 On the evening of March 7, Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw issued a statement in response to the launch problems, stating that more servers would be added over the weekend, thousands of players were playing and "more than 700,000 cities have been built by our players in just 24 hours".She went on to acknowledge that "many are experiencing server instability" and that "players across Europe and Asia are experiencing the same frustration".She confirmed that the number of servers would be increased stating "We added servers today, and there will be several more added over the weekend."