How long will this login que problem last?

[Rinlina]

So while the ques are pretty hectic, how long do you think it gets back to normal? Given the shortage of supplies, will this take maybe 3 months?

[TristanX]

Chip shortage affects many things. That depends on how bad is the server business. They are not just for games. Businesses needs servers as well.

Even desktop CPUs and GPUs are affected. I still could not find PS5 and Core i9-12900K at reasonable price after 1 month. Look at price of the graphic cards. They are insane.

Expected at least 2023 for them to fix supply issues. New manufacturing plants will be ready on that year.

[Tavieon]

Chip shortage affects many things. That depends on how bad is the server business. They are not just for games. Businesses needs servers as well.

Even desktop CPUs and GPUs are affected. I still could not find PS5 and Core i9-12900K at reasonable price after 1 month. Look at price of the graphic cards. They are insane.

Expected at least 2023 for them to fix supply issues. New manufacturing plants will be ready on that year.

Actually, it's a bit deeper. The stem of evil is cryptomining.

https://www.windowscentral.com/globa...crease-q2-2021
https://www.digitaltrends.com/comput...pite-shortage/

GPU shipments drastically increased!! And yet not any laymen can afford or purchase any low-to-mid end GPUs at all. The only GPUs we can purchase are either too expensive to expect mining profit or too flimsy(?) to mine anything (i.e. GT710, 210...)

In other words, the dwindling resources (to make fundamental passive elements and power supply components) have been allocated to GPU instead of making motherboards or CPUs (or memory modules... DDR5 is also heavily scalped at this moment) for server machines.

[AnnaUK]

I managed to get 2 ps5s this year - I used a stock checking app (unpaid version)

[Blackcanary]

I managed to get 2 ps5s this year - I used a stock checking app (unpaid version)

That has nothing to do with the topic why are you posting that here?

[LianaThorne]

I managed to get 2 ps5s this year - I used a stock checking app (unpaid version)

Weird flex but okay.

[Hasrat]

Couple few weeks, historically. The active player surge on new launch never lasts very long.

[KitKatnip]

Couple few weeks, historically. The active player surge on new launch never lasts very long.

But this time around Blizzard is imploding in on itself so many WoW players are looking for a new home. Many of them have landed on FFXIV. Those that get hooked by the story will probably stay.

[Hasrat]

But this time around Blizzard is imploding in on itself so many WoW players are looking for a new home. Many of them have landed on FFXIV. Those that get hooked by the story will probably stay.

Idk, seems like a lotta these WoW newbies would be much more keen to hit up all those other games with definitely much more reliable hardware capable of flawless launch weeks.

[Kandraxx]

Wouldn’t be as bad if people wouldn’t idle in the inn room with auto-keypressers to secure their spot on the server. Some don’t even bother to do it in secrecy. Saw a guy jumping every few seconds directly at an aetherite.