nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoAs Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Steam Reviews Collapse to ‘Overwhelmingly Negative,’ Dev Admits It ‘Completely Underestimated’ Excitement for the Gamewww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down11cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up182arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 month agoThey probably didn’t know how many players their servers could support. This was one way to find out.
minus-squarePerogiBoi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 month 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.