NextGen Simulations have posted a big update on their Blog (And Facebook page if you are that way inclined)

https://nextgensim.com.co/blog/index.php/2021/04/26/status-update-april-may-2021/

Main takeways to me are -
Team have been taking a break since mid-April to recharge but will be back next week.
EMB-110 has sold well and they seem to be serious about supporting and enhancing it
EMB-110 won't be released on any otherb platforms and all future development will be MSFS
And they have a big list of future projects. Work on Embraer ERJ-135-145 will be starting immediately then Saab 340/200 and a whole stack of other turbo props behind that - Roadmap seems a little....ambious to me but as long as they keep working on the 110 I'll be quite happy,.

An interesting part:

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We have been developing the EMB-110 for 3+ years and during that time, we have had many technical issues with the SDK and tools for FSX development, given the incompatibility problems with them, especially on Windows 10, since it is the base operating system for our development work. Unfortunately, we had to uninstall both the FSX’s SDK and FSX itself back on mid-2019, as they caused lots of instability issues with the operating system in our production computers. Then, we chose to develop it for Prepar3D v4 first, and even Prepar3D v5 after its imminent release announcement by Lockheed Martin back on April 2020. We then started testing on P3D ever since, doing thousands of tests and systems coding right there, but it didn’t work for us either, because we couldn’t achieve the level of realism we were expecting for this product. Therefore, we finally chose to develop and release it exclusively for FS2020.

Additionally, it is not feasible to release the EMB-110 for FSX nor P3D either because many of you request us to implement the Garmin instruments developed by Flight One and/or RealityXP, making that feature mandatory for availability since day one of being released, but we unfortunately do not have easy access of them due to licensing costs of those avionics packs. And not only that, but also we would not perceive good returns after releasing this aircraft for those older platforms, provided that nowadays there are more and more users from FS9, FSX, Prepar3D and even X-Plane (both 10 and 11) who are making the switch to MSFS, due to all the technological advances the latter has.

Given the above, we are fully focused on FS2020 from now on, especially because we were able to achieve the level of realism that we have been waiting for years with the Bandeirante, and with which we can demonstrate at its maximum potential for several more years to come with our future projects for this simulator. MSFS helped us to achieve this level of realism in virtually every aspect of the development: texturing (especially PBR), lighting, effects, systems coding, etc. I know this may not be so good for you, but we did our best to make this rendition available for those older platforms, but even most developers (including us) are making the switch to FS2020 right now, despite of the fact that it may still look like an “Early Access” simulator. I fully understand your feeling and we apologize for not being able to release this product for those older platforms, provided their obsolescence (even Prepar3D since it shares the FSX’s codebase). We did our best with this, but we could not achieve that realism we expected.

I guess this will be first third party developer to ditch FSX/P3D completely?

8 minutes ago, omarsmak30 said:

An interesting part:

I guess this will be first third party developer to ditch FSX/P3D completely?

I'd be surprised if they are actually the first to ditch it, but they might be the first to announce it ? 🙂

All this is great news..  personally I am a real fan of the EMB110 and really enjoy flying it around.. and certainly, based on that release,  the EMB ERJ135/145 will be a day one buy from me 🙂

Graham

Good to see some devs really doing well keeping the community updated, and and taking on board any issues or area's that could be improved on.

2 hours ago, omarsmak30 said:

I guess this will be first third party developer to ditch FSX/P3D completely?

Almost certainly not the first to come to this decision, but certainly one of the first to be so open about it. And that's understandable; Next Gen don't have a massive back catalogue of FSX and P3D titles, and those that they do have, have almost certainly passed their sales peak a good while back, so they're not putting potential sales at risk from people who take the view of 'if you're not supporting P3D in future, then I'm not buying your products'. 

We know Aerosoft are pretty much taking the same stand of mainly going for MSFS development, albeit not completely, as evidenced by their own forthcoming standalone flight simulator which they are about to release. In any case, I think whether we like it or not, you don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.

To be honest, won't be long till the likes of PMDG follow suit. FSX/P3D sales are plummeting.

Those future aircraft choices are pretty exciting if they can execute on them.

BuT MsFS iS a GaMe aNd nOt A sIm