The physical edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator comes on 10 amazing discs.
As Mathijs Kok from developer Aerosoft explained in a forum post (as seen by Eurogamer), two expanded physical editions of the game will be available in Europe. Both the standard and premium editions come with 10 dual-layer DVDs with roughly 90GB of content between them – you just get a sleeker box with the premium.
Kok broke it down like this: the code that governs the sim itself is relatively small, and the content transmitted by third parties and online is totally optional, so the discs mainly contain “the world and the aircraft delivered by Microsoft”, which is necessary for the sim. job. Basically it’s a lot of assets on a lot of disks. This is easily the biggest special edition for any game in decades.
“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,” he says. “This is very much a cloud-dependent simulator if you want to use it to its full potential. Therefore, the boxed version makes it possible for people with a slower Internet connection to install the sim without downloading the ‘content “The simulator is in every way 100% the same. The boxed commercial version only offers you a nice box, a printed manual and about 90 GB that you do not have to download. There is no difference between the boxed retail and the Verison MS version sold directly. ”
In a separate post, Kok explained that preparing these physical editions was a nightmare due to production complications caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Try to get hundreds of thousands of DVDs and boxes manufactured while Asia was unreachable and most of Europe was blocked,” he says. “It wasn’t easy. It was stressful. But it’s done and we can start shipping soon. As we reach this next milestone on this project, I can tell you that I’ve never met any team working at MFS that was so personable, this responds and focuses on what this sim really is. ”
the Microsoft Flight Simulator for PC release date It is scheduled for August 18.
