Future P3D development

[shermank]

According to today’s WSJ, LM has the largest order backlog of all major defense contractors worth some $140,000,000,000.
Considering the pressure to build and supply hi tech missles, aircraft, etc….my guess is that our hobby needs and requests do not have anything close to top shelf priority.

Sherm

[danking66]

The flight sim scene for home users thrives on add-on developers and unfortunately I have yet to see more than one or two add-ons released for v6. Beginning to regret my purchase.

[JorgenSA]

As far as I know, all scenery and AI add-ons that work in v. 5 should work in v. 6 also. At least I haven't found any yet that does not.

But I cannot speak for add-on aircraft, as I don't use any, at least not yet.

Jorgen

Edit: P3D, in any version, is not intended for home, or "casual" users.

Edit again: It is not L-M's fault that most 3rd party add-on developers do not develop or update their products for v. 6. As I see the market today, most developers that do develop for P3D nowadays are freeware developers. Professional developers tend to go for where the money is, in the market for MSFS.

[bullfox]

All my scenery and aircraft, over a terabyte altogether, for P3D5 work fine in P3D6. Plus, the cost of buying it now is discounted. There is a lot out there if you look for it. There are still some developers upgrading their products to P3D6. So far I have not found any add on that worked in P3D5 that won't work in P3D6. The only thing that required a work around was Orbx scenery. There are explanations online about how to do that.

Its worth remembering addons have been in development for P3D for more years than for MSFS.