Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Shatters Records with 187,000 Concurrent Connections; 200,000 Expected Soon
Square Enix just suspended digital download sales of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn in order to avoid further congestion of the servers due to unexpectedly heavy traffic while they prepare to launch new servers, but just how heavy is that traffic?
The publisher just sent in a press release giving some numbers for us to crunch on. After launch concurrent connections have reached a record number of 187,000 (the previous record for a game operated by a Japanese company was 150,000 during the open beta of A Realm Reborn), and Square Enix expects that the numbers will grow further and will reach 200,000 in the near future.
The suspension of digital sales is of course just a temporary solution while more servers are deployed, and the development team expects to be able to improve server capacity significantly. Square Enix expects to complete the operation by the beginning of next week, when digital sales will resume. The exact date will be announced at a later time.