What happens when "early access" is "cancelled" by server fail?

[Katie_Kitty]

I think there's zero evidence that we need to worry too much about this. Shadowbringers launch was fine, and at the time they were dealing with an influx of new players back then as well. I guess nobody remembers that anymore, or they weren't playing at the time. People were really hyped for Shadowbringers too.

[ryouma17]

Shadowbringers launch was fine, and at the time they were dealing with an influx of new players back then as well.

theres a difference between a small influx of new players and having half of wows playerbase jumpship overnight, thankfully most of the wow refugees have all moved on to other games so it shouldnt be too bad

[Omedon]

thankfully most of the wow refugees have all moved on to other games

Um... until Endwalker, perhaps?

[Vahlnir]

theres a difference between a small influx of new players and having half of wows playerbase jumpship overnight, thankfully most of the wow refugees have all moved on to other games so it shouldnt be too bad

Plot twist: They are probably still here and/or have been here all along like myself. WoW player here, by the way.

[HyperiusUltima]

I think there's zero evidence that we need to worry too much about this. Shadowbringers launch was fine, and at the time they were dealing with an influx of new players back then as well. I guess nobody remembers that anymore, or they weren't playing at the time. People were really hyped for Shadowbringers too.

Also don't forget that SE rents out servers to help stabilize any launch issues; this is why we got multiple instances of the same zone in Stormblood so we don't hit the area population cap so easily, and even then it was flooded because of Ixion Campers. Getting Locked out of the Lochs was a thing.

Come Shadowbringers, things were smooth and they fixed their issues from before. The other thing is that they did a major ad buy campaign for Shadowbringers because it was going to be this big hit - and it did hit big. Endwalker's going to be the same thing since I bet they've got a larger budget thanks to Yoshida's leadership and Creative Business Unit III's work.