Some numbers released!

[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.

[Sinjuda]

Glad to see some sort of numbers.

[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.

[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

[LamiaTrucido]

The FFXI servers could handle 5k connections at a time. I'd love to provide a source, but I read it somewhere in the last ten years....

And yah, 185,000 concurrent users probably means 3-5x that number of actual accounts.

[Filip]

Just give us a Queue, I don't mind waiting...spam-press 0 is what I cant tolerate.

[Kasandaro]

The FFXI servers could handle 5k connections at a time. I'd love to provide a source, but I read it somewhere in the last ten years....

"could handle", for a value that includes a vaguely functional AH, BCNM stuttering, the occasional zone-to-black disconnect, and Promathia-help-your-soul lag if you had to go near a social hub. I know I could tell when the number trended above 3,000.

Actually, that sounds a lot like what we're seeing in XIV...

[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.