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    Question about purchase

    Hi People,

    I'm wondering here before I make my purchase myself: where have you bought your MSFS? Through wat channel? Steam? from Microsoft?

    I'm really curious about this, because before I splash 120 $, I like to know the best channel.

    Thanks for the replies!

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    Guess i,m not much help here .
    I bought the boxed version.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spook48 View Post
    Guess i,m not much help here .
    I bought the boxed version.
    There is a boxed version??? So you ARE of help!! Thanks!!

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    Only in Europe... But I think that's about right for you... I'd look it up, though, Quite a few disks....

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    Thanks guys!

    I'm actually waiting for the users to report on their experiences with the different channels.

    Cheers,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Priller View Post
    Thanks guys!

    I'm actually waiting for the users to report on their experiences with the different channels.

    Cheers,

    Priller
    I pre-ordered mine through the Microsoft store, and had almost no problem with it, except for a couple of restarts needed to get the initial download to start.

    After that it was smooth sailing. I think the trouble I had was due to me and thousands of others starting downloads at midnight on 8/20! Things are not so jammed now.

    Dutch

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    I asked this very same question here a couple days ago, lol. I was wondering if there was any advantage, one way or the other. Since I already had steam installed (for FSX) I went that way. I like the steam program. It has a good user interface. Easy to find stuff and buy stuff, and the FSX experience was good. I have no other data to support my decision!
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    Thanks guys! Another reason I asked the question is what happens to purchases through the M$ store. If I have a crash and have to reinstall, or if I buy a new rig: will I have to buy the thing again?

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    Buy the box set version and save yourself about 90GB of download.

    The program is going to update itself automatically so it will still be up to date.

    And if I could I would have already bought it.
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    Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know your purchase on the "Store" is linked to your Microsoft/Xbox account.

    So, if you have to re-install, say on a new built PC, you would log into your Microsoft/Xbox account, and download from there. This is similar to Steam.

    Only reason I purchased through Microsoft Store instead of Steam is that I have access to any updates right away.
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