: just to make my comment above clear: I don’t care at all about the Market Place review process and whether vendors are pushing to market defective products in general, to each is own. But I do care about the community crying out loud about such low level of quality in the market place products while they are refusing RXP to sell any product on the market place, stalling our application since Aug. 2020, for libelous reasons.