Microsoft Flight Simulator It launches for Windows PC on August 18, and the vast majority of fans will purchase the game digitally. However, Microsoft is partnering with a European company for a physical launch. The physical edition will ship on 10 double-sided DVDs and comes packaged in a special accordion-style box. It sounds outlandish, but it is actually a boon for those with slow or severely restricted internet connections.
The details of the retail launch come from Aerosoft, a developer and publisher of simulation hardware and software. Mathijs Kok attended the company’s official forums on Monday to make the announcement. The boxed set will include 90 gigabytes of data, and will still require an update from Microsoft before the game launches.
Kok said on the forums that the discs include “the code of the simulator itself,” as well as “the world and the aircraft delivered by Microsoft.” Buyers of the commercial version will have the same access to the rest of the game content, which is extracted from more than two petabytes of Bing data, including satellite images and photogrammetry data.
“When you install the sim will update all the files immediately from the servers and you will get the latest code for the simulator and all the content will be updated,” said Kok. “This is very much a cloud dependent simulator if you want to use it on its full potential. So the boxed version makes it possible for people with a slower Internet connection to install the sim without downloading the ‘content.’ ”
While the price of the physical copy was not announced, Kok indicated that it would be close to the same price as the digital versions of the game. Microsoft is currently selling three different flavors of Microsoft Flight Simulator, whose price ranges from $ 59.99 to $ 119.99. They differ in the number of planes available and including handmade airports, among other things. Also, the game It will also be available through Xbox Game Pass for PC on launch day.
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