Amazon Games launched its New World MMORPG today, but you may have a tough time getting in. Since going live less than 24-hours ago, New World's servers have stayed at capacity while the developer struggles to keep up.

Earlier today, New World climbed into Steam's top ten most played games with over 550,000 concurrent players. Just hours later, that number is closer to 700,000, according to SteamDB. Amazon Games prepared for launch with over 170 servers, slowly increasing that number throughout the day as demand climbs.

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The increased infrastructure hasn't seemed to alleviate the issue completely, and players are still reporting long queue times. The server cap of 2,000 players per world has grown a lot of ire in particular, but the New World server cap is hovering at just over 240 with the most recent additions. That still doesn't break the 500,000 mark for player capacity—meaning there's a whole lot of people who can't get in.

In Redditor zweimtr's pictured thread, one average wait time sits at 236 hours. That number should obviously go down as servers are added, but player counts continue to climb. Right now, the MMO's most popular worlds still estimate you could be waiting for hours, and plenty of folks are. Across Twitter, players are reporting situations where they've sat in the queue to get in for hours.

Amazon Games has acknowledged its server woes in updates throughout the day, but its most recent blog post noted it would expand the capacity of existing worlds in addition to adding new ones. The change means more players can join friends on already established servers, so they won't need to wait on openings in new ones.

As with any MMO launch, struggles with server stability should be expected and usually clear up with time. Final Fantasy 14 latest expansion isn't even out yet, but the game has also seen its own hiccups due to popularity. Director and producer Naoki Yoshida recently explained the challenges these types of games face when dealing with their hardware and how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates those issues.

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