[No457_Squog]

For anyone new to flying sims, they will need to spend $100 to $300 in flight gear (joystick and etc..) and so these kids will need parents that spend a few $$$ or they will be older and have disposable income,, and then what you said int he quote.. about people that already fly buying it..
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Yes that's true - ahh this brings back memories of my first crappy joystick

However I very much doubt that the average 'soccer mum' would go and lash out $100 - $300 on a joystick/throttle. Now I realise that this is purely guesswork - my my intuition tells me that they would buy a really cheap stick for their kid as an entry level stick. Once the kid starts to take a real keen interest in the flightsim his/her folks then might decide that it might be time to upgrade the stick.

Or at least, that's how the theory goes.