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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)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Brkdncr to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] ampersandrew 124 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (18 children)

The peak concurrent users for the game thus far has been less than 1/10th of that (EDIT: slightly more than 1/10th of that). They were well within the bounds of what they simulated. They just screwed up.

[–] EncryptKeeper 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Where are you getting that number?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Likely the public Steam statistics that show the all-time peak player count is little over 24k players.

[–] EncryptKeeper 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I’m not sure I’d trust the Steam statistics here given this game is free on gamepass. I’d reckon a LARGE majority are playing on that, not to mention console players.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I was just answering the question. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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