House of the Dragon is already living up to its predecessor, Game of Thrones — Sunday’s series premiere brought down an app to watch the show.
HBO subscribers complained on Twitter that they were unable to watch the premiere of the highly anticipated fantasy drama due to technical issues possibly caused by a flood of viewers. According to DownDetector.com, the crash affected at least 3,000 spectators.
“House of the Dragon was successfully watched by millions of HBO Max subscribers this evening,” HBO said in a statement. “We are aware that a small portion of users are attempting to connect through Fire TV devices that are experiencing issues and are in the process of resolving these affected users.”
— Jeremy Wojtecki (@jwojPAC) August 22, 2022 House of the Dragons continues to tear down the HBO MAX app on Fire TV. Other broadcasts do not interrupt the application. What happens? Cleared cache, restarted, deleted/reloaded the app. Nothing works. — lgbeddow (@lgbeddow) August 22, 2022
Similar HBO connection difficulties have occurred in the past during the premieres of recent seasons of Game of Thrones.
Hi Leah, We know some users may be experiencing issues at this time. Try closing the app and restarting it to see if that helps. Reach out immediately if you’re still having issues. Thanks! ^ TW — HBOMaxHelp (@HBOMaxHelp) August 22, 2022 House of the Dragon chronicles the civil war that tore Westeros apart nearly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones. For more behind-the-scenes details on House of the Dragon, check out The Hollywood Reporter’s recent cover story: “Inside House of the Dragon.”
