EVE Online's new peak concurrent user record

EVE Online has rung in the new year right, announcing a brand new peak concurrency record of 54,446 users logged into the expansive universe of New Eden. Thinking of having 3,000 players on a single server is mind boggling enough, but 54,446? Color us very impressed.


The announcement was a very subtle one, mpressive server technology for pulling off such a feat.
only appearing on the game's official Facebook page so far, but CCP's own server graph and the user data collected by third-party website eve-offline.net confirm the announcement. Congratulations to CCP and their very i

EVE Online's new peak concurrent user (PCU) record  was set, with 56,021 pilots on the net in New Eden. CCP Games Software Director Erlendur Torsteinsson (aka CCP Explorer) stated, "We have been increasing the limit in the last few weeks and it looks like there might possibly be room for more in Jita."

Good news for the legions of traders who flock to the system, and overall a good sign for EVE Online to see the PCU climbing higher and higher. Likely a major factor in the surge of active players is the upswing in nullsec alliance warfare which resulted from changes in the Dominion expansion -- not the least of which is that a certain moon material holds great value now; the desire to control these rare resources is a major driver for large scale conflict. And of course, the recent 'get EVE for $5' sales on Steam probably hasn't hurt either.