PMDG 737 Max to release during PMDG 777 variant cycle

[KL Oo 703]

2 hours ago, MDFlier said:

I seriously doubt that PMDG cares. 

On the surface I know they'll say they don't. But the RSR is a business man and as a business man I'd suggest he'd rather not have competition to deal with

[thepilot 584]

5 hours ago, MDFlier said:

I seriously doubt that PMDG cares. 

Isn't it funny how PMDG started sharing more details on the MAX just when iFly began posting screenshots of theirs in MSFS? 

[ErichB 3,647]

23 minutes ago, thepilot said:

Isn't it funny how PMDG started sharing more details on the MAX just when iFly began posting screenshots of theirs in MSFS? 

Why would that be strange?  It's the obvious thing to do.  Some people might well only commit funds to one or the other.

[Jeff Nielsen 1,386]

29 minutes ago, thepilot said:

Isn't it funny how PMDG started sharing more details on the MAX just when iFly began posting screenshots of theirs in MSFS? 

They haven't shared any more details than they already did ages ago.  They said a long time ago the MAX was coming out in-between the 777 variants, or around them.  Nothing has changed.

[thepilot 584]

35 minutes ago, ErichB said:

Why would that be strange?  It's the obvious thing to do.  Some people might well only commit funds to one or the other.

Exactly my point. 

28 minutes ago, Jeff Nielsen said:

They haven't shared any more details than they already did ages ago.  They said a long time ago the MAX was coming out in-between the 777 variants, or around them.  Nothing has changed.

They said it was coming at some point, but withheld more details as recent as April 2022:

[08APR22] PMDG 737 for MSFS Developer Update - Entering the Home Stretch - PMDG Simulations

"The initial release phase is focused on the Next Generation series and we are not yet publishing any information about MAX."

In November 2023 the plan was still "to drop it ouf nowhere", Robert's exact words:

JT welcomes PMDG and The Pilot Club (youtube.com)

Only recently, and probably in response to the iFly previews, did PMDG say it was coming in between the 777 release cycle.

 

 

 

[Jeff Nielsen 1,386]

5 minutes ago, thepilot said:

Exactly my point. 

They said it was coming at some point, but withheld more details as recent as April 2022:

[08APR22] PMDG 737 for MSFS Developer Update - Entering the Home Stretch - PMDG Simulations

"The initial release phase is focused on the Next Generation series and we are not yet publishing any information about MAX."

In November 2023 the plan was still "to drop it ouf nowhere", Robert's exact words:

JT welcomes PMDG and The Pilot Club (youtube.com)

Only recently, and probably in response to the iFly previews, did PMDG say it was coming in between the 777 release cycle.

 

 

 

Yeah, agree with all that, but it's still all the same info and nothing really changed from the get go.  He didn't really nail it down that much.  Although from 2022, yeah, maybe...lol, but in 2023 they've pretty consistent on the messaging.

Edited April 23 by Jeff Nielsen

[JetCat 99]

Will the 737 MAX get a new cockpit, or is the default PMDG 737 cockpit used but with just three bigger TFT screens on the main panel? With a whole new state of the art visual quality cockpit the release sounds very interesting. 🙂

A 737-400 with Smiths Industries EIS would be very interesting too, maybe PMDG is also going to make a classic version of the 737 some day.

[abrams_tank 7,426]

1 hour ago, JetCat said:

Will the 737 MAX get a new cockpit, or is the default PMDG 737 cockpit used but with just three bigger TFT screens on the main panel? With a whole new state of the art visual quality cockpit the release sounds very interesting. 🙂

PMDG isn't going to make a whole new cockpit for their MAX. They will just reuse the current 737 NG cockpit, but of course, modify it for the MAX.  I don't see what the point in making a new cockpit is for, as long as the cockpit is accurate for the MAX.  The PMDG 737 NG cockpit is fine and most people say it is fine as well.

Edited April 23 by abrams_tank

[thepilot 584]

10 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

PMDG isn't going to make a whole new cockpit for their MAX. They will just reuse the current 737 NG cockpit, but of course, modify it for the MAX.  I don't see what the point in making a new cockpit is for, as long as the cockpit is accurate for the MAX.  The PMDG 737 NG cockpit is fine and most people say it is fine as well.

Well, they did say they were using a brand new MAX as a reference for the cockpit modeling, and that would be reflected in the final product. On the other hand... PMDG are the masters of recycling. It will be interesting for sure how it turns out to be.

Edited April 23 by thepilot

[MDFlier 2,031]

5 hours ago, thepilot said:

Isn't it funny how PMDG started sharing more details on the MAX just when iFly began posting screenshots of theirs in MSFS? 

Not at all. It was obvious that PMDG would be modelling the entire MAX series for MSFS on the day that Boeing introduced the MAX to the public.

That's like asking, "Wouldn't be funny if Ben & Jerry introduced a new ice cream flavor with a crazy name?". 

[Christopher Low 5,376]

If the MAX cockpit has significant differences to the NG, then I would expect PMDG to model this in their simulated version. Despite the comment above about PMDG being "the masters of recycling", they do not generally release products with "cut and paste" content from another product.