LM sells (for a lot of money) the platform to FNPT buiders; that's where they intend to make their money. Probably a Microsoft requirement when they bought the rights to use the FSX intellectual property.
So they want to make a clear distinction between the "just for fun" sim flying, and the professional flight training sim flying. I think our pilots would fall into that first category. But regardless of what I think, as a V.A. (legal entity) we need to adhere to the law (that's why the basic fleet is composed of freeware planes), and some other requirements by, for example IVAO. IVAO states that V.A.s must be free of charge, and non-profit. There are costs involved for hosting the web site, and such, and for that we rely on donations, and our own pocket money. But the prices for P3D licenses are beyond what I am prepar3d to cough up; apart from there not being any freeware planes to fill the fleet with ...
So yes, I also see a future for P3D, but not as a supported platform with our V.A.
But since it is originally based on FSX technology, I would not be surprised if FL still would work OK, and see P3D as FSX.