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  1. Haha, yeah. What FBW calls "alpha" some payware devs call a complete product. I think the goal posts keep moving out. Good on them. Realistically, by the time we get it, it will be fairly "feature rich"
  2. The A320N started off as the default ASOBO aircraft then moved to its own model, so to speak. It was available from the start and the users just downloaded the updates as they made them available. The A380 was started from scratch thus it is not available yet. When they started the A380 they also shifted primary development from the 320 to the 380 for the most part, with a few updates here and there. Hopefully I condensed that down enough. It's kind of confusing if you haven't been following the project from the start.
  3. What's even more bizarre than that? Making a video as a payware dev that puts your product in a bad light. Making a video that was shorter than then countdown itself. Look: most of us here know better. We already know it's going to be a very good product, but that live stream had over 3600 viewers. That's a ton. I can't imagine all of them were hard core repeat customers. In MSFS, you're going to have a ton of new-casual users that may not have purchased a PMDG product. Also, there was no link to the Q&A as far as I saw. The Q&A was far better, IMO. It explained a lot. The Q&A had about half the viewers, so most didn't even see it. They probably just left after the first "reveal", if you could call it that. There's no reason why they couldn't have made a 'good' video showing some more of the features. If they couldn't, they should have just waited a bit. Honestly, even if the video was recorded with low setting in sim, then adding whatever compression, the criticism is probably still valid. While yes, it will probably look much better on the users' sim, I'm not so sure it will be that much better. Good enough for most, yes. Good enough to call it a good product? Yes, just not mind blowing and possibly not up to MSFS standards, so to speak. In the end, this isn't that big of a deal. Stuff happens. I'm not meaning to just slam them here, but it was just strange.
  4. They have. 100% agree. It's too bad half the viewers of the 2 second reveal didn't know about the Q&A (according to the viewer numbers). Maybe I missed something, but I only found about it in this thread, after the fact, I think from you guys...ROFL. The Q&A was actually really good, IMO. RSR doesn't give himself enough credit in those regards.
  5. Looking great guys. Looks like you really got the OANs dialed in nice and smooth. Love the new livery also. Keep it up!
  6. I said "someone" meaning, in general, not you specifically. Sorry if it sounded otherwise. I hear what you're saying though. I do think you can not like a dev and still buy from them, unless you mean their products themselves. Hard to say what someone 'actually' means when they make a statement like that. Given this is a MSFS forum, I think we're right to say that the triple is the only option, for MSFS, at least as far as payware goes. Having said that, the freeware devs have really come through for us in the meantime. Horizon, FBW, WT on the MS side as well. DFD is looking to be really great also. Given their quality so far, I also think it's fair to say pay ware devs will have to really step it up or maintain a high bar. Not to get off topic, but this is also a reason why I think Fenix did really good with not only their product itself, but the price point as well. They nailed both sides of the house. Anyways, in the end, I think PMDG will come through and stay as a top-level dev. At least I hope so.
  7. Everyone assumes that when someone criticizes something from a dev, they "hate" them. The exact opposite is true in most cases. Most of us really want PMDG to succeed. They have been our "go-to" aircraft for years. They do a great job overall and their support is excellent. After watching the Q&A I am really encouraged to see that they are going in the right direction by adding RF legs, CPDLC, GSX, more EFB(UFT) options, and much more. Overall, the triple will still be a great add-on but does appear to lack in certain areas. The art department is one of those. I'm not saying it's bad by any means, just isn't mind blowing like some others. You mention the FSS e-jets. That model is stunning (inside and out). Compare that panel with the 777. When that one is done it "should" be awesome. I bought that one out of shear curiosity and boredom and could clearly see the potential there. As for the triple, it's definitely a must have. We are in a serious long-haul drought in the sim right now with nothing close in the horizon other than a couple of mid-grade projects (ini, aerosoft). That's why everyone is overly excited about their triple and wants it to be good. The bar is raised with our new'ish sim....as it should be. We also need to stop going hard left or hard right when someone posts something. Just because it's the internet doesn't mean more than one thing can't be true at the same time. Just because your screen in 1 dimensional doesn't mean your life is also.
  8. Thanks guys. It looks like they lost half their initial viewers because of whatever happened...lol.
  9. I'm sorry, but that was the most idiotic thing I have seen in quite a while in the FS community.
  10. Wow, ROFL, the preview was shorter than the countdown.
  11. RDs EDDS has the most insane interior I've ever seen.
  12. So far absolutely amazing! Ground taxi and braking much better. Hand flying the T/O much better. Didn't have to adjust any settings so far on the stick and what not. Climbing to cruise now from NZAA to NZQN. Can't wait to try out the landing. 🙂 Only issue was the auto push back. It didn't work, but may have been issue on my end because I think I recycled the jetways, not sure. Will try on the turn and see how it goes. All in all so far the team has done an amazing job!
  13. Remember last time at EXPO? We all thought it was going to be a plane and they announced GFO...ROFL. I don't think they have that many new people to accommodate 4 airplanes at once.
  14. My guess is its CPDLC. PMDG hinted a few times in their forums they were looking at a new solution or something. This is from the Synaptics Discord updated FAQs from yesterday or the day before regarding the A220: "Will there be Hoppie integration? We are not planning to support Hoppie. One of our developers is working with the major networks and aircraft developers to create a new CPDLC standard which we will be implementing instead." It wouldn't make any sense to announce a new aircraft given they still have light years to go on their current product line.
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