Will SOE be ready for 500,000 players? - Page 2

SFJake · 2012-07-19, 01:42 AM

Originally Posted by cellinaire

Well, SOE has operated in this industry for more than a decade.
(I mean, 15+ years)

What makes you think they won't be ready? Number of servers? About their manpower?

All I know is on one side I see Blizzard with massive servers for some of the most massive games, and still they fail immensely everytime.

Being ready really just means, do they expect that many people and can they handle the heat? You can set up your servers for a million yet you open the doors and 2 millions comes running.

We never have a clue how big (or small) those games hit. I've seen small games grow to huge heights out of nowhere.

capiqu · 2012-07-19, 01:46 AM

He is just curious as to the number of people that will be allowed to play Beta. I'm sure that has crossed all our minds. Now the facebook page is about 70,000 and not everyone is on face book. The twitter is over 30,000 and thats people looking for keys.
I wouldn't be surprise if it will be 100,000+ and the numbers will only grow. You have to also take into account that this will be a free game so i'm sure SOE is prepared for what is coming.

cellinaire · 2012-07-19, 01:51 AM

Originally Posted by SFJake

All I know is on one side I see Blizzard with massive servers for some of the most massive games, and still they fail immensely everytime.

Being ready really just means, do they expect that many people and can they handle the heat? You can set up your servers for a million yet you open the doors and 2 millions comes running.

We never have a clue how big (or small) those games hit. I've seen small games grow to huge heights out of nowhere.

The lag which occurred in WoW's early days and all the brouhaha around recent Diablo3 servers were not systematic failures, these were just blunders on their part(I mean, these things don't happen that often). And this time, I'm pretty sure they will be ready, with all the information they'll get from Beta phase.

Astrok · 2012-07-19, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by helioN

500,000? Nope, won't even happen. This game ain't WoW or LoL, you need a much better PC to run it. I'd be happy if 100,000 players played this game on a regular basis.

lol thats wrong what u sayin here.They aiming for 4-5 year old pc's....that it looks good is because of forgelight and forgelight may be able to run this game smooth on a low end machine to.(saw someone post here a freind of him got in with a core2duo machine and 2gb of ram and a normal videocard and he ran it fine).

like m i play firefall on my laptop on high setting with a dual core T4400(2,2 ghz) 4 gb ddr3 and a geforce nvidia 310m.

still have a nice high end pc but i think i can even run this game on my lappy when it comes out.

lMABl · 2012-07-19, 02:42 AM

Originally Posted by Sndman

I am glad you are the discussion value know it all....maybe we should discuss why you think your opinion matters.

P.S. Why have you never made CR5 or BR 30? Maybe you should work toward that goal instead of spending your time trolling these forums.

Bags is right, there really is no discussion value to this thread, there are several other threads on the same topic trying to "predict" how many people will be at launch and if SOE is prepared, the simple truth is no one knows, and SOE more than likely know what their doing. So please don't come on this forum and just start picking fights, it doesn't benefit anyone in any way.

Ertwin · 2012-07-19, 02:50 AM

Originally Posted by cellinaire

The lag which occurred in WoW's early days and all the brouhaha around recent Diablo3 servers were not systematic failures, these were just blunders on their part(I mean, these things don't happen that often). And this time, I'm pretty sure they will be ready, with all the information they'll get from Beta phase.

Every online game has a rough start. No exceptions.

Sndman · 2012-07-19, 02:54 AM

Originally Posted by lMABl

Bags is right, there really is no discussion value to this thread, there are several other threads on the same topic trying to "predict" how many people will be at launch and if SOE is prepared, the simple truth is no one knows, and SOE more than likely know what their doing. So please don't come on this forum and just start picking fights, it doesn't benefit anyone in any way.

Sticking up for myself from a Troll is not picking a fight. If you don't like what you read then ignore it. This a forum, people are discussing things, if your not interested then read and comment on something you are interested in. What gives anyone the right to say what has discussion value, if it has no value then nobody will join in the discussion.

Naz The Eternal · 2012-07-19, 03:13 AM

I can definitely see more than 500 000 on launch based on the publicity planetside 2 currently has

Tehroth · 2012-07-19, 03:17 AM

400,000 is not a big number these days. Very many mmorpgs have more than that at launch and most of them usually have server problems because they never have enough servers because they want to save cash.

There are alot of mmo hoppers these days since most of the games are trash, so don't be surprised if this game has tons of people. Lets just hope the game is sensational and retains those players.

cellinaire · 2012-07-19, 03:18 AM

Originally Posted by Ertwin

Every online game has a rough start. No exceptions.

Hehe sorry if my comment was misleading. I was rather talking about the 'extent' or 'degree', not about 'if this game will have rough start or not'

disky · 2012-07-19, 03:43 AM

Originally Posted by lMABl

Bags is right, there really is no discussion value to this thread, there are several other threads on the same topic trying to "predict" how many people will be at launch and if SOE is prepared, the simple truth is no one knows, and SOE more than likely know what their doing. So please don't come on this forum and just start picking fights, it doesn't benefit anyone in any way.

I would like to discuss it. Obviously others do too.

Anyway, I personally think that 100,000 is an underestimation of the success of the game. I know we're all aboard the hype train, but PS2 has gained a lot of notoriety recently and the fact that it's free is a big deal.

I'm making a prediction here: HUGE SUCCESS.

Dubious · 2012-07-19, 03:49 AM

I guess more like 5 millions

Littleman · 2012-07-19, 05:10 AM

Name another FPS that has achieved Planetside's scale. Planetside was an FPS gamer's dream come true in 2003. I doubt that has changed 10 years later with the next generation of gamers.

P.S. Stop bickering about the discussion value. We're discussing the topic, as evidenced by 2 whole pages of discussion on said topic.

ODonnell · 2012-07-19, 05:25 AM

Originally Posted by Ertwin

Every online game has a rough start. No exceptions.

Actually there are exceptions, but I only need one hand to count them.

TheCaptainC · 2012-07-19, 05:30 AM

i think there will be more than 500k people at launch. i mean the hype train just started. the mainstream media will give ps2 alot mor attention in the coming months plus its free. people would be fools if they wont at least try it