Pre-load night: internet providers saw a huge traffic spike
When the pre-load opened, German providers 1&1 and Vodafone reported unusual PlayStation and Xbox traffic. In the UK, one provider reported congestion.
- 1&1: unusual spike on the night of November 9 to 10
- Vodafone also saw higher activity
- Neither reported network problems
- UK provider YouFibre reported congestion in Yorkshire
So many people downloaded the game at the same time that internet companies noticed it in their data.
1&1 spokesperson
Told Golem about an unusual spike that night.
VGTimes
Headlines the jump as tenfold, a number not in the spokesperson's quote.
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Confirmed
Official source or several independent outlets.
Sources
Written in our own words from the sources above. Illustration made with AI, not from the game.