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PMDG 737NG2
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Work is progressing nicely on the NG! I'm going to be realistic and tell you that we will not show you anything in the airplane in the near term. As we've mentioned, the BAe JS4100 was the technology testbed for the visual processes that will be used in the NG. The process of building that cockpit has just begun in earnest, and I'm certain it will catch up to the code-side of the project that is now officially one year old.
We already have a few features in the airplane that we anticipate will generate quite a bit of excitement. I must remain cagey about what they are- but to quell the obvious hopefuls- they have nothing to do with weather radar. We are examining a few ways to simulate radar, but as is our usual approach, if it cannot be done reasonably realistically it won't happen. (Insert my usual comments here about how the prevailing "radar" technologies currently available aren't even remotely like the radar we use in flight...)
I've read some conjecture that the PMDG 737NG2 would be released before the end of 2009. I want to make it clear that PMDG has not offered any release date expectation, but I can assure you it will not happen in 2009. We MIGHT have some images to show you before the end of the year, depending upon some engineering support from Boeing, but we will not have a releasable airplane for you before 2010 arrives!
There have been a number of threads asking whether we intend to support FS9 with the NG2 product. The last time we evaluated platform support was over two years ago- and it was decided at that time to support both FSX and FS9. We have made no further evaluation or decisions on the topic, and will continue to monitor the marketplace. We DO know that the FSX version will be first to market and that we will evaluate the state of FS9 product sales as we near release of the FSX version. While we certainly have a large number of customers still supporting FS9, the global sales of FS9 products have fallen off a cliff during the past six months, so we need to constantly evaluate the trends. If we see that FS9 customers are still supporting the sale of FS9 products financially (and not just verbally) then you can expect an FS9 version.