While most popular servers can often be congested, causing players to have to wait for them to be less congested to join in, it looks like there was a confluence of every server being congested at the same time. They also referred us to the server status page, which tracks the current status of servers and which ones are currently accepting new characters.
Sales have since resumed, and a Square Enix spokesperson confirmed to Destructoid that they are now fully restocked and ready to welcome new players. For a short period, it seemed like Final Fantasy XIV sales (digitally) had frozen, as codes were unavailable for newcomers.Īs documented on forums like the Final Fantasy XIV subreddit, users were reporting that the option to grab a digital PC version of Final Fantasy XIV Online Complete Edition was simply replaced by a “waiting list” option. Game codes have since resumed rolling outįinal Fantasy XIV has had a recent spike in popularity, and it might have resulted in a brief bit of server congestion.
