The launch of the PMDG 737 for Microsoft Flight Simulator crashed its site

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Gamers waiting with bated breath for a new product is nothing out of the ordinary. Long has been the tradition of standing in lines for hours on the release night of a new title. But what about expansions? Those are a little less sought after than full releases, but they can still generate a lot of interest. For simulators, their expansion products, or add-ons, are often treated with the same reverence as the main sims themselves. This is especially true for flight simulators, and the release of the Boeing 737 for Microsoft Flight Simulator by PMDG has proved this.

The release of PMDG’s new jet was sought after for months by many in the flight sim community, including the team itself. After all, even the developers initially anticipated it would be up-and-running within a few months of the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator in 2020. But, here we are, nearly half-way into 2022 and only now is it taking to the skies — for a fortunate few, that is.

The road, or runway, to release for PMDG’s 737 has been dotted with many crevices and potholes. Microsoft’s next-gen architecture was expected to play nicely with the workflows of long-standing add-on studios such as PMDG. After all, the company has produced add-on content for Microsoft’s products and other simulators for decades at this point. But, despite the foundations of the new Microsoft Flight Simulator being based on the tech it succeeded, the synergy hasn’t been as smooth as initially expected. To the detriment of both PMDG’s developers and the studio’s fans, this is why the delay of the Boeing 737 has lasted so long. After all, PMDG even admitted that it’s been working with Microsoft Flight Simulator since late 2019.

But now, thousands of hours and almost three years