Why do I keep buying new aircraft modules and only flying them once?

I have about half the modules and about half of those i can fly pretty well.

But honestly its great for all of us that so many people tend to buy so many modules. Means there is a lot more money and motivation for more development, more modules, more content, more features.

The average spend of a DCS user on both hardware and software must be much higher then a regular gamer and in turn we have a ton of hardware options and a rapidly growing set of aircraft to fly. I'm normally a pretty frugal person but i have no problem buying modules that i will only end up flying a little.

Own almost all modules. Won’t buy anymore until they actually complete modules and stop breaking ones that are considered feature complete. Dcs is an unfortunate sim that you go do something else for 6months or a year and come back and things that where broken before are still broken.

Quality of finished product is top knotch. But getting there is especially painful and frustrating. So ya have allot of money invested and most modules but most are shelved because they just don’t work correctly for many reasons. Now news of f16 tomorrow, give me a break finish f18 get a decent damage module in place and list would go on for days. Finish what is out now, constant waiting for what’s next and next update does become a mental disorder with this sim

I own 15 modules but only fly 1 regularly, and another 3 or 4 occasionally. Still going to buy more though.

I've been flying ED sims since the classic Su-27 Flanker & that lineage is still detectable in DCS today. There aren't any other combat flight sims from that era which are still being commercially developed. The fact that DCS is, is largely due to the huge variety of modules that are now available.

I have them all (inc. maps & campaigns) bar the CEII. The F-16 is the next purchase as soon as it`s in the store. I think to really appreciate these aircraft and fully experience what`s on offer you need VR, and in VR the value for money for that experience is beyond question. It`s as close as most of us will ever get to the real thing and we are extremely lucky even to have that opportunity. On top of that we are supporting an ever improving DCS. So all in all easily worth the price and I`m sure the up coming HP Reverb will take the immersion to a new level.

At least it's good to know I'm not alone in doing this (buying modules I almost never fly).

Before moving to Florida I was an active model railroader...I went to a club meeting every Friday night which usually included a trip to the local hobby store to see what deals I could find...

I spent between $25 and $50 a week on that hobby.

Now I spend $50 - $60 dollars every 3 or 4 MONTHS on my Hobby...

Actually pretty cheap even if you don't fly em that much.

@Yeti42 , here is your answer. You are buying them to support DCS development. Strike a dramatic pose up on your moral high horse! :D That single flight in each is just out of idle curiosity. =)

Fly it like you stole it, leave it a flaming wreck, than you'll feel like you had your monies worth.