Some numbers released!

[Fear]

FFXI in its prime had around 18? servers, with around 3500-4500 people online at the same time and they're peak subs were at 500k, it's possible this game has more than 1million accounts already.

[Aegis]

FFXI in its prime had around 18? servers, with around 3500-4500 people online at the same time and they're peak subs were at 500k, it's possible this game has more than 1million accounts already.

I don't think we can really make a comparison at this point.

1: Launch week is going to have a higher rate of login per account because it's launch week.
2: The rate of login per account is also goign to be lower due to connection issues.

Until we know how much 1 and 2 are affecting login rate we can't really use this data to make any predictions.

[Preypacer]

FFXI in its prime had around 18? servers, with around 3500-4500 people online at the same time and they're peak subs were at 500k, it's possible this game has more than 1million accounts already.

FFXI had over 30 servers in its prime. I believe it was 32. They were merged down once, and then again later. They're now sitting at 16... which is still quite respectable for a game its age, when you consider much younger (and more "mainstream") MMOs have already fallen down to 5 or fewer within their first couple years.

[Alavastre]

Couple of things, that number of concurrent players will increase. Why? Because people like me have been wanting to play, and haven't been able to.

Also, there was a number for this game to be successful. A number that with subs would allow them to make a profit and still afford to churn out new content. It would appear that we are past that number, which is a really good sign!

I'm sure after Beta 4, SE started putting in place measures to expand their servers. Such measures are not a quick fix.

[Rinkuu]

Just imagine what their numbers would be if they actually let people log in.

[ActiveLink]

Just imagine what their numbers would be if they actually let people log in.

A lot less, maybe zero, because most of the servers would crash. That's why they're limiting log in at all; the servers are operating at maximum capacity.

[Sinjuda]

Glad to see some sort of numbers.

[Andrien]

they should aim higher than 200k in my opinion.

[Vinotauro]

If I remember correctly, I think GW2 had 400,000 concurrent users at one point for it's record

[Ghoste]

If I remember correctly, I think GW2 had 400,000 concurrent users at one point for it's record

Yes that's what they claim is their record (https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net...c-590x3215.jpg). It's very possible FF ARR can surpass that when they fix the server issues. The real test is how they do 6 months from now.