Supportsoft Glossary

CCU: Real-Time Traffic Metrics

Daily users are a vanity metric. Concurrent Users (CCU) is the stress test. It measures how many people are hitting the "play" button at the exact same second. You might have a million players, but if 50,000 of them log in at 6 PM Friday, that’s your CCU peak. If your servers aren't ready, they crash.

This is what drives your cloud bill. Handling it requires smart load balancing. If you need a game developer in Sydney to handle the backend, Supportsoft specializes in keeping the lights on when traffic spikes. We simulate these floods with bots before launch so real players don't get a "Server Full" error on launch day.