Comments on: SOCOM beta battered by demand, Sony working on load issues

By: Daniel Plainview

Daniel Plainview — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:13:52 +0000

This is exactly why betas exist, they went in thinking their servers could cope now they know better and will tweak things…. it’s kinda the point of the whole thing.

Most betas these days are pretty much publicity stunts but looks like this one might be a real one.

By: wz

wz — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:08:07 +0000

PUD: So they believed a bunch of guys do get some keys, and the gross will be left untouched? Or that most people get the keys just in case, not really planning to play?

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:04:13 +0000

I doubt they were putting the infrastructure together though. I expect it’s got some servers that were expected to deal with the load, and keepign track of how many were involved led to this.

They just didn’t realise how popular it would be basically.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:00:27 +0000

That wasn’t my point No_PUD. They gave out 6k keys in Europe and (I believe) 10k keys for the rest of the world. If you’re putting together the infrastructure you build it on the assumption that 80% of those people will want to connect day one.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:37:00 +0000

Well, I think they didn’t realise how popular Socom might be to be fair.

And people just like being beta testers.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:25:17 +0000

That’s not really an excuse for not having capacity in place… especially when you know exactly how many keys you gave out.

By: Daniel Plainview

Daniel Plainview — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:24:18 +0000

beta

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:39:28 +0000

Especially since so many people will be put off from buying now. The game certainly can’t rely on it’s looks.

I am certainly not gonna buy the heap of crap when the real Socom is out next year under the name MAG.

By: Robo_1

Robo_1 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:02:21 +0000

Indeed, sounds like bad management really.

By: BraveArse

BraveArse — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:55:06 +0000

Did they accidentally give away twice as many keys as they thought they would?

/does not understand how you can not know how much demand there will be for a limited beta,,,

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:43:57 +0000

/golfclap