The launch of free-to-play Lost Ark in the West is scheduled for February 11, but the Korean MMO from Smilegate already gathered half a million players yesterday when it opened early access.
So many people logging on all at once that even the Steam servers couldn't keep up.
There are too many people who love him...
To say that the launch of Lost Ark in the West was expected is an understatement, since Smilegate's game brings together hack'n'slash fans in need of Diablo and those of MMOs who are still waiting for a real successor to World of Warcraft (even if FFXIV ranks well). Yesterday evening, early access to the game was launched for anyone who purchased a version of the Founder's Pack for at least 15 euros. According to SteamDB, no less than 532 people connected to the game in less than 476 hours. This massive influx led to outages and slowdowns on the Steam side, which had a hard time keeping up with the crowds.
Thanks to the activation of drops on Twitch and a major global competition between teams of streamers each representing their country, who must reach level 50 as quickly as possible, audiences were also there with a peak of 1,2. .XNUMX million viewers on Amazon's streaming service.
We can expect new difficulties when this game with many qualities will be officially launched in free-to-play this Friday.
Sources : VG247, SteamDB
