So we had heard from Aerosoft about the CRJ sales and what a success it was for Aerosoft.  Mathias from Aerosoft said about the CRJ sales, "From the publishers point of view... sales are very very strong. I can tell you some glasses were raised."

For the longest time, I was wondering how the sales were for the DC6 in MSFS and whether PMDG would see the same success as Aerosoft.  Finally, Randazzo from PMDG shed some light on the DC6 sales for PMDG.  In a nutshell, Randazzo said the sales of DC6 in MSFS outsold all the DC6 sales in FSX, P3D, and XP, within hours: https://youtu.be/qKadQrREujM?t=557 (I know this radio interview with Randazzo has been posted in another thread, but I think this information in itself deserves its own separate topic).

And this my friends, is why MSFS is steam rolling over the home flight simulation market right now.  For 3rd party devs that want to make money in the home flight simulation market, it's a no brainer to get their product line in MSFS.  Businesses are about $$$.  And the $$$ is in MSFS right now.

 

 

Edited November 22, 20214 yr by abrams_tank

Good, i am glad they are making good money from it. And should secure a great future as more become available.

Great news, means there's a lot of potential for some serious investment into the platform for developers. Future looking bright. 

I'd probably be a millionaire if I had kept working on my Bf109...

and it still hasn't been put out onto X-Box yet.. that is only PC sales.

3 minutes ago, Moria15 said:

and it still hasn't been put out onto X-Box yet.. that is only PC sales.

Yeah, it's not even in the MSFS marketplace for PC either. You can only buy the DC6 outside of the MSFS marketplace.

39 minutes ago, dobee51 said:

I'd probably be a millionaire if I had kept working on my Bf109...

You would have my cash for sure!

I'm not a fan but am almost certainly going to buy it when it gets to marketplace. Same as the Himalayan mesh which has been released many days ago on Orbx but not yet in the marketplace, so I'm waiting.

It is a great aircraft. No surprise how well it has sold. 

Maybe this plays a role in Fenix licensing parts of the Prosim engine. Seems like the market in MSFS is even larger than I thought.

1 minute ago, tweekz said:

Maybe this plays a role in Fenix licensing parts of the Prosim engine. Seems like the market in MSFS is even larger than I thought.

Maybe ProSim gets a cut out of every Fenix A320 sold? If the Fenix A320 sells well, such an agreement could be lucrative for ProSim.

My gut feeling is that a DC-3 by PMDG, or another quality producer, would out sell the DC-6.

It's easier to fly, has a lot of history, & I hope someone will do it justice, soon.

T45

 

38 minutes ago, Treetops45 said:

My gut feeling is that a DC-3 by PMDG, or another quality producer, would out sell the DC-6.

It's easier to fly, has a lot of history, & I hope someone will do it justice, soon.

T45

 

And the DC3 is easier to ground loop. It is quite a bit slower than the DC6, about the same speed as a Mooney. 

Edited November 22, 20214 yr by Bobsk8

32 minutes ago, Treetops45 said:

My gut feeling is that a DC-3 by PMDG, or another quality producer, would out sell the DC-6.

It's easier to fly, has a lot of history, & I hope someone will do it justice, soon.

T45

 

The irony is, because the DC-6 sold so well for PMDG, it gives them extra cash to hire more developer, which they could use to develop more products for MSFS and develop them at a slightly faster rate too.  The success of the DC-6 probably just increased the likelihood of PMDG considering a DC-3 for MSFS.

Of course, finding skilled developers with experience developing flight sim products is probably not easy, and you can only add so many developers to a software project before it starts to really hurt the total productivity of the project.  But getting all that extra cash from the DC-6 sales will probably just incentivize PMDG to push forward with more MSFS products, and at a faster development rate too.

Edited November 22, 20214 yr by abrams_tank

But the big win comes when they release the Xbox version...