nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoAs Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Steam Reviews Collapse to ‘Overwhelmingly Negative,’ Dev Admits It ‘Completely Underestimated’ Excitement for the Gamewww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down11cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkAs Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Steam Reviews Collapse to ‘Overwhelmingly Negative,’ Dev Admits It ‘Completely Underestimated’ Excitement for the Gamewww.ign.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 days agoThey probably didn’t know how many players their servers could support. This was one way to find out.
minus-squarePerogiBoi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 days agoAny company worth any money does stress tests of their servers to simulate different scenarios with different loads. Either they were overconfident, or simply didn’t think QA testing was necessary or worth the cost.
They probably didn’t know how many players their servers could support. This was one way to find out.
Any company worth any money does stress tests of their servers to simulate different scenarios with different loads.
Either they were overconfident, or simply didn’t think QA testing was necessary or worth the cost.