No one expected this Online Game to be able to break the Steam record, making the European Server run out of gas

The amount of players logged in last weekend’s dip caused the server to be down again Overload. The wave of players suddenly hit the North American server in the 2nd week of July, and in the next week, the game once again experienced overcrowding at the North American server. European server.
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A lot of people on Reddit share that they can’t play Final Fantasy XIV at the European servers because they are all overloaded. One free trial player said he couldn’t even get into the queue. Although the server is “running out of gas”, players can still buy Final Fantasy XIV at the store Square Enix Digital Europe.

It’s no surprise that Final Fantasy XIV’s player count continues to grow. According to SteamDB, the number of online co-players hit a new high of 67,148 over the weekend while just a week earlier, the number had just hit 58,046.
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Final Fantasy XIV’s recent surge in popularity has mainly come from World of Warcraft players who are curious about Square Enix’s online RPG. Renowned WoW content creator Zack ‘Asmongold’ could play a key role in this change. Zack’s recent Twitch and YouTube videos have both introduced Final Fantasy XIV to newcomers. In addition, the abundance of posts from World of Warcraft players on our subreddit FFXIV is also another reason.

In addition, a series of exciting ingame events before the release of Endwalker and the free login offer to welcome the return of old players will certainly attract a certain number of players to FFXIV.​