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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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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

Why does a flight simulator of all things need to be a live service game?

[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 42 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (5 children)

Because it uses an extremely detailed 3d map of literally the entire planet, which can't (yet) be stored on a modern gaming pc offline.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Do we know how big the file is?

[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 24 points 8 hours ago

It was over 2 petabytes in 2020 so at least that big.

[–] And009@reddthat.com 4 points 7 hours ago
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