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Hero (Retired)

Re: Global Network Coverage

@DoYaSeeMe Interesting map, I do wonder how accurate it is.

You are right, building those data centers is not cheap. But I think you might see it happen sooner than you think. Many of the big telecommunication companies and tech companies are trying really hard to bring reliable internet to those places. I'd name the companies but there is a big push to get good internet in places that don't have it.

Reliable internet can open up higher education opportunities and numerous things.

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DoYaSeeMe
5 years ago
@DarthValtrex Google, AWS and Azure cloud maps look pretty similar. I know there's a push to cover more areas, but it will take a while and there are a lot of things more important that have priority to playing a shooter with good ping. We are talking years. Will Apex still be going strong, in 3 years, being profitable enough so that it would make sense to expand the list of datacenters for it? Impossible to know, therefore it's hard to make promises.

https://cloud.google.com/about/locations#regions
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/networking/microsoft-global-network
https://interconnected.blog/data-center-coverage-aws-alibaba-azure-gcp/
BaldWraithSimp
5 years ago
@DoYaSeeMe We have Valorant servers in India tho.

That being said, Bahrain servers were a major failure on PC, so I don't want them to make the same mistake by adding servers that won't have a good player base even if it means not having a Apex server in my country.
DoYaSeeMe
5 years ago
@BaldWraithSimpI'm pretty sure Valorant has areas that aren't well covered by servers. Anyway, the game benefits from Riot Direct, a solution that Respawn probably can't afford (let's not forget that Riot is an older and much bigger studio, with over 20 billion $ revenue from League of Legends alone) and which may not work for the high number of multiplayer games EA has under its sleeve. Something similar to Riot Direct is also not doable at the snap of a finger, it took many deals and a few years to develop.

I don't think adding Bahrain data centers to the list was a failure. There are more games using the hybrid cloud solution provided by Multiplay, we don't know how things are for them in this region. Also, it's not like we can actually see how many players use it, there may only be a shortage for a certain game mode, skill or rank bracket, at certain times of day. Pretty sure Bahrain centers would've been much better populated if they had been available from the start of the game.

In the end, I'd say that EA / Multiplay will expand coverage as soon as there is a possibility. They benefit the most in the end and profits go way beyond Apex.