Comment on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hour

• mbtrhcs@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah…? That’s my point

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t get it.

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    • thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Imagine you would save all YouTube videos on your hard drive. You don’t have enough space for that (and time to download anyway). So the next best thing is to just stream those videos and parts you actually watch.

      And this is kind of how this game works; it will only deliver those parts and download in the background (which is called streaming) what you currently visit and need. Because you don’t have enough space on your drive.

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      • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So it’s a stream-only game?

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