Lost Ark is already a runaway hit, as it’s bringing Steam server download speeds to a crawl.
Early Access for Lost Ark began on Tuesday, and Steam is struggling to keep up due to the ridiculous number of players trying to pre-load the free-to-play phenomenon at once. Amazon Games is in talks with Valve over potential solutions.
“Steam is aware of it and is actively looking into the issue and we will update players as soon as we have additional information,” Amazon Games said on Twitter. “The current download issues on Steam are impacting all players, including content creators as well. We’ll keep players in the loop as Steam continues to resolve this.”
The Lost Ark team claims things are getting better and that they will continue to monitor the situation.
The current download issues on Steam are impacting all players including content creators as well.
We'll keep players in the loop as Steam continues to resolve this.
— Lost Ark (@playlostark) February 8, 2022
MMORPGs having rough launches is nothing new. In December, Final Fantasy 14 had server queue waits so bad that it would make any Disneyland ride lineup seem short. Square Enix even stopped selling the game for a while. So Lost Ark is by no means an outlier here; heck, it’s holding up well if the positive reception on Steam is any indication.
Lost Ark leaves early access on Feb. 11, when it’ll go completely free for everyone.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
