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Despite running load tests that simulated 200,000 users, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 devs admit that they 'completely underestimated' how many players would actually want to play their game (www.pcgamer.com)
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They had no problems taking everyone’s money. Maybe companies should limit the number of sales when deploying a product tied to services they operate and need to scale.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does it really add that much more than the terrain we had 20 years ago?

[–] caboose2006@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

With mods you can get FSX looking pretty good

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

If it's the version I'm thinking of, that's circa 2007, yeah? I remember the fully 3D interior panels being a little crunchy looking but using it mostly to practice instrument stuff with the traditional 2D panel overlays at ERAU. For which it was perfectly adequate.