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Site Issues Being Looked At

Hi everyone.

I know it's the Holidays and you might want to see the latest news but experience errors on the site. Please note that the dev team is aware of the site issues and are looking into them. Sorry for the delays.

~Christopher

StarkR3ality570d ago

Thought it was running slow last few days, glad to hear it's getting sorted.

fr0sty570d ago

I have never in my life seen a professional website have more server issues than this one. If I had a dollar for every time I've seen "Runtime error" pop up when trying to load this site over the past several years, I'd be able to buy the site.

-Foxtrot570d ago

Least they are looking into them, it seems new ones just keep popping up

The notification button can take ages to load and show you what your notifications are. It will just go round and round before having to come off and click on it again a couple times.

The adverts with videos refresh the entire page so if you are typing something out...bye bye to your comment

A little bit of the top page cuts off now

Then the site seeming to just not connect for whatever reason

Honestly, I feel like the more adverts N4G got, the more issues that followed.

Nacho_Z570d ago

Fair play good to know it's being looked into. Don't want to be critical but this is just about the only site I use that I have any technical issues with.

OtterX570d ago

No worries. Any way you can extend pending story time, since people are struggling to get on to approve things?

PRIMORDUS570d ago

Just want to point out that this didn't happen only today, I have seen it happen many, many times here when loading the site, always shows runtime error.

fr0sty570d ago (Edited 570d ago )

And not just recently, the issue goes back for years. At this point, there's really no excuse for it.

PRIMORDUS570d ago

Yeah your right, I think it could be that the servers are sometimes overloaded.

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Final Fantasy XVI Xbox Launch Sees Weak Sales Performance, Fails To Enter Top 20

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MaximusPrime_4h ago

On the other hand, FF XVI sold more than usual on PS5

Obscure_Observer1h ago

Day One Release vs One year later release with zero marketing to build excitement/hype.

Both Xbox and SE should know better.

MajorLazer1h ago

Also fewer than half the consoles sold compared to the PS5 so much smaller customer base.

lodossrage35m ago

I get that the game was older.

But so were Sea of Thieves and Forza Horizon when they came to playstation and those made it into the top download lists for awhile. So the coming a year later excuse doesn't really fly anymore.

Scissorman14m ago

look at stellar blade on PC. over a year later and it's already sold over a million copies. this has nothing to do with marketing or hype. the xbox audience, broadly speaking, just doesn't purchase games.

CrashMania4h ago

If it ain't on gamepass, they ain't interested.

Great job MS for training most of your player base to not want to actually buy games, maybe SE will realise releasing FF on xbox isn't somehow going to help them match their exaggerated sales targets. Hopefully remake fairs better, probably will on Switch 2 at least.

Vits2h ago

No game, especially a AAA one, deserves strong sales after taking years to arrive on a platform and still asking the same price as everywhere else. You can’t just ignore a platform for that long and then expect people to be excited by the release. That cycle came and went already, there is no hype for it anymore.

Either you're all in from the start or you're not. This lazy, bare-minimum approach of tossing out a late port and calling it a day shouldn't be rewarded. If you're not willing to respect the platform, don't bother showing up at all.

crazyCoconuts2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

But the formerly exclusive Xbox games like Forza Horizon enjoyed great sales on PS even after years past their initial release.
Your references to deserving and "shouldn't be rewarded" implies that gamers are buying games based on some moral platitude that simply doesn't exist in practice.
Gamers buy games because they want to play them.

Vits1h ago

Nah, it implies how it should be. If gamers weren't the dumbass consumer class around, being played like freaking dumbass because they can't get over the hype for a freaking second and think if that purchase even make sense.

Chevalier2h ago

This is EXACTLY why they wouldn't and shouldn't bother im the first place. I can't remember which FF game launched on Xbox with the Switch and Playstation version and ONLY did 4% sales on Xbox. So lets not pretend these sales would have been better because if you believe that you are absolutely delusional

Vits1h ago

"Either you're all in from the start or you're not. This lazy, bare-minimum approach of tossing out a late port and calling it a day shouldn't be rewarded. If you're not willing to respect the platform, don't bother showing up at all."

Chevalier1h ago

Weird. How come you don't say the same about Xbox studio games that show up some YEARS/DECADES later as well?

Sea of Thieves
Grounded
Forza Horizon 5
Pentiment
Hi Fi Rush
Gears of War

Mostly at full price and selling well. Oh right doesn't fit your BS narrative

andy8525m ago(Edited 25m ago)

In fairness they didnt. This was 16, 15 released on Xbox day one.

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Relientk772h ago

Continual proof Xbox gamers don't buy JRPGs. Shocker

Chevalier2h ago

Wait but I was told by Xbox fans that they support FF and these franchises? Weird. Shocked

PapaBop1h ago

Honestly, if you're a JRPG fan, you're going to own a PS5, Switch or PC. Only benefit of owning an Xbox for JRPGs is all the money you save by not having any games to spend it on.

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