Well that wasn't a really good start indeed, i tend to think that since the online DS-260 form is for free (unlike the past years where u had to pay money to send ur papers and form through DHL or Aramex) more people from the winners did fill their forms and sent them,which caused an acumulation of forms to be processed and hence this delay.
Whatever the case is, i hope it won't effect us (the ones with relatively high numbers,my CN is ASoooo84**), Asia started with higher number than last year but it's going slow now,am starting to get worried