Black Box Simulations is working on both an Airbus A320 and A330 series of Airbuses. They have adopted the Captain Sim release model, where they release development versions to the public ahead of the final official release. In essence, the public becomes paying beta testers of the product before it is released. These are known as "Prologue" versions by Black Box Simulations. These are interesting, and it will be worth watching to see how they turn out. My only hesitation here is that €45.00 seems really steep for a prerelease product. I think I will just wait until it reaches a released state before I jump on board.
Could they give FlightSimLabs a run for their money on the A320? The FSL A320 seems to be the top tier, purporting to offer a PMDG-level experience of flying an Airbus. But with the public clamoring for anything better than the old Wilco Airbus products, BBS might have a niche for themselves if they beat FSL to market.
It is worth noting that BBS is the successor company to Phoenix Simulation Software, which has a very bad reputation in the flight sim community due to the sudden way they closed up shop and left many customers out in the cold. I was not personally affected by this at the time, but I know there are many lingering hard feelings toward PSS - and by extension, BBS. Let's hope BBS has improved in this respect.
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