Shadowrun beta responsible for Live outage? [update 1]
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Dec 28th 2006 at 3:00PM }
So, we all know about the Live outage last night. If you didn't know about it, perhaps you heard the collective shriek of millions of fanboys screaming simultaneously. That's usually a pretty good indicator that something has gone wrong. Officially, we don't know why the outage occurred. All we know right now is that Major Nelson is sniffing around for answers. Of course, we wouldn't be fanboys if we didn't concoct a theory of our own. 360 Fanboy reader, Eric, noticed that the Shadowrun beta officially began last night. A post on the Shadowrun community forums presents and interesting twist on the outage theories:"There are currently some issues propping the beta build to the production servers. We are trying to get the beta out tonight but it may be delayed somewhat. More information will go here as soon as it is available."
The question is, did the beta cause the Live crash, or is it just a coincidence? This is the first
Speaking of the Shadowrun beta, did anyone make it into the first round?
[Thanks, Eric]
Update: Okay, so it's not the first beta, but, to be fair, PSU was hardly a beta at all, and FFXI runs on its own servers.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
E.J. @ Dec 28th 2006 3:27PM
I believe the Live outage was caused by the telecom outage in China. This may also account for the WiiConnect 24 outage.
Dark Morford @ Dec 28th 2006 3:32PM
"This is the first time a public beta has been put on Xbox Live"
Have we forgotten about Phantasy Star Universe already?
thw @ Dec 28th 2006 4:06PM
Umm, just a note, it says it didn't begin last night.
Theres an update on the post that syas its not finished.
UNSCleric @ Dec 28th 2006 4:09PM
There is so much disinfo in this entry I don't even know where to begin.
t4ng0 @ Dec 28th 2006 4:47PM
well, i'm "in" so to speak, but the beta invites haven't even gone out yet- so everyone is still stuck waiting :/
Richard Mitchell @ Dec 28th 2006 5:08PM
"Umm, just a note, it says it didn't begin last night.
Theres an update on the post that syas its not finished."
That's sort of the point. They had problems setting it up. Hence the speculation.
Jonah Falcon @ Dec 28th 2006 5:57PM
No, unfortunately. :(
Justin @ Dec 28th 2006 7:25PM
There was a beat for ShadowRun? How did I miss that?
Justin @ Dec 28th 2006 7:25PM
Beat, Beta, same damn thing.
Mark @ Dec 28th 2006 7:31PM
"2. "This is the first time a public beta has been put on Xbox Live"
Have we forgotten about Phantasy Star Universe already?"
I second this. Are you guys that fucking stupid? I'd think if I ran a damn Xbox360 blog, I'd be into it enough to know there was a PSU beta that was posted several times on this very site due to the delays and Live downtimes that occurred with it.
Matt @ Dec 28th 2006 10:48PM
I got into the first round.
Can check my gamertag (played for the last 2.5 hrs): Mastaglach820
Merritt @ Dec 28th 2006 10:55PM
Aren't you the same one that did the intern at E3 a couple of years ago, Matt?
Brian James @ Dec 29th 2006 12:59AM
I must not have made it into the closed beta :(
Matt @ Dec 29th 2006 12:11PM
Merritt, I did not do the "lackey" thing at E3 two years ago.
htiawe @ Dec 29th 2006 5:09PM
Could it be, that Xbox Live went down and THAT is the reason why they had problems getting the beta up? Sometimes the need to make a headline is just mindboggling.
supermint @ Dec 30th 2006 2:33AM
WOW Mark, show some respect... or go make your own 360 blog like you suggested. Until then, keep your mouth shut.