Skate Server Queues Lead To Complaints About Always-Online Requirement

The new Skate game from EA, the first in fifteen years, became available in early access today and has quickly gained popularity. This has led to players experiencing wait times to connect to the game’s servers. The developers at Full Circle have acknowledged player concerns about these queues. Additionally, players are finding that a constant internet connection is required to play, which Full Circle previously announced, but is now receiving negative feedback from the community.

Server queues

Full Circle, the developer of Skate, announced that a large number of players are attempting to access the game’s servers on launch day. To manage the high demand, they’ve implemented server queues. The studio says they are actively working to reduce wait times and improve the experience.

It’s common for online games to have server queues, like we saw with the recent Battlefield 6 beta. However, these queues can be frustrating, as players naturally want to jump right in. Some Skate players experienced this firsthand – they waited in line, finally joined a game, and then were disconnected due to server problems.

The gameplay so far
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Always-online complaints

The upcoming Skate game will always require an internet connection, as Full Circle, the game’s developer, announced in April. They explained that this design choice was essential to how the game functions.

The developers describe the game as a constantly updated, online world where players can freely skate and explore a city that feels alive. They plan to regularly add new content, from major changes to the city itself to smaller, spontaneous in-game events.

Full Circle explained that the game needs a constant internet connection to achieve their goal of creating a shared skateboarding experience.

So, Skate is finally out, and honestly, a lot of us are pretty annoyed that it *needs* a constant internet connection. The Skate subreddit is blowing up with people complaining about it, and a bunch of us are asking EA and Full Circle to please add an offline mode. It’s just frustrating when you want to chill and skate but can’t without being online!

Considering Full Circle has stated that Skate is fundamentally designed to be always online, hoping for an offline mode might be unrealistic.

Skate is not 1.0 yet

The new Skate game is now available in early access, which means it’s still under development. Players can expect to find bugs and other issues as the game is polished. The developers at Full Circle plan to carefully review player feedback to make improvements.

Steam stats

Wow, Skate is blowing up! I hopped on Steam and saw over 78,000 people were playing it at the same time – that makes it the tenth most popular game on there right now. And that’s not even everyone! You can also play it on other PCs, and on PlayStation and Xbox, so the total number of players is way bigger.

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2025-09-17 00:09