I'm a die-hard. I've been flightsimming since 1986...
1986: Flight Simulator v2.0
1987: Falcon by Spectrum Holobyte, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
1989: Battle of Britain, Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
1990: Flight Simulator 3.0 Falcon AT
1992: Falcon 3.0, Aces of the Pacific
1995: Flight Simulator 4.0, Aces over Europe
1997: Falcon 4.0, Flight Simulator 6.0
2001: Flight Simulator 2002
2003: Flight Simulator 2004, X-Plane 6.0, IL-2 Sturmovik
2005: Falcon 4.0: Allied Force, Pacific Fighters
2008: IL-2: 1946
I've broken, mended and modded over 13 joysticks since 1986.
...so,
from my perspective, of course it's worth it!
-RODION