Today, on July 13, maintenance work is being carried out for the MMO shooter Destiny. The servers are down. There are server issues on PS4.
Bungie spontaneously announced maintenance for today, Thursday. Due to the time difference, this will take place at an inconvenient time for German Guardians: Right after work.
- Preparations for maintenance will start at 5 PM. You will not be able to log in.
- At 5:30 PM, the servers will go offline. All players who are still in the game will be kicked from their activities. So make sure you finish before that.
- The maintenance is expected to last until 7 PM.
The server downtime affects all consoles. No new content or gameplay innovations will be deployed.
Server Issues on PS4
Last night, there were server problems on the PlayStation 4. Guardians received error messages regarding the connection to the Destiny servers. Bungie stated that they are investigating this issue.
Normally, Bungie would also inform whether a problem has been resolved. However, this information is currently pending. Instead, they announced today’s maintenance. Presumably, this will be used to fix the server issues.
Update: Bungie announced prematurely that these issues have been resolved.
A major stress test for the Bungie servers is approaching: Next week, the beta of Destiny 2 starts. Bungie has already stated that they will use this to thoroughly test the server infrastructure. The demand will certainly be enormous, so you can expect queues and server issues.
This is also the reason why the launch of Destiny 2 was pushed forward by a few days: If the release were to take place at the beginning of the weekend – when there is the most traffic – it would pose an unnecessary risk for the servers. And they definitely want to avoid the servers crashing at launch.
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