The latest entry in Microsoft’s long-running flight simulation series immediately encountered serious problems upon release. Although Asobo and Xbox Game Studios have made some early headway in.
Facepalm: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 relies heavily on cloud servers to avoid its predecessor’s massive download requirements. Unfortunately, this left the game vulnerable to overloaded servers upon launch, forcing many customers to wait hours to play the title they paid $59.99 for.
The latest entry in Microsoft’s long-running flight simulation series immediately encountered serious problems upon release. Although Asobo and Xbox Game Studios have made some early headway in resolving the issues, fans have harshly criticized the game for buggy content and load times lasting hours.
High player counts overloaded the cloud servers that stream Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s life-sized digital twin of Earth, forcing Asobo to implement a temporary queue system. As a result, frustrated Steam users dragged the game’s rating down to “Overwhelmingly Negative” on day one.
