As Epic announced, a new high was reached on Sunday – 3.4 million players were logged in to Fortnite (PS4, XBoxOne, PC) at the same time. This caused issues that Epic has now addressed in a separate blog post!
Epic’s quirky shooter Fortnite is becoming increasingly popular. According to Epic, 3.4 million players logged into Fortnite at the same time on Sunday – a new record. Although Epic does not provide exact figures on what percentage of players are playing the paid PvE mode – it is highly likely that most players played the free Battle Royale mode.
Epic is naturally pleased with the new record, but acknowledges that the surge on Sunday caused the servers to become temporarily overloaded, resulting in a half dozen different problems.
These issues caused matchmaking errors, database crashes, and disconnections of various players. What exactly caused the issues has now been described by Epic in a detailed blog post aptly titled “Postmortem” (“after the death”).
Blog post “Postmortem” and a cry for help
Those familiar with databases, network architecture, and similar topics will definitely appreciate Epic’s blog post. The developer goes into great detail about the causes and effects of the problem from Sunday.
Solutions and next steps are also presented, which have no impact on gameplay or mechanics, but merely promise a more stable player experience. You can find the details in Epic’s blog post (allocate some time).
Interesting: Both at the beginning of the post and at the end, Epic has placed paragraphs seeking capable developers to strengthen Epic’s team. This aims to ensure that in the future, all players can always enjoy the best possible gaming experience – regardless of how many players are logged in at the same time.
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