Rene Ritchie at TiPb recently noticed that Apple’s new Game Center seems to be capped at 500 friends, which another user was able to confirm.
After receiving 500 friend requests*, Rene noticed they stopped coming in. He figured that was the end until he saw a tweet from fellow Game Center user MuscleNerd:
“So much for my not-so-secret plan to break GameCenter! They’re capping my friend count at 500 (as soon as I delete 1, I get 1 new request).”
After some testing, Rene confirmed the same thing. As soon as one request was deleted, another popped up. So, if you’ve got a lot of requests waiting beyond 500, you won’t see them. As Rene correctly points out, most people won’t have this problem as 500 is a heck of a lot of friends. Still, it’s something to keep in mind lest would-be friend number 502 thinks he’s being ignored.
*I know 9 people. Including my children.
TUAWIs Game Center limited to 500 friends? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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