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Christopher

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An N4G Update - How Was Your Weekend?

Hello, fellow N4Gers.

We wanted to give you an update on the issues N4G experienced over the weekend and also apologize for the lack of access to the site.

The issue started with the site being extremely popular in a specific region. So popular that they were requesting a ton from the site. The developers thinking this was the issue did some re-indexing and other things and the problem is fixed, right? No. It seems that wasn't the only issue. Come to find out memory was also an issue. Apparently, our memory for cached data was lower than it should be. So the developers fixed that... and here we are. And we're good. We're back. We're still trending in a specific region, but the site is back to running and isn't experiencing cache memory issues.

We want to thank you for being here to read this and for using N4G and we want to apologize that the site was down most of the weekend. We're sorry you didn't get your news or were unable to post your latest news.

Thank you and good gaming,
Christopher and the BGFG Team

EvilCalvin633d ago

What was the region and why?

Christopher633d ago

Not giving details because that only helps any people who might be doing it NOT because they love N4G, but it's more than likely not the region you're thinking it is.

Jin_Sakai633d ago

“Not giving details because that only helps any people who might be doing it NOT because they love N4G“

That makes it sound like a DDoS?

Christopher633d ago

It wasn't. If it was, we would have said as such.

VenomUK633d ago

If not a DDoS attack what would be the reason for requesting page views?

I hope this is now fixed. The last time when there was weeks of errors viewing the site I feel N4G lost some of its audience as there seems to be less people in comments.

The Wood633d ago

UK definitely, not sure about the rest of the EU

Profchaos633d ago (Edited 633d ago )

Bet it was new Zealand look at them sitting there with all their sheep their a Sus lot jk NZ we love you in Australia.

But seriously from experience region doesn't mean much these days as most attacks are generated with bot networks remotely or via VPN and other tech to hide the original location.

RaidenBlack633d ago

Hey, can the topic char limit be increased?

Christopher633d ago

Not at this time. I've reported this limitation in a document on future site updates to the BGFG team, though.

OtterX633d ago

Yes, please! I submit a lot of NintendoLife reviews, and their titles can be a bit wordy, but they're also a good overall summary of the reviews that make you want to read them further. I usually have to find a way to cut out some words and shorten NintendoLife down to just an "NL" at the end.

*Christopher, thanks for at least noting it for a future update!

KyRo633d ago

Has the traffic increased massively in terms of users posting and submitting stories? I feel this place is quite slow at getting news out compared to the old days where it was front news instantly when something quite noticeable happened.

Christopher633d ago (Edited 633d ago )

It's been steady but gaming news isn't as plentiful as it used to be. People aren't promoting their games as early as they used to, less AAA games are being made, people are following algorithms rather than reporting on all news, and we don't have our E3 events anymore as companies move to online streaming events.

Demetrius633d ago (Edited 633d ago )

Then theres folks announcing their games years before it even release. Mainly be gossip news at times

I_am_Batman633d ago

Off topic, but wanted to mention that the autoscroll feature makes it hard to reach the site navigation elements at the bottom of the screen like DarkMode for example. I always autodelete cookies, so I have to reactivate it every time and the autoscroll just pushes it further down.

Christopher633d ago

I don't think the autoscroll is going away. It's best if you go to your profile and scroll from there to the bottom. Don't do it from the home page or a submission.

OtterX633d ago

Speaking of Dark Mode, I like it very much EXCEPT for the Scores on our About pages. That yellow is so bright that I can barely see the numbers. Can you guys make that more legible?

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

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Jin_Sakai1d ago (Edited 1d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio18h ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing16h ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9216h ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit16h ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing16h ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9214h ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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