Hi. I am making a new thread because there is a lot of confusion about whether Deluxe or Premium Deluxe add-ons for MSFS 2020 owners, will carry over to MSFS 2024. This is leaving owners of Deluxe or Premium Deluxe confused on which version to buy for MSFS 2024.
First and foremost, nothing in the MSFS 2024 FAQ states that content (ie. planes and airports) for owners of Deluxe or Premium Deluxe versions of MSFS 2020, will carry over to MSFS 2024:
That FAQ has a section on “purchases users have made from the Marketplace,” but the wording is specifically for Marketplace purchases, and not for content from Deluxe or Premium Deluxe versions of MSFS 2020. So Marketplace purchases wil carry over from MSFS 2020 to MSFS 2024, according to the FAQ. But nothing is said about Deluxe or Premimum Deluxe MSFS 2020 content. For example, for Premium Deluxe owners of MSFS 2020, will the 787 carry over to MSFS 2024 if we purchase the Standard Version of MSFS 2024?
Furthermore, to compound the confusion, this thread here is marking the “solution” that content from Deluxe or Premium Deluxe will carry over, from a user named Sartanius. But Sartanius is not official staff from Microsoft. Worse, no staff from Microsoft has refuted Sartanius, leaving people to read that thread, and see that the thread has been “solved” by a random user. I do thank Sartanius for his response in that thread, but that is not an official statement from Microsoft, and for all we know, Sartanius could be wrong.
The issue is, if people who own the Deluxe or Premium Deluxe versions start purchasing the Standard Version of MSFS 2024, because they see a thread where is says “solved,” and neither the mods nor the staff of Microsoft have refuted what Sartanius says, can we ask for a refund on the Standard Version of MSFS, if it turns out that Deluxe or Premium Deluxe version content does not carry over to MSFS 2024, because we saw a thread that said “solved” in which the solution of that thread clearly states that content from Deluxe or Premium Deluxe version of MSFS 2020 does carry over to MSFS 2024?
This is where it would be very helpful to us, if the MSFS 2024 FAQ is updated to clearly say whether content from Deluxe or Premium Deluxe Versions of MSFS 2020 will carry over to MSFS 2024.
In addition, it’s not enough in the MSFS 2024 FAQ to just simply say that content from Deluxe or Premium Deluxe Versions of MSFS 2020 will carry over to MSFS 2024. If owners of Deluxe or Premium Deluxe versions of MSFS 2020 purchase the Standard Version of MSFS 2024, will we also continue to receive updates/upgrades for free if the content from the Deluxe or Premium Deluxe versions of MSFS 2020 are updated/upgraded in MSFS 2024? For example, let’s say the 787 carries over from MSFS 2020 to MSFS 2024 for Premium Deluxe owners of MSFS 2020. Working Title then enhances and changes the 787 further. Will Premium Deluxe owners of MSFS 2020 also receive the new changes that Working Title makes on the 787, or will they be stuck with a “2020” version of the 787 that never changes? This is important, because the Horizon Simulations and Kuro mods of the 787 will probably use the latest version of the 787 in MSFS 2024. If there are no more changes to the 787 in MSFS 2024, then great. However, if Working Title modifies and enhances the 787 further, Horizon Simulations and Kuro will probably use the latest versions of the 787 from MSFS 2024. This would leave people with the “2020” version of the 787 that isn’t upgraded (because the 787 only carries over to MSFS 2024, Premium Deluxe owners of MSFS 2020 won’t receive any further ugprades on it for free), unable to use the latest Horizon Simulations and Kuro mods of the 787.
I do hope that the MSFS 2024 FAQ can be updated to address these questions, so people like me can make the right purchase decision (yes, as an owner of the Premium Deluxe version of MSFS 2020, if the 787 carries over to MSFS 2024, and I continue to receive free updates of it if Working Title modifies it in MSFS 2024, I am just going to buy the Standard Version of MSFS 2024). Thank you.