hi guys
Was just pondering....will PMDG run out of a/c to make in the not too distant future? Yes I know...development time and all that...but PMDG is a business and, whilst you invest heavily in R&D, you need to keep products rolling out the door for cashflow purposes (which is literally the lifeblood of the company) or you go the way of the dodo.
Okay...so PMDG release the 777 this year (yay!)...and say the 747v2 in Mar 13 (say)....then say the Dash8...and the B787....then what? I'm not sure PMDG is into concept aircraft and I know there's lots of a/c out there..but its the old Pareto principle...ie. the 80/20 rule being 80% of flights are done by 20% of a/c (incl types). Once you've been through the 20% ie. boeing jets, Airbus jets....then what? oldies? Military a/c? helicopters? space craft?
Are PMDG going to stay the same size company or try to grow their profits? to do so, you need products to make...and people to make it. Its not like the actual boeing company where, once you make it...you try and sell the fk out of it and grow your $$ that way (plus support, addons, etc). Once PMDG release an a/c...they'll invest a bit more in bug fixes and then possibly some DLC...then thats it...hand over to the support team and focus on the next task.
I wonder what the strategic, long term vision is....hardware? Prepar3d addons?
I'm just interested, thats all.