Xatolos@reddthat.com to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hourwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square203fedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down144cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
arrow-up1400arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hourwww.tomshardware.comXatolos@reddthat.com to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square203fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70arrow-down1·2 months agoAt this point you might as well stream the game video, it would be less bandwidth.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-22 months agoThis guy just invented Google Stadia (and GeForce Now I think)
minus-squareDJDarren@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI remember OnLive. I was waiting for it to become usable, then…nothing.
minus-squareDoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoSteve Perlman sure does
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoDoesn’t it already run on Gamepass xCloud whatever they call it?
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 months agoJust fly Boeing in game. It’s a more authentic experience that way.
minus-squaremightyfoolish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIf you have small data caps, it may even be cheaper.
minus-squareLennny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoDon’t have to render doors if they’ve fallen off
minus-squaremightyfoolish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI was thinking more of uninstalling this 81 GB/hour game and enrolling in flight school (if you have data cap overage fees). But I like the way you think!
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIf the experience you’re after is a near death experience, sure.
minus-squareunderwire212@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWell they do have the whistleblower expansion pack too if flying the plane isn’t near death enough for ya
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAh yes, the Flight Simulator and Hitman crossover expansion.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s hardly Counterstrike.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWell if you think it works well there is nothing stopping you for streaming the game with xcloud. Imo experience the bitrate and latency is pretty poor even with gigabit internet.
At this point you might as well stream the game video, it would be less bandwidth.
This guy just invented Google Stadia (and GeForce Now I think)
Nobody remembers OnLive…
I remember OnLive. I was waiting for it to become usable, then…nothing.
Steve Perlman sure does
… who?
Steve Perlman
Doesn’t it already run on Gamepass xCloud whatever they call it?
It wouldn’t be as responsive though.
Just fly Boeing in game. It’s a more authentic experience that way.
If you have small data caps, it may even be cheaper.
Don’t have to render doors if they’ve fallen off
I was thinking more of uninstalling this 81 GB/hour game and enrolling in flight school (if you have data cap overage fees). But I like the way you think!
If the experience you’re after is a near death experience, sure.
Well they do have the whistleblower expansion pack too if flying the plane isn’t near death enough for ya
Ah yes, the Flight Simulator and Hitman crossover expansion.
It’s hardly Counterstrike.
Well if you think it works well there is nothing stopping you for streaming the game with xcloud.
Imo experience the bitrate and latency is pretty poor even with gigabit internet.