This staggering statistic comes from the New World Twitter account, where the team admitted it was surprised by just how many people were trying to play its game. “Trying” is the operative word there, as New World had lots of server issues and long queues at launch. To that effect, the developer stated its intent “to stand up additional servers and expand the capacity of existing servers.” According to this latest tweet, it has kept true to its word — it has “more than doubled the number of servers, and [it is] working to increase the capacity of all available servers.”
Despite server troubles, New World is clearly very popular. In fact, it is already the most-played Steam game of 2021. Some have asked if the game will release on PlayStation 5 or Series X/S, but the developers have yet to confirm if that will be the case in the future.
