Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is an unplayable mess after a disastrous and disgraceful launch on Xbox and PC

[Windows Central]

Launch day bugs and relentless crashes join the busted cloud-streaming tech intended to improve this beloved series and accidentally tarnish it.

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[blkeyedmonster]

Unfortunately the only thing that is tarnished is your credibility because it's clear that you have no idea what's going on, and in fact a lesson why people should never trust a reporter point of view. they think they know everything when in fact knows nothing. The sad part is Microsoft and Asobo went out their way to develop a simulator for everyone from real sims to casual fly from behind airplane gamers and because of that there is millions of people waiting to get their hands on and experience the greatest undertaking in flight stimulation with the new generation simulator and because of that servers did get overwhelmed on launch day which was expected base on the hype ..wait a few days and then comeback and try it out. You talking about don't recommend buying the game is just overblown and outright wrong it's not like it's a bad game, no its just a bad day one launch with hiccup which no company is immune from server overload.

 

[GraniteStateColin]

Unfortunately the only thing that is tarnished is your credibility because it's clear that you have no idea what's going on, and in fact a lesson why people should never trust a reporter point of view. they think they know everything when in fact knows nothing. The sad part is Microsoft and Asobo went out their way to develop a simulator for everyone from real sims to casual fly from behind airplane gamers and because of that there is millions of people waiting to get their hands on and experience the greatest undertaking in flight stimulation with the new generation simulator and because of that servers did get overwhelmed on launch day which was expected base on the hype ..wait a few days and then comeback and try it out. You talking about don't recommend buying the game is just overblown and outright wrong it's not like it's a bad game, no its just a bad day one launch with hiccup which no company is immune from server overload.

I suppose on the Internet people are routinely rude, but this looks like a troll response that didn't even read the article. The author already acknowledged everything you said and explained that he expected these are launch issues, not permanent problems. Having said that, launch issues are still issues, and issues that suggest a premature launch (else, there would not have been launch issues).

If MS failed to have sufficient server capacity for a huge wave of traffic, at a minimum, that reflects insufficient capacity for the launch. Without technical analysis, it may be tough to distinguish between that (insufficient server capacity) and improperly optimized or buggy code, but any review must acknowledge and describe problems the reviewer encountered.

In your criticism of this review, what do you think the author should have done differently while still providing an objective review?

 

[IceboundRope0]

In my humble opionion your headline was spot on for the experience I had yesterday. 24 hours has changed my experience a lot however ! This evening I have had an absolutely stunning experience on my Xbox Series x. Graphics and performance on a high level- although a few bugs here and there- but appears less and less frequently throughout the evening. Looks to me like a truly phenomenal simulator - when all the launch day issues have been solved!

 

[fdruid]

Sensationalist, clickbait headlines aside (which BTW Windows Central has shown not to be above morally, which is sad to see), those are day one launch woes for one of the biggest games on Earth. And it's working as intended now.

I understand how press works, and how clicks are earned, I get it all. But honestly this site should do better than selling crap, hate, and ridiculous takes for the sake of engagement. How can you be proud of writing things like this? Which amount to basically lies and grossly underestimating your readership's intelligence ar best, and opinion manipulation towards hate at worst.