Yes i am wondering that. or we have to wait for PMDG 737?

That's the plan.

Yes, it is being released for FSX (at a price of $15 for FS9 purchasers, IIRC).Nobody knows when release is.

AS long as the other company only teases and releases some "non precise" 747 addons, there's a market. After the NGX start, things tighten up I think. I found myself looking for some other than the big and somehow hyped names around, so I'm very attracted to an FSX Ifly 737. I heard very good things about the 2004 stuff so far.

AS long as the other company only teases and releases some "non precise" 747 addons, there's a market. After the NGX start, things tighten up I think. I found myself looking for some other than the big and somehow hyped names around, so I'm very attracted to an FSX Ifly 737. I heard very good things about the 2004 stuff so far.

There are some reported serious flight model issues on climb rates at upper altitudes on the 2004 version right now, but they say they are working on a fix.

There are some reported serious flight model issues on climb rates at upper altitudes on the 2004 version right now, but they say they are working on a fix.

Yeah I own the Ifly737 and its looking good but has bugs as you say! Last night I took off at sea level and engaged the LNAV and VNAV and within 2 min I was passing 20,000ft. It climbs like a fighter jet! But the guys from IFLY get an A+ for support and patches! They realease patches within days of customers reporting faults! I would wait for the PMDG 737 myself if you are looking for a 737NG for FSX. Its not fair away at all!

I would wait for the PMDG 737 myself if you are looking for a 737NG for FSX. Its not fair away at all!

I agree. Even if I owned the FS9 version and could get the upgrade for $15.00, I think I would still get the PMDG version. I think it will probably be the most advance a/c ever modeled for FSX or any of Microsoft's flight sim series products. Not that I needed convincing of it, but after reading Mr. Randazzos post below a few days ago, it really shows at what length they have gone to, to produce the NGX leaving aside any quess work or aproximation.I'm sure some would/will argue that the iFly version will be just as good or maybe even better, but I highly doubt the folks at that shop have the resources available to them to accurately depict the NG like the fellows over at PMDG do. I'm sure the iFly version will have some similarities to the PMDG version as far as features and performance, but I think the PMDG version will most likely be as close as you can get to flying this bird from a desk top sim.Just my .02

Edward-Thank you for your post. I always chuckle a bit when we read posts like this- because you may not have any idea how many people are at work on this project, or the depth of information we have available to us, or the resources we are in nearly constant touch with while simulating an airplane of this type.If it helps you understand my answers below: I've spent (literally, unfortunately) my entire adult life in aviation. I have contacts all over the industry, and I've spent more time than I care to admit staring out of the top of the panel watching the clouds roll by. What I'm trying to say is: You can trust our expertise in this field. PMDG is not a group of college kids with photoshop and a stolen flight manual trying to make an airplane simulation. When we have questions, reference nearly 20,000 pages of engineering diagrams, documents, charts, tables, manuals and "how to fix this thing" guides provided to us by Boeing. If that doesn't work, we consult with our assembled team of technical experts. If THAT fails, I call Boeing.In other words: We have the resources and talent to "get it right" and we spare no effort in making it happen.Now- you seem concerned about colors: When you spend time around in-service aircraft, you discover very quickly that as an airplane ages you wind up with a mix-match of color pallets. This happens because airliners are component driven, so as things are repaired or adjusted, older components get replaced with newer, or newer replaced by older. This particular MCP was photographed in-airplane, along with the rest of this flight deck... So- I'm sorry the coloration is upsetting to you- but it is real. Realism is what we are striving for.Now, on the subject of dirt: I've spent a career in the airline business- and this cockpit doesn't even come close to the level of dirt you normally find. I used to travel with a miniature bottle of spray cleaner and a box of tissue. I'd spend long legs cleaning everything in site, because the airplane NEVER gets taken out of service for a thorough cleaning of the flight deck. Airplanes are not stagnant museums, they are working environments that are moved in and out of a half dozen times a day by crews and maintenance workers who leave years worth of wear, dirt, fingerprints, and general schmutz.These cockpit textures were created by conducting an in depth photo survey of an in service airplane in the mid-life cycle phase.None of the textures are synthesized- they are created through a complex process of imaging and color correction. Once again- welcome to realism. In fact- after listening to me complain about the grime for a few months, Vin and Ryan went through a painstaking effort to reduce the amount of dirt that is visible in the images. So- we cleaned this one up a bit...On the cockpit size/scale: I am not entirely at liberty to explain to you why I am so certain that this VC is correctly scaled and sized... But go over my earlier comments about resources and I think you'll come to understand that we didn't create this VC by eyeballing some pictures on Airliners.net (like we did with the original NG... which looks HORRIBLE by comparison...) The data is provided to us by the folks who built her, so I'm going to trust their data. Anything they didn't provide was measured by us... because it is easier that way.On the "Baby Boeing" feel- I'm not sure what to tell you other than I can only assume that your expectations are being set by products that simply lack the true, resource-heavy approach that we have taken with this simulation. Other products that you mention (including our NG1.0!!!) are out of scale, poorly designed and make good approximations to the real airplane- but they aren't perfectly accurate... With the NGX we are changing that once and for all...At any rate- thank you for your feedback. If you spend some time around this forum, you will come to find that PMDG is a team of developers obsessed with providing the finest and most visually accurate simulation possible with current technology. We work closely with the industry and the manufacturer, so we have a few more resources than we like to brag about...Feel free to ASK us if you have questions- If you ask an open ended question we help you understand the process and how conclusions are reached, without having to tell you that your opinion is invalid...

Hello> PMDG is not a group of college kids with photoshop and a stolen flight manual trying to make an airplane simulation.PMDG definitely wins on arrogance.What a way to describe a fellow developer, I hope he was not referring to Flight1/i-Fly

PMDG is not a group of college kids with photoshop and a stolen flight manual trying to make an airplane simulation.

.. interesting!i am afraid of PMDG 737 will need a lot of system resources, especially video card and cpu power. because i heard pmdg jetstream wasn't frame friendly. and 737 will have more details compare to pmdg js.

Hello> PMDG is not a group of college kids with photoshop and a stolen flight manual trying to make an airplane simulation.PMDG definitely wins on arrogance.What a way to describe a fellow developer, I hope he was not referring to Flight1/i-Fly

At the surface this may seem harsh and arrogant. However, in technology circles the "best" tend to have a bit of an arrogant air to them. For instance, I consider myself one of the best in my field in the world (Complex networking systems, Voice over IP, Video over IP, Wireless communications, etc) and I fully admit to having a bit of a superiority complex as it pertains to my field. As a consultant I feel that my competition is "inferior" in many aspects and from a purely business standpoint it is something that I leverage as justification for charging higher rates and my clients around the world understand that they're not getting "a" consultant they are getting "THE" consultant. :0)That said, I don't always agree with many things that PMDG has done in the past but the fact is who else is releasing products at the level of PMDG? To me they've earned a bit of bragging rights...within reason. The only one who's come close is CaptainSim and their 707, but the rest of the products start off approaching magnificance but they end up abandoning them before they get to that level as is seen in the 757 and 767. Wilco Feelthere released the ERJ-145 which is a work of art but their other aircraft come up short (the B737-300/500 was great systemwise but had a terrible 3D model for instance.)But it is a double edged sword. Thinking that you're the best and being the best are two different things and raises the level of expectation. The higher your pedistal the higher the fall from said pedistal. If I say that I'm the "best" then I'd better be the best and there can be no excuses (i.e. I was sick, my computer crashed, blah, blah). If PMDG says that they are the best...so be it...I probably even agree. BUT, that comes with high expectations on release they will be held to a different standards and words tend to get thrown in one's face if everything doesn't go as planned.I guess when the 737NGX gets released the proof of the pudding will be the eating. It will either be fullfilling or leave one hungry for more.

.. interesting!i am afraid of PMDG 737 will need a lot of system resources, especially video card and cpu power. because i heard pmdg jetstream wasn't frame friendly. and 737 will have more details compare to pmdg js.

According to Ryan, the performance of the 737NGX is going to be surprisingly good! Of course this could be pre-release PR hype as we've seen in the past. In my experience though PMDG has never gone in for that in the past! Here's a quote from him, from another post."I think we'll just let the NGX speak for itself when it's released. It is the best performing product FPS-wise in my FSX hanger now aside from tiny GA planes and I'll bet this convinces more than a few diehards such as yourself to come try FSX out once people start posting about it. Maybe you should actually consider giving it a chance when we release it instead of writing it off before you've even seen it or how well it runs."

According to Ryan, the performance of the 737NGX is going to be surprisingly good! Of course this could be pre-release PR hype as we've seen in the past. In my experience though PMDG has never gone in for that in the past! Here's a quote from him, from another post."I think we'll just let the NGX speak for itself when it's released. It is the best performing product FPS-wise in my FSX hanger now aside from tiny GA planes and I'll bet this convinces more than a few diehards such as yourself to come try FSX out once people start posting about it. Maybe you should actually consider giving it a chance when we release it instead of writing it off before you've even seen it or how well it runs."

OMG! that would be great!!