New World beta is a huge success with almost 200,000 players

Published at 21/07/2021 at 08:02 By Effylia

In less than 24 hours, New World's closed beta has produced some pretty encouraging statistics.

New World beta is a huge success with almost 200,000 players

The New World closed beta started on July 20, and has already produced some promising stats for Amazon Games.

Daniel Ahmad, Senior Analyst at Niko Partners, recently tweeted the numbers:

Pre-orders for the game were one of the best sellers on Steam last week.
The closed beta reached 190,000 concurrent active players.
Peak Twitch viewers reached 720,000 viewers

New World, the open world MMO from Amazon Games Studio, is finding success with its closed beta.

- Pre-orders were one of the top sellers on Steam last week. (One of the ways to get access)

- Closed beta hit 190k PCCU on day 1

- Twitch peak concurrent viewers hit 720k pic.twitter.com/1YWBKhGvWn
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) July 21, 2021

Of course, such a huge number of players put some pressure on the game's servers, meaning long queues for many players. The company responded via the game's official Twitter account to reassure players that they were addressing these issues.

Lots to learn on our first day of beta! There are a few places we fell short, particularly with servers and queues. Additionally, we’ve encountered bugs with text-to-speech, accidental bans, and challenges with the Inkwell quest.
— New World (@playnewworld) July 20, 2021

The New World closed beta will be running until August 2, with the full game launching on August 31.

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