October 15, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, bonchie said: Very unlikely they'll be a boxed version. If you've got a slow connection, you'll probably just have to set aside a few weeks to get it downloaded. Then you can fly offline. I think there will be one, at least for the consoles. The console gamers still buy the boxed versions of the games. In the PCs, they became obsolete. I don't even have Blu-ray/DVD drives on my notebook and desktop. 9800X3D@H150i // Msi RTX 5090 Trio OC // 64GB DDR5 6000mhz CL30 // 2TB + 1TB Nvme Dell 27" 2127DGF - 1440p - Gsync - 165hz Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus // TCA Quadrant Airbus // TFRP T.Flight Rudder Pedals // Logitech Flight Multi Panel
October 15, 20196 yr If you want the kind of graphics that Microsoft are plastering across our internet screens at the moment, you will have to be online. That being the case, the base footprint size is somewhat irrelevant. Without a reasonably fast online connection, I predict disappointing results. Edited October 15, 20196 yr by Christopher Low Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
October 15, 20196 yr 29 minutes ago, ca_metal said: I think there will be one, at least for the consoles. The console gamers still buy the boxed versions of the games. In the PCs, they became obsolete. I don't even have Blu-ray/DVD drives on my notebook and desktop. That's true, but the problem would still remain for those without internet. While Xbox games do come on disks still, they very often now require massive downloads before you can actually play them. The hard truth is, if you don't have any internet connection, you probably aren't playing any modern games at this point, much less something like MSFS with it's massive size. Edited October 15, 20196 yr by bonchie
October 15, 20196 yr Author 19 minutes ago, Christopher Low said: If you want the kind of graphics that Microsoft are plastering across our internet screens at the moment, you will have to be online. That being the case, the base footprint size is somewhat irrelevant. Without a reasonably fast online connection, I predict disappointing results. I leave the disappointment or not to the eye of the beholder. The previewers that I've watched said that the game offline was still lovely. Also there might be a big difference in streaming the whole base game and streaming the cream on top. Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
October 15, 20196 yr Author 6 minutes ago, DaWu said: It will come on 50.000 3.5 disks A 100 GB game would come with 277,778 5"1/4 floppies or 69,445 3'1/2 diskettes (a stack of about 150 m high) if I am not mistaken. Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
October 15, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, domkle said: A 100 GB game would come with 277,778 5"1/4 floppies or 69,445 3'1/2 diskettes (a stack of about 150 m high) if I am not mistaken. I was too lazy to pull out the calculator Lukas Dalton
October 15, 20196 yr I would be very surprised if it went on disc not something that's popular now days pirate software and resale to name two, I think like most nowadays it will be download purchase. Raymond Fry.
October 15, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, rjfry said: I would be very surprised if it went on disc not something that's popular now days pirate software and resale to name two, I think like most nowadays it will be download purchase. Piracy wouldn't be that big a deal if it came on 277,000+ disks and you needed every one to get it to install properly
October 15, 20196 yr 8 hours ago, ChaoticBeauty said: There are now games requiring 150GB or more space on the disk. Personally I hope they make it as large as possible, since the quality of the offline scenery is directly dependent on that. Read Dead Redemption 2 which is coming to PC on Nov 5th will be just that, 150GB! ASUS Prime Z490-A / i7-10700K / RTX 4080 / G.SKILL Ripjaws 32GB / Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic case
October 15, 20196 yr 8 minutes ago, reignman40 said: Read Dead Redemption 2 which is coming to PC on Nov 5th will be just that, 150GB! And the new Call of Duty is 175GB, though it is suspected that this is due to lazy compression. Considering the contents of a flight simulator I don't think that would be an unreasonable size.
October 15, 20196 yr 12 hours ago, domkle said: It has crossed my mind too. Sneaky, sneaky, sneaky 😃 ! You can play it with no connection after you download it somehow.
October 16, 20196 yr 22 hours ago, domkle said: Does it mean that it will be also sold on DVD at 8.5 GB per disk ? Are we going to see the old times of the 5.25 floppies when a program could come with 10 disks ? I'll bet the farm it will not be sold physically in any format, including ancient DVDs. I don't own a farm, but will happily buy one so confident I would be in winning that bet. It's case of if you can't download it, don't even bother trying to play it. You might as well stick to FSX, X-Plane, etc.
October 16, 20196 yr Author 10 hours ago, Stratocruiser1 said: You can play it with no connection after you download it somehow. somehow, hey 😃 ? Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
October 16, 20196 yr Most likely it will come on a disk for the Xbox version as store shelf sales still account for a large retail market of Xbox titles... Chris Camp
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