Great news. Surprised that there is still no topic about this excellent news.

I have been waiting for descent 737CL for decades.  Several projects were starting the develpment of 737CL but all of them ceased...   The God has heard my prayers 🙂

 

https://msfsaddons.com/2024/11/17/css-shares-more-updates-on-the-boeing-737-500-for-msfs/

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Edited November 19, 20241 yr by zorro747

Now this is a 737 I'll be interested in!

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by rick celik

It looks like the screenshot that was shared on Reddit. Pricing "quoted" there was a subscription model or a high purchase cost:

 

$5/mo, $50/Yr or $120.

 

Not bad to try I guess, but IMHO out by a factor of 2 for the others. For me I'm happy enough with the 700, and I have other older aircraft so don't want / need a 500.

 

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Wait what? I too am surprised this hasn’t been talked to on Avsim.

Its an aircraft with a subscription.

Like you pay monthly for it? To access the plane. 

Wheres the good ol-fashioned Avsim pitchfork party?

 

In all seriousness not sure what to make of this. Huge fan of older jets and the older school 737s but the subscription and steep yearly price is too much. 
 

One tweak they could have made was to automatically give you the lifetime license if you rent it for long enough. That would have made it much more palatable and they’d guarantee a lifetime purchase anyway.

 

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by Georgleboui

3 hours ago, Georgleboui said:

Wait what? I too am surprised this hasn’t been talked to on Avsim.

Its an aircraft with a subscription.

Like you pay monthly for it? To access the plane. 

Wheres the good ol-fashioned Avsim pitchfork party?

 

In all seriousness not sure what to make of this. Huge fan of older jets and the older school 737s but the subscription and steep yearly price is too much. 
 

One tweak they could have made was to automatically give you the lifetime license if you rent it for long enough. That would have made it much more palatable and they’d guarantee a lifetime purchase anyway.

 

Yes, I agree.  Isn't this going to be a bit of a thing on the new 2024 marketplace anyway? 
That is, try a plane for a small fee per month, and if you want to buy it, the initial payment(s) are subtracted from the purchase price?

I read "subscription" and instantly started scratching myself with allergies. No thanks.

Somehow I read CS instead of CSS, and I was thinking their subscription model was a new low for them 😂

Anyway, hard to sell a 735 for $120 when Fenix is selling the A320 for just £50. That's even beyond P3D prices! Next...

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by Luis Hernandez

I don't mind the idea of it.  I think 120 is pretty steep and it would have to be an absolutely incredible addon...I'm talking Hot Start Challenger in XP incredible for the lifetime asking price.

I still wonder if this is just an effort to gauge responses to a subscription model though.  It's weird to show off just a render - this project could be years away still hehe.  Maybe the reason for a subscription hehe.

1 hour ago, ryanbatc said:

I don't mind the idea of it.

Same here.
You can try it for a month only costing $5. If you don't like it, $5 wasted.
If you like it, you can determine if it is worth $120/$50py to you. If not, still only $5 wasted.

Oh, these are the people with the subscription plane. Subscriptions are the bane of modern society and I hope their idea crashes and burns, so no one retries that idiotic idea. 

russian devs... subscription... hm
 

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by rostykk
clarification

2 hours ago, Nuno Pinto said:

I read "subscription" and instantly started scratching myself with allergies. No thanks.

That's an automatic no for me as well .. I only have caved to one annual sub and that's because its absolutely worth it and the product has been constantly improved but even with that sub (Navigraph) surprise surprise the market now has free options.  So now they are going to be forced to prove again why they are worth the annual sub.  For aircraft and scenery there are too many options and alternatives available for me to even remotely consider any developer who thinks this is their only means of bringing a product to the public. I don't need any aircraft that badly to entertain a sub. I can always fly something else.  The 5 bucks a month test thing... meh i don't have a problem with... 50 bucks a year to rent the thing and more than double for lifetime...  yeah ... they can stuff it.

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by Maxis

12 minutes ago, rostykk said:

russian devs... subscription... hm
 

  You edited you post for clarity but I am still not clear.

As above, only Navigraph subscription here .