Summary
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s player count has decreased by over 60% since the game’s all-time peak earlier this week. Due to a rocky launch,Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024seems to be struggling to keep players engaged, a shame considering how eagerly awaited the title was by fans of the flight sim genre.
Since the launch of the franchise’s first game in the 80s,Microsoft Flight Simulatorhas had more than a dozen entries over the years, with many of its releases being considered among thebest flight simulation games of all time. The latest entry in the franchise beforeMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024was released in 2020, which was critically acclaimed by both gamers and critics.
Despite how widely anticipated its release was,Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024had a rocky launch, and it’s currently losing players quickly on Steam. The title achieved an all-time peak player count of 24,863 gamers on the popular PC platform soon after its launch, but numbers have been steadily decreasing, asMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024lost over 60% of its player base since then. While the Steam player count ofMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024is slightly on the uptick in the last few hours, it’s still far from even the 13,282 player 24-hour peak, with only 9,375 gamers playing on Steam at the time of this report.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s Player Count on Steam Diminishes By Over 60%
The main reason why this title is struggling is related to game-breaking launch problems, which included multiple gamers having to wait over 30 minutes to play due to server issues, and sometimes even being stuck at 97% on the loading screen. Some gamers also reported that the flight sim used too much GPU and that one aircraft was missing from their library. These game-breaking issues ledMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024to get “Overwhelmingly Negative” reviews on Steam. While developer Asobo Studio addressed the issues recently, explaining that the team is working on solving the server problems, this does not seem enough to hold the player count, which is steadily decreasing.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024was also released for Xbox Game Passand was one of Microsoft’s most important highlights for November. So, it’s disappointing to see such a bad launch. Hopefully, these issues will be fixed soon, and gamers will come back, as the title seems to be in a good state apart from these problems, which are mostly related to servers not handling a huge player demand.
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Asobo Studio’s Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is a realistic flight simulator with the biggest lineup of aircraft ever, along with in-depth portrayals of airports and air traffic.
