Please insert disc: Microsoft Flight Simulator will spread across ten DVDs

After installing the game from those discs, players will still be encouraged to download update files to the simulation itself, as well as stream copious cloud-based data like high-res satellite photos, geographic details, and live weather updates for an even higher level of realism.

Despite all that online-exclusive data, though, Kok added that "the boxed version makes it possible for people on a slower Internet connection to get the sim installed without downloading the 'content.' So the simulator is in every way 100% the same. The boxed retail version just gets you a nice box, printed manual and about 90GB you do not have to download."