39 minutes ago, Mace said:

Is Fenix an XPlane developer?  Because I never heard of them until a few months ago.

And yet they may take the top sales spot from the PMDG 737?  Maybe, but that's a long pedigree (PMDG) to overcome.

Im not sure but the dev was on these forums in 2015.  I was reading some of Tom's memorial posts.

48 minutes ago, Mace said:

Is Fenix an XPlane developer?  Because I never heard of them until a few months ago.

And yet they may take the top sales spot from the PMDG 737?  Maybe, but that's a long pedigree (PMDG) to overcome.

They're new on the scene, but looking really good.

Looking forward to a lower cost PMDG 737  -

There is also the airbus 310 in development

 

14 hours ago, Jeff Nielsen said:

I think the 320 will take the top spot (easily) when it comes out. As popular as the 37 is, IMO, the 320 is the most popular airliner for any sim.  I don't think the US is as big of market as everyone thinks it is.

I doubt that, first off the A320's already in the base sim, and FBW A320's one of the best and most well known freeware enhancements to the sim you can get. Where as the 737 is a aircraft completely missing from the base simulator, and there's no great freeware offering for it yet.

Also even excluding freeware the Aerosoft A320 will probably also eat into some of the sales of Fenix's offering. I realize that they're a rung or two down the detail ladder compared to the other companies being talked about here. But they're still gonna be a huge consideration for lower level simmers who aren't nessicary aware, or don't care about having the highest quality simulation of a A320. I also think a lot of new users in particular are probably gonna buy it thanks to brand recognition, as they're probably already familiar with their scenery and the CRJ. 

Finally, unless I'm missing some info, PMDG's 737 is most likely gonna be available before Fenix are. This is a huge boon, as there's gonna be lots of players who are just waiting for a study level airliner MSFS, and they're gonna grab the first one that's available. So they're probably gonna attract a lot of players who otherwise wouldn't normally care about the 737 specifically.

Mind you, not saying Fenix will do poorly, it will do very well in its own right I'm sure, I just don't think it will outsell PMDG's 737.

Edited November 24, 20214 yr by Jnin
Clarification on on one sentence where I did not initially make clear I was talking about the PMDG 737.

On 11/22/2021 at 5:27 PM, pstrub said:

55 minutes of podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKadQrREujM

Not going to provide a transcript, I'll leave it up to you to add other interesting points to this thread. Just happy to share this interesting interview with everyone here!

Thank you for posting that link. Listening to it I heard that he actually owns a DC3 and flew it  across the Atlantic to celebrate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. I have no idea how many members have seen this but I found a fascinating series of videos outlining the trip involving 6 pilots and 2 mechanics. If anybody else is interested it starts on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JONkLEx6zeE and the series continues automatically.

Edited November 24, 20214 yr by Espana Pete

8 hours ago, Jnin said:

I doubt that, first off the A320's already in the base sim, and FBW A320's one of the best and most well known freeware enhancements to the sim you can get. Where as the 737 is a aircraft completely missing from the base simulator, and there's no great freeware offering for it yet.

Also even excluding freeware the Aerosoft A320 will probably also eat into some of the sales of Fenix's offering. I realize that they're a rung or two down the detail ladder compared to the other companies being talked about here. But they're still gonna be a huge consideration for lower level simmers who aren't nessicary aware, or don't care about having the highest quality simulation of a A320. I also think a lot of new users in particular are probably gonna buy it thanks to brand recognition, as they're probably already familiar with their scenery and the CRJ. 

Finally, unless I'm missing some info, PMDG's 737 is most likely gonna be available before Fenix are. This is a huge boon, as there's gonna be lots of players who are just waiting for a study level airliner MSFS, and they're gonna grab the first one that's available. So they're probably gonna attract a lot of players who otherwise wouldn't normally care about the 737 specifically.

Mind you, not saying Fenix will do poorly, it will do very well in its own right I'm sure, I just don't think it will outsell PMDG's 737.

Good points.  I think the 320 and 37 are close together in terms of completion.  At least it seems that way.  We don't really have any accurate way to asses that.  It will be interesting to see. As far as sales, I think we're talking numbers above and beyond initial expectations anyways, so it should be great for the devs.  I hope they all do good.  It's going to be great to have the 37 (ole trusty) back in the sim again.  As much as I love the Bus, something about it just feels like home.  Maybe it's because we've all been using it since the FS9 days.