MSTS question...

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after seeing the new District Line, I think I should go and finally buy MSTS.

after looking on Amazon and other sites there is an MSTS version by Xplosiv that is £5 with a steam engine on the cover, and a different version that is published by Microsoft that is £19. What difference, if there is one, is there?

[agoodcuppa]

If it says "Microsoft Train Simulator" then it's the one.

MS sold it off some while ago to another publisher and no longer support it.

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I have the xplosiv one, and have had the MS one. Apart from the manual you get with the MS one, and the slight "satisfaction" of knowing you have an original copy, there is nothing different at all.

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so it is a bit of a con in that respect, that you pay for the Microsoft brand just like ipod I suppose.


Many thanks David

[Colin]

I wouldn't say it's a con because you are getting it £14 cheaper!

If were £14 more than the original, then it'd be a con.

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but the fact that Microsoft demand more money even though they have licensed it to other publishers.

With MSTS, it is much more commercial. The fact that some developers demand money for routes that are decent quality and that some like Dr Jimi don't ask anything and makes a very good route, is a testament to the developers who make them with no financial reward.

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rob said:

With MSTS, it is much more commercial. The fact that some developers demand money for routes that are decent quality and that some like Dr Jimi don't ask anything and makes a very good route, is a testament to the developers who make them with no financial reward.

With all due respect, I disagree.

The commercial developers (with the exception of one developer which sounds more German than English *cough*) produce truly astounding routes - the reason why they cost money is simply to cover costs of travelling for research, etc. There is hardly any profit made by the developer...

Think about it, for every £19.99 CD sold... they get about £1.20.