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

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400 points redbell | 1 comments | 06 Aug 23 15:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.362s | source
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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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1. 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?