Expected to start arriving before the end of the year, PMDG’s long awaited 737NG upgrade for MSFS 2024 is beginning to be seen much more frequently starting today with a flurry of video releases and some screenshots. Let’s have a look.
Upgrades coming
We’ve been waiting a long time to get PMDG’s 737NG for MSFS 2024 but it does seem like we’re getting close. The plan is, as we last heard it, for the 737-800 to come out first and then for the other three models to arrive sometime in early 2026.
New screenshots, above, show off some of the upgraded areas of the aircraft. We’re still waiting on a full feature list of what they’ve done with it, however, we know quite a bit more thanks to content creator videos. It looks like the aircraft has been overhauled inside and out with new textures and materials, new models and details, new sounds, and new interactivity in the cabin. The cabin is upgraded to the newest style offered by Boeing with automated and manual cabin lighting. There’s new flight model adjustments and ground model adjustments to match 2024. It apparently even has the flushable toilet (with realistic cabin pressure blip).
One point of anxiety still working its way around the community is what the cost will be for current owners. While pricing is likely to remain the same as it was before, PMDG have indicated an upgrade price will be needed to get the update for 2024. How much that ends up being will likely determine what the community reaction is, though there have already been various discussions springing up on what it might be. We’ll have to see but I’m hoping they keep it low and with a high degree of encouragement to upgrade.
Video round-up
The embargo is off for content creators so dozens of them, including those I’ve rounded up below, have taken to showing the upgraded aircraft.
Stormbirds 
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