Bwoah

https://forums.flightsimlabs.com/index.php?/topic/31971-may-12-2022-a-news-update/

So A320 master edition + new products A32N /  A330 for MSFS.

Interesting....getting crowded in the Airbus segment.

Edited May 12, 20224 yr by SAS443

Lol too late I am afraid. 

So it sucks to be FSLabs in MSFS, because Fenix effectively cornered FSLab's market share with the Fenix A320, not to mention that the FBW A320 is also a competitor to FSLabs (and a competitor to Fenix, of course).  And I believe Fenix will do the A319 and A321 after their A320, effectively taking away the A319/A320/A321 market share away from FSLabs.  Fenix has put FSLabs between a rock and a hard place, with respect to MSFS 😅

I for one am late to the MSFS party, but regardless of the FENIX, I will support FSLABS 100 percent when they bring their products to MSFS, at least with the airbus. I am especially excited about the A330.

14 minutes ago, omarsmak30 said:

Lol too late I am afraid. 

I’m afraid you’re right assuming Fenix brings the A320 at the level most of us are expecting, plus the free FBW version.  FSLabs would do well to focus on the A330 or even A350 instead as that would fill a current market gap for more long haulers.

Edited May 12, 20224 yr by Gilandred

Yawn.

2 minutes ago, Gilandred said:

I’m afraid you’re right assuming Fenix brings the A320 at the level most of us are expecting, plus the free FBW version.  FSLabs would do well to focus on the A330 or even A350 instead as that would fill a current market gap.

A330 for sure will be nice. But A32X is just too late for them, they kept themselves quiet. You have now FBW that is almost everyday getting better and Fenix that is about to be released. So yeah, good luck for them

5 minutes ago, Gilandred said:

I’m afraid you’re right assuming Fenix brings the A320 at the level most of us are expecting, plus the free FBW version.  FSLabs would do well to focus on the A330 or even A350 instead as that would fill a market gap.

I believe that Aerosoft is working on an A330 for MSFS, and there is already the freeware A330 project by Headwind that uses the FBW A320 code: https://flightsim.to/file/18198/airbus-a330-900neo-conversion

While the Aerosoft version may never be a high fidelity airliner, the freeware Headwind version is interesting.  With every improvement in the FBW A320c ode, the Headwind A330 project can benefit from it.  And I would guess, since the release of the Headwind A330 project, people are probably offering free help to Headwind to improve the freeware A330.  If it takes another two years for FSLabs to come out with an A330 for MSFS, the Headwind A330 project could be a completely different plane in two years time, especially as it keeps benefitting from advances in the FBW code over the next 2 years (assuming Headwind doesn't abandon the A330 project, and the FBW code keeps improving over the next 2 years).

Edited May 12, 20224 yr by abrams_tank

Probably going to be quite a wait for any MSFS releases if they do actually happen - Seeing as all of these products will be coming out for P3D first anyway.

While you can be too late to a market for customers that already bought something similar, you cannot be too late to a market for new customers that have not bought someting similar.

In the long term, itpropably won't matter all that much who had the first product to market.

There will be enough people in the coming years that will be newly intrudced to MSFS or newly gain an interest in airliners and those can then choose between several products if they want an airbus. Good for them.

 

 

10 minutes ago, alex86 said:

I will support FSLABS 100 percent

The day I give FSLabs a cent of my money, will be the day a) hell freezes over, b) I am rewarded with 6 Brazilian super models and c) find a huge source of oil in my backyard.

FSLabs has been pretty disrespectful to some of our fellow AVSIM members for asking very innocent questions. On top of that and their malware debacle, I think the terrible position they're in is entirely deserved.

More alternatives are always better in my book. 

23 minutes ago, Ricardo41 said:

Yawn.

Hey! That was going to be my exact post. I'm going to one up you and add a 🥱 or two 🥱.

In the history of Flight Simulation, this hast to be the least exciting announcement I have ever read.

18 minutes ago, Ricardo41 said:

The day I give FSLabs a cent of my money, will be the day a) hell freezes over, b) I am rewarded with 6 Brazilian super models and c) find a huge source of oil in my backyard.

Twice? Really? But I was going to say the Hawaiian Tropic Bikini Team. Grrr...

Take a long walk off of a short pier FSL. Nobody else would make a decent airbus in P3D because of your existence, so I had to go years without one. Well, there's other chicks at this party now, so I'm gonna go get me one and have a you know what kind of good time with it without you guys. Don't let the door hit you....

Edited May 12, 20224 yr by MDFlier