"It became evident that the DC-6 had reached a point where it was ready for testing well ahead of the 737 that was supposed to beat it to release. While this has been a painful process we believe that we are clear of the worst hurdles and what remains now is mostly just the work of development required to finish our products properly." There were a significant number of technical hurdles that needed to be cleared before we could push any of the glass flight deck airliners into MSFS.
Randazzo explained: "Originally we felt that 737 would be our first product to hit the release cycle, but this proven not to be the case. PMDG plans to bring the entire 737, 747, 777 and DC-6 lines into MSFS and this task is currently their highest priority. It has been a painstaking process to throw out more than two decades of experience and workflow to build new products for Microsoft Flight Simulator, but now PMDG has a few products working in MSFS and I am certain that taking the longer pathway was the best decision we could have made."
About 14 months ago, PMDG determined that a full, new development process would be called for in order to take full advantage of everything that the new sim platform has to offer. Randazzo said: "We do not view Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) as a port-over process.