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[07MAY22] PMDG 737-700 Release: Pricing. Where and How to Purchase

Today, 16:10

 

Captains-

As we move into the release phase, there are a couple of questions related to purchasing that keep coming up in various threads, so I thought I would address them in a single location.

Where to Purchase: www.PMDG.com:
It is estimated that the product will become available between the hours of 1700Z and 2359Z/09MAY.
In the event of a delay, we will alert you here in the PMDG forum.

Where to Purchase: Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace
The PMDG 737-700 will become available through Marketplace at some date in the future.
The product has not yet been submitted to MS Marketplace, as our goal is to ensure that the product is stable before putting it into the MS intake system.
It took a few months for DC-6 to complete the intake process and become live. MS had made continued improvements to the intake process and we anticipate it will take less time for 737, but we must reach consensus on stability before we will submit it to them because it is harder to push updates to MS Marketplace users quickly if they are needed.

Pricing:
Release Promotional Pricing for the 737-700 is $69.99.
Upon release of the 737-600, Promotional Pricing will end and the price will rise to $74.99.

Prepar3D 737NGXu Move-Up Program (Nov-Dec2019):
For those customers who purchased the PMDG 737NGXu for Prepar3D during November/December 2019, you automatically qualified for the PMDG 737 for MSFS Move-Up program.
This program was a limited time offer giving you $99.99 in credit at www.pmdg.com to use toward the purchase of the PMDG 737 for MSFS.
This promotion requires that you use your credits only at www.pmdg.com. You cannot use them in MS Marketplace.
If you qualified for this unique program, PMDG has automatically added $99.99 in credit to your account at PMDG.com. You may use this credit toward the purchase of any PMDG product that you like.
Unused credits will remain in your account and can be used on multiple purchases.
Credits will remain available through 31DEC24.
Individuals who received promotional copies of the 737NGXu do not qualify for this program.
Individuals who received refunds on the qualifying NGXu purchase, or who have otherwise had their account access removed do not qualify for this program.
If you feel that you qualify but do not see credit in your account, please contact technical support.
The PMDG 737NGX for FSX or Prepar3D does not qualify for this program.

Pricing on 737-600/800/900:
Pricing for the 737-700 and 737-800 are anticipated to be equal.*
Pricing for the 737-600 is TBA but will be approximately $50.*
Pricing for the 737-900 is TBA.*

* Subject to change.

Estimated Timeline for PMDG 737 for MSFS:
PMDG 737-700 for MSFS: 09MAY22
PMDG 737-600 for MSFS: ~20JUN22**
PMDG 737-800 for MSFS: ~01AUG22**
PMDG 737-900 for MSFS: ~12SEP22**

** Dates are estimates, subject to change and highly likely to do so. This is software after all. 


Pricing Bundles:
We do not anticipate pricing bundles or collection discounting until later in the product's service life. Any bundling or combination discounting would likely not be enacted until mid-late 2023.

 

Robert S. Randazzo 
PMDG Simulations
http://www.pmdg.com

So a promotional price of $69.99.  It’s about what I thought.  Good to see the 800  will also have the same promotional price.

The cheapest will be the 600 at $50 USD. That’s a good deal if you really want the 600, you get a study level airliner at that price.

Edit: Upon reading Randazzo’s post again, there may not be a promotional price for the 800. The 800 could cost $74.99 when it comes out.

Edited May 7, 20224 yr by abrams_tank

$100 CND. Think I'll wait for the Fenix A320

Mark

 

A more than fair price I'd say... they can continue to do sales and promotions in the future based on the market, and especially as RSR says for those looking to purchase multiple variants later on.

Edited May 7, 20224 yr by lwt1971

65€ sounds reasonable 

$145 to buy both the -700 and -800.  I think I will only buy the -700 based on this (famous last words).

1 minute ago, lwt1971 said:

A more than fair price I'd say... they can continue to do sales and promotions in the future based on the market, and especially as they for those looking to purchase multiple variants later on.

The price is fair.  I’m glad they didn’t go the route of Leonardo who charged  $10 more than PMDG. If the PMDG 737 lives up to its quality, people will be asking why the Leonardo Maddog, with worse sounds and worse texture than the PMDG 737, is priced higher than the 737.

I paid 69.99 USD way back when for the FSX 737-800 series.  I'm happy paying the same for just the -700 model 10+ years later here in MSFS.  I'm mostly a BBJ bizjet guy anyway.

Unfortunately I didn’t buy the NGXu during the promotional period. That said, I would be paying $150 for just the 700 and 800? I feel like it would have been nice to reduce the price of each additional variant once you purchased one of them. I’ll most likely just buy the 700 when it comes out.

Cheers, Pete

16 minutes ago, Gate99 said:

$100 CND. Think I'll wait for the Fenix A320

Mark

 

Just a thought - it won't be any cheaper.  The Fenix appears even more complex than the PMDG.  Although they may price it slightly less to be competitve

I think the good news for simmers here is the end of addons costing the same price as they cost on their release date 5 or six years after they have been released. If you want to buy an addon the day its released and pay the release date price you can but if you cant afford it at least you can anticipate it being about half that price a year later. Competition is good for the consumer and finally competition has arrived in the flight Sim Market Place. So we can all breath a sigh of relief!

3 minutes ago, ryanbatc said:

I paid 69.99 USD way back when for the FSX 737-800 series.  I'm happy paying the same for just the -700 model 10+ years later here in MSFS.  I'm mostly a BBJ bizjet guy anyway.

The MSFS 737 is cheaper than the FSX 737 you bought 10+ years ago because of inflation.  So we are getting a better deal than the FSX days.

Edited May 7, 20224 yr by abrams_tank

2 minutes ago, ryanbatc said:

Just a thought - it won't be any cheaper.  The Fenix appears even more complex than the PMDG.  Although they may price it slightly less to be competitve

Perhaps not, time will tell. But even if they came in at $5 cheaper that may well be enough to sway some folks over to it.

Mark

 

Hm it's okayish but I was hoping they'd NOT make the whole family cost more than 250 dollars. Also that's more than it cost on P3D, where it was 99 dollars for the 800 and 900 combined (so called "base package"). At least take something off for collectionists who want all 4 variants...

Anyway I thought they might go lower - with the Fenix on short final apparently - to provoke some impulse purchases.

I won't be buying the 737, not into that type of aircraft anymore, but that is a great price.