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‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700K

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400 points redbell | 5 comments | 06 Aug 23 15:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
1. xwdv ◴[06 Aug 23 17:27 UTC] No.37024424[source]▶
Any time someone gives me some max capacity estimate to aim for, I multiply it by 10 and design the system for that. That’s 10x developer thinking.
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2. CamperBob2 ◴[06 Aug 23 18:23 UTC] No.37025007[source]▶
That's 10x budget thinking.
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3. Detrytus ◴[06 Aug 23 19:17 UTC] No.37025531[source]▶
Maybe I missed something in the article, but they do not mention any technical issues caused by the 7x number of players, they are just expressing their surprise with the game popularity. So it seems IT team followed your advice?
4. xwdv ◴[06 Aug 23 20:08 UTC] No.37026067[source]▶
If you pay cheap then you get what you paid for.
5. pastage ◴[07 Aug 23 07:04 UTC] No.37031179[source]▶
Sustained 10x usage spikes is ok to plan for, not super expensive. It is something most senior developers are pretty bad at but it is not 10x as hard just experience.