Anticipated by a crowd of simulation, travel and aviation enthusiasts, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is off to a rocky start. Early returns on Steam are disastrous.
“ Imagine you’re one of the biggest companies in the world and you can’t have servers that start up at 5pm in the middle of the week. »: like many other players, FiRAAZ, who shared her disappointment on Steam, is angry with Microsoft. On November 19, the multinational company started Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on PC, Xbox and Xbox Game Pass. And for many it was a grimace because of the impossibility of playing.
There may actually be queues due to too much traffic that the servers cannot handle. Melinda Davan-Soulas, a BFM journalist, was also a victim, as shown his screenshot shared on (ex-Twitter), same day: ” Too many users are trying to log in at the same time. You have been added to the queue. Please wait a few minutes or try again later. »
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s servers struggled to maintain at launch
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 then it finds itself with “extremely negative” reviews on Steam. According to SteamDB databasefrom an admittedly still small sample of nearly 3,000 reviews, over 80% are not positive. Enough to create a bad ad for the new versionflight simulation that was awarded in 2020. You can even find mocking messages on X.
We remember that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 in particular, it needs servers to store countless amounts of data capable of reproducing the Earth with amazing graphics and incredible accuracy – data that your PC or Xbox will restore through the magic of the cloud (of course you need a good internet connection to benefit from this). Problem? In the case of demand-side saturation, the offering can get stuck with slow or, worse, blocked downloads, texture or loading errors, among others.
Microsoft and studio Asobo do not hide these concerns at all. Apology video was posted on November 20 to make the first point. Jorg Neumann, director Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024said: ” Unfortunately, the enthusiasm… we knew the enthusiasm for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 would be high, but frankly, we underestimated it and it totally surpassed our infrastructures (…). While it’s a big launch day for us, we know a lot of people are frustrated, we’re really sorry, we want to apologize, and we’re making this video as transparent and honest as possible.. »
CEO and co-founder Sebastian Wloch adds to this Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 it was tested with a maximum number of more than 200,000 players connected simultaneously, a number that proved insufficient. He adds: “ We’re working hard to make sure everyone can join. » In the meantime, we can talk about a failed takeoff.