DCUO Producer Addresses Game Issues Following Massive Surge of New Players

DC Universe Online seems to be a victim of its own success. After the game’s switch to free-to-play last week, login queue times increased and performance in-game decreased. Part of the problem stems from the rapid influx of new players, which Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley tweeted was around a 1000% increase of the population prior to the new free-to-play model launch.

We are over 1000% of our pre-F2P concurrent numbers. We're very aware of the long queues and other issues. We're on it.

DC Universe Online Producer Lorin “DeadMeat” Jameson recently posted a new Producer’s Update to ensure fans that improvements are on the way for login queues and some other issues such as players getting stuck on the loading screen after character select. The team will also be adding priority queuing for DC Universe Online Legendary and Premium players over the next few days.

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DC Universe Online Producer’s Update 11/7/2011

John Smedley’s Twitter Page