Majestic Software Q400 2024 Update

[pilotter 270]

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looking forward to a Q400 in MSFS. But still far away....

Edited May 1 by pilotter

[Cognita 1,113]

 Maybe sometime in 2025. I sure hope another developer does not just decide to do the Q400 before Majestic is ready. 

[carlanthony24 579]

Another lovely update. At least we get the 200 and 300 at some point. Shame they lost the developer. Maybe people will understand why they may not give frequent updates and they have other priorities. 

[micstatic 4,340]

17 minutes ago, Cognita said:

 Maybe sometime in 2025. I sure hope another developer does not just decide to do the Q400 before Majestic is ready. 

they may.  but I would think it would be VERY VERY tough to match the fidelity of the majestic q400.  One of the few planes we've had over the years where one can truly fly it by the numbers.  I always appreciated the challenge and complexity of this plane

[Gilandred 723]

Unless another developer has been secretly working on a Q400 the last 2-3 years I don’t think Majestic has any competition to worry about, even if it’s still a year or two away.  FlyJsim on the XP platform has a very good rendition, but I don’t think they are interested in MSFS, plus they have a few other planes to focus on over there.

Edited May 1 by Gilandred

[thepilot 591]

It's good that they are working on it, but I am not holding my breath

[Flyfox 128]

1 hour ago, pilotter said:

looking forward to a Q400 in MSFS. But still far away....

Why not just keep enjoying the Q400 in P3D until day X? Whenever I fly a complex aircraft like this one, the simulator is of almost no importance to me. Majestic‘s Q400 is a great aircraft in P3D and frankly speaking I don’t expect it to be significantly better in MSFS (if at all).

[Bobsk8 12,864]

Give it a few more years. 

 

[Bobsk8 12,864]

50 minutes ago, Flyfox said:

Why not just keep enjoying the Q400 in P3D until day X? Whenever I fly a complex aircraft like this one, the simulator is of almost no importance to me. Majestic‘s Q400 is a great aircraft in P3D and frankly speaking I don’t expect it to be significantly better in MSFS (if at all).

Who flies P3D today?

[Flyfox 128]

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

Who flies P3D today?

Everybody who appreciates the many excellent P3D aircraft and doesn’t blindly follow the marketing trends newer, better (really?), more ..,

[Andrew2448 230]

4 hours ago, Cognita said:

 Maybe sometime in 2025. I sure hope another developer does not just decide to do the Q400 before Majestic is ready. 

Personally I don't think devs should just get to reserve a plane and then not release anything for years afterwards. More competition in this space would do wonders for the userbase. I don't have any desire for this plane in particular but it can be frustrating if other devs are scared off from trying to work and release something because someone else might do it down the road at a part-time pace.

 

I.e. if this idea was followed on every aircraft model, the Fenix A320 wouldn't even exist because FSLabs said they're "working" on it. I think most would agree the introduction of Fenix into this space has been a huge benefit to customers. Unfortunately, the A320 family seems to be the only place anybody has been willing to fight for market share at this point.

Edited May 1 by Andrew2448

[MikeH99 157]

Be nice to have the Q400 back.

[DD_Arthur 1,093]

2 hours ago, Flyfox said:

 better (really?)

Yes, really.

[Bobsk8 12,864]

2 hours ago, Flyfox said:

Everybody who appreciates the many excellent P3D aircraft and doesn’t blindly follow the marketing trends newer, better (really?), more ..,

I had some of the best P3D aircraft there were, but nothing today could make me go back to flying that sim. It just looks horrible. 

[YukonPete 594]

4 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

Who flies P3D today?

Lots of us! PMDG747, 777, Q400.