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I have no feelings one way or another about Steam.

But as to Steam - FSX, I've had a doubt or two

For the most part it's been "How do they plan on making money?"

Not that I'm complaining about their right to earn a living. But how will that affect me?



Well, while searching for something totally different I came upon this Steam forum post - RISE OF FLIGHT.

It's a little old, but may still be relevant.

Of particular interest was this question -




And the answer was -


So unless I'm mis-reading it - What you have now in FSX will probably not work in Steam: FSX.


Sorry, but there's no way I would want FSX without Orbx/FTX. Nor would I want to pay for it a second time.

Remember Microsoft Flight?

They would let you buy add-on scenery & aircraft that they developed.

And unfortunately almost none of the flight sim hardware would work.



Even if Steam does do some updating of FSX, I doubt that it'll hold any interest for me.

As the post on the Steam forum states: "The Steam version is aimed at new users ..."

I'm betting that it'll do as well as the video game, Microsoft Flight did.