[25APR18] New Product Reveal at FlightSim Expo'18 - Las Vegas 09JUN18

[Boomer 1,619]

Sure hope it's a new flight sim platform cause I'm betting DTG is fixing to go after LM, trying to blame them for Crappy fsw's enviable demise and thereby screwing the p3d user base in this community.

Edited April 30, 2018 by Boomer

[cleonpack93 79]

1 hour ago, Boomer said:

Sure hope it's a new flight sim platform cause I'm betting DTG is fixing to go after LM, trying to blame them for Crappy fsw's enviable demise and thereby screwing the p3d user base in this community.

Nobody else had said this but I have been thinking this too. Actually it's one of the first things that came to mind when DTG made their announcement.

But, it can also be argued that we're not an entertainment market, we are actually looking for a professional product because we want a professional experience.

[FalconAF 213]

LMAO!!!  😅  I love these "Guess The New Product That's Coming!!!" threads.  Here's the BEST you can expect AFTER the announcement at the EXPO in June....

1.  Some people will say, "I knew that was gonna happen!"

2.  Some people will say, "WOW!  I didn't see THAT one coming!!!"

3.  Some people will say, "Cool!"  It's the neatest thing since sliced bread!"

4.  Some people will say, "What?  Are they crazy??  Nobody's gonna buy that!!!"

5.  Some people will say, "It sucks 'cos it doesn't run well on MY computer!!!"

6.  And the serious flight simmers who spend $100+ to purchase a "study level" aircraft (without complaining about the price, BTW)....and who actually DO read the accompanying 200+ page manuals that come with them....will say, "If this works the way it is designed to work, I'm gonna LOVE it."

I certainly hope it's not "another flight simulator".  Geez, we already have enough of those already.  And people STILL arguing about which one is "better" or not.  Anyhow, I don't see PMDG entering that fray.  Why on earth would they want to become another flight simulator developer?  Their expertise is creating the (arguably) most realistic AIRCRAFT addons for current simulators.  At best, I could understand them MAYBE doing a PMDG-specific "platform" to fly their aircraft in.  But nothing approaching the same philosophy as current flightsims.  More like what a real airline would use in their simulator training devices.  They don't load up enough data to do an 8-hour long-haul flight anywhere.  They load up just enough "stuff" to do a particular training session PERTINANT TO the specific aircraft at the time.

Anyhow, based on the quality of PMDG products in my 30+ years of flight simming, I'm gonna be in the Number 6 group, whatever the "new product" is.   😎

[harrry 322]

On 4/28/2018 at 6:35 PM, jimmynes said:

It might take that long. We don't have one yet!

Takes about 20 years to make a real one.

[rsrandazzo 6,353]

11 hours ago, GCBraun said:

And just to inject my usual controversy, hopefully it will also be supported in XP11. 😄

Thiago,

I couldn't disagree more.  😜 

(Sorry- that was rude- but I couldn't resist since I got yelled at last time.  ahahahaahah)

 

Edited April 30, 2018 by rsrandazzo

[Davidrebolton 42]

11 hours ago, GCBraun said:

And just to inject my usual controversy, hopefully it will also be supported in XP11. 😄

Agreed dude hehe. Future proofing is always a good thing 

[rsrandazzo 6,353]

Captains,

You all are funny, creative, and incorrect.  

 

 

[Samany69 41]

16 minutes ago, rsrandazzo said:

You all are funny, creative, and incorrect.

Dear Rob, While we are all drooling here and there, Please Give us some other info about the rest of the products just to make us happy, We can do nothing but to wait ofc, yet we will be happy to still hear any bit of info about current products like the 748, 777,737, (787 maybe  if it can be in the next ten year's schedule) ... please :D make us happy! 

[dave belsey 54]

GA aircraft.

Dave Belsey.

 

[Hoekstes 0]

Dovetail cuts losses and sells FSX rights to PMDG?

[harrry 322]

Shhhhhhh.......

We wll have to wait till June to find out.

 

[Peter Webber 339]

As hinted at by them randomly appearing in the QOTS cockpit, it will be a line of PMDG ballpoint pens and canned sodas! 😁

[harrry 322]

10 minutes ago, Peter Webber said:

As hinted at by them randomly appearing in the QOTS cockpit, it will be a line of PMDG ballpoint pens and canned sodas! 😁

Not coffee and a newspaper?

[JRBarrett 3,070]

With the current popularity of craft beers, everybody seems to be opening a microbrewery nowadays. I predict that we will see the introduction of a line of PMDG-branded IPA and dark ales!

[Olympic260 415]

13 minutes ago, JRBarrett said:

With the current popularity of craft beers, everybody seems to be opening a microbrewery nowadays. I predict that we will see the introduction of a line of PMDG-branded IPA and dark ales!

Nothing compares with a pint of Guinness. Not even a PMDG branded one 🙂