Comments on: This is the Calm Before the Storm

By: chris

chris — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:11:42 +0000

17 days onward, looking for Ben’s post or Chris 10 days on

By: GekkePrutser

GekkePrutser — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:38:00 +0000

In reply to Kenneth.

Yes, please don’t use that DVD copy protection anymore for X-Plane 10. I just got a new Mac Mini and it doesn’t have one, and I’m not going to buy an external drive just for X-Plane.

The odd time I need to burn something I do it on my old MacBook but my mini is so much better for X-Plane with its dedicated graphics card. I could install the game via disk sharing but that really isn’t practical for daily use.

The thing is, you’re only bothering legitimate users such as myself with this kind of copy protection. It kind of misses the point. You could distribute the sim app itself in the app store and distribute the scenery through DVDs.

By: John

John — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:36:55 +0000

Thank you!

I can’t wait…..

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:54:28 +0000

In reply to chris. Distributing 70 GB is one story, copy protection another one! I won't accept copy protection by DVD. I hope the availability of an USB stick is guaranteed.

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:25:55 +0000

In reply to Kenneth. It's not uncommon to see 7+ GB apps in the store. It could be reasonably broken up. I'm sure many folks are interested flying in only one continent. You could break the app up into a USA package or Europe package and allow the user to purchase additional regions via in-app purchases, to where the total of all the regions are the cost of the whole package as it is.

By: Alejandro García

Alejandro García — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:15:01 +0000

I’m IN for the waiting!

By: Yves

Yves — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:40:17 +0000

It would be nice to be able to buy the product with a specific region bundled in the Mac App Store and buy other regions as either DLC or in-app purchases. Buying the DVD from Canada is a pain: either we get overcharged by the local distributor or we have to pay $$$$ for shipping…. 🙁

This product seems such a good fit for the Mac App Store (29$ for the base game including North America) and 4.99 in-app for each of the 4 (??) other regions. Add-ons such as planes and airports could also be in-app purchases.

One way or another I’m looking forward to spend some cold winter evenings with V10 !!

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:53:48 +0000

In reply to Kenneth.

Yes, the DVD requirement needs to go. I have a 2010 MBA (No DVD drive) and find FSX out of bootcamp to be an easier choice to run when I have time to slap around the patch! (Before I am flamed for running XP9 or FSX on a MBA, I will tell you all that I have achieved a nice level of performance for both of these sims… at least for what I need…)

By: Jack Skieczius

Jack Skieczius — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:35:00 +0000

I am feeling a bit excited all of a sudden. For a while there my interest in X-plane was weening. now however i can feel the rush come back as we all prepare for XP10.

By: Eric Liskay

Eric Liskay — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:20:02 +0000

In reply to chris. We should bake them a pie