When will the upgrades to Deluxe and Premium Deluxe be available to buy on the Microsoft Store?
I will not buy them on the Marketplace as it seems to be buggy - I hope:
On the Microsoft Store you have the base package for 599 NOK, Deluxe for 829 NOK, and the Deluxe Premium for 1189 NOK. This is entry prices and not upgrades.
But on the Marketplace you have the upgrade packages, Deluxe Upgrade for 819 NOK, Premium Deluxe upgrade for 869 NOK, and the Premium upgrade for 1029 NOK.
What I notice first is there are an extra upgrade called Premium only and are the more expensive one. And I cannot help noticing the prices being too high on all of them for being upgrades. They are almost the same as the base package with the upgrades included.
What is this? There is no way I’m going to pay 819 NOK for the Deluxe upgrade when the base game with Deluxe is 829 NOK!
The upgrade packages do cost more, and it was mentioned before by Microsoft. You are better off purchasing a higher tier. If you already have purchased the standard edition for equivalent of $60 and want to upgrade, there is no cheap way to do it unfortunately. Even if they make the upgrades available on the Microsoft Store, I have a hunch that it will be priced same as the marketplace. Your best bet is to wait for some discount/sales to purchase the upgrade.
I’m confused as to why they priced it like this. I wish they would’ve stated the prices to upgrade before hand (maybe they did?) because I think it would have affected many people’s decision. I would have much rather paid another $30 to get the premium deluxe upgrade instead of paying $85.
Well, the state of the bugs and “features” right now, the first 599 NOK I payed for it in the first place was too high. I’m in no hurry to upgrade anything until the ATC and ground operations get way more realistic. I’m also not in the mood to pay for “premium” airplanes with checklists from kindergarden and “inop” everywhere.
I’m saving my money for third party airplanes and airports, because first party is not good enough.