Another company will enter in the joystick market. Realsimulator will launch it first complete joysticks this year. They made some mods and joystick bases in the past for Thrustmaster and Suncom HOTAS.
First of all, they will release a F-16 joystick in left and right hand. After that, they will release a F/A-18 grip, also in right and left hand versions.
RealSimulator is well known for his mods for the Suncom F-15 Hotas and HOTAS Cougar (Game port to USB adapter). R1 and R2 mods for the HOTAS Cougar and more recently they developed the R3 base for use with Thrustmaster grips. FSSB R3 base is now compatible with T-50 Mongoos grip. They usually release two versions, one for the professional market and another for the consumer market (tagged as HOME).
The price for the R3 Lightning base is not cheap, 450 € + shipping, but the quality is impressive.
In its 30th anniversary, finally they will release a complete joystick using his well known R3 Lightning base, they designed a F-16 grip, available in Left or right hand versions.
They will release a Professional version too. Not available for us.
At this moment they are working in the software. Next week they will talk with beta testers in order to get feedback from them and improve the software.
Preorder will open soon (two or three weeks? ) :D
The price is not known at this moment, but probably will be higher than 450€ + shipping (As I wrote earlier, that is the cost of the R3 Lightning base).
Also, they are working in a F/A-18 grip, which I suppose that it will be released after F-16SG-HOM.
Product page of the FSSB R3 Lightning base
As usual, more info and updates, in his website.
It looks very interesting.