Plagued by Popularity

WoW had a rough weekend. The lack of stability has been so bad that Penny Arcade has decided to revoke their 2004 Game of the Year award. This, of course, comes on the heels of their concurrency announcement and amidst rumors that WoW is being pulled from shelves in order to limit growth. With some shards having long queues and no method yet in place to transfer characters between them, I wonder how long it will be before WoW offers a “pay money to switch shards” option. Expect guild migration to quieter shards if that option appears before their scaling problems are solved.