I agree....

d3d_instancing function for Sprite instancing is already implemented (A8 Pro Only), but for Model instancing is not yet supported at the moment.

Anyway, I think that Model instancing will be added soon, maybe.

I hope... I'm not happy that JCL does't say anything about this.

Model instancing was implemented some months ago, but never made it into a release. We found that the speed gain in normal levels was too small for being a useful feature.

Thanks jcl for telling us.

Communication is everything.. A nice marketing strategic which is not known by everyone

btw:
xna with model-instancing: http://create.msdn.com/assets/cms/images/XNA_MeshInstancing_01_large.jpg
xna without model instancing: http://create.msdn.com/assets/cms/images/XNA_MeshInstancing_02_large.jpg

Wow this is so much different!!! So why there is not so much difference in A8 ?
I think special the PSSM Shadows with many renderpasses could be much more faster with model-instancing!!!!

And now tell us, where one would have such a scene for more than just demonstrating, with just many times the exactly same object...

There are many same objects if you have a big vegetation, maybe road models etc.

You don't want every second tree to look the same, same about a street and for simpler vegetation, isn't there already sprite instancing?
Also, instancing can even slow things down in many cases especially with more complex objects than flat planes or boxes.