reguvin wrote: »

idk wrote: »

What is Zos merging?

Yes but there is no reason to have everyone on one server.

They could add one server for Playstation 5 and one server for Xbox X Series.

This wouldn't affect anything, nobody would be upset since it would mean a fresh start for many.

Not at all. There is really no reason for Zos to try to split PS4 players from PS5.

It would affect a great many people. It would require players to leave the friends they enjoy playing with. Considering

In reality, there is not a good business reason for Zos to create these new servers.

It would make no difference. The consoles are just essentially custom PCs with custom closed architecture/OS.
It would make no difference from eithers perspective on a player on a PS4/5/6
It makes as much difference as a player on PC with a i3/660, i5/1080 or a pentium II and a potato, you see only from your perspective.
Internet connection is the only thing that makes a difference.

That being said. It would be very stupid of ZOS to then go and make an entire different server for next gen consoles, tripling their workload and splintering the player base while they can just easily have people playing on different hardware on the same server as they do on PC.

If anything they should merge the 2 console player base together with cross play.

There wont need to be any new servers--only a new client. Why would they spin up an entirely new megaserver for next gen when the only thing that's changed for the platform is its graphical and processing capability. None of that requires the server to change. I mean, when windows 10 came out, did every online company have to upgrade their servers too? Or every time I get a better phone, does that mean Amazon needs to change their servers? No, windows just got a new browser. The same will happen for consoles, a new client to interact with the servers that makes use of the new console hardware. But PS4 players will be playing with PS5 players, and likewise for Xbox.

Miswar wrote: »

There is not enough players to start separating player bases. ZoS has lost a lot players since Vvardenfel.

I do agree they should invest to proper servers both pc and consoles since the game performance is absolutely horrific.

That a reality reminder to any new players to stay away from this mmo.

I know people like to rag on ZOS about servers etc, but in 2014, the megaserver architecture wasn't just ambitious, it was fairly cutting edge, and what we see in the tech industry around that time was several similar concepts emerging for all online technologies; currently the way to go is micro-services: the client appears as a single application, but behind it, it's pulling and pushing data to a multitude of distributed and decoupled service endpoints which may or may not exist on the same server, each service dedicated to churning over and functionally working data--the megaserver concept was designed to scale out similarly with no single instance in isolation on a single server and instead spanning them across multiple servers providing the client with a bunch of endpoint to interact with it, or more likely the case a single funnel into the mega server (bad design in fairness). The major fail point is max capacity appears to be limited and potentially those endpoints are not wholly decoupled enough to bear the load. Like I said, it was an ambitious design at the time, not far removed from where the industry has landed itself today, just, unfortunately, not close enough to really benefit. Increasing capacity is the only way to leverage that architecture which limits actual scalability in a way I don't think was considered at the time... that said, the next evolution would be to micro-service. I can't attest to how easy that would be as I don't have intimate knowledge of how data is processed within the central context of ESO, but I'm willing to bet that should they be able to afford the cost of the work required, it would most certainly benefit.

The thing with some people playing the game, simple requests aren't always what they seem. You basically want the PS4 and PS5 servers separated so you can attempt to create a monopoly for your guilds on both consoles. Get in there first before all the rest of the large guilds follow. Keeping the servers as they are means you will still be stuck more or less with the traders you currently get. With the odd one in Mournhold once in a blue moon.

The only fresh start you want is less competition lmao.

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

The thing with some people playing the game, simple requests aren't always what they seem. You basically want the PS4 and PS5 servers separated so you can attempt to create a monopoly for your guilds on both consoles. Get in there first before all the rest of the large guilds follow. Keeping the servers as they are means you will still be stuck more or less with the traders you currently get. With the odd one in Mournhold once in a blue moon.

The only fresh start you want is less competition lmao.

I feel like I'm missing some context here wrt OP and the poster quoted.

TequilaFire wrote: »

Besides everyone knows the servers are Commodore 64s!.

And ESO lives on a data cassette?