In Destiny, the stay of the black market vendor Xur has now been extended by 45 hours. The reason is the ongoing difficulties with the networks of Sony and Microsoft.
Many had hoped for this. Now it is official. Xur will exceptionally stay longer in the Tower. Until Tuesday morning at 7:00 AM German time, Guardians will have the opportunity to shop with him. You can read his offer here.
Xur’s stay exceptionally extended
The issues with PSN and Xbox Live continue even on the second day of Christmas. Normally, Xur would have vacated his spot in the Tower of Destiny by Sunday morning at 10 AM. But Bungie didn’t want to do that to the players of Destiny. In the end, many might not have even seen Xur because there were issues logging into Destiny via PSN and XBL over Christmas. If these problems persist, they even intend to further extend Xur’s stay.
Xur’s time in the Tower will be extended. Get more details at http://t.co/MTn0WKnwsz. http://t.co/FIDqcVtFTCpic.twitter.com/ahjkDnnLhK
— Bungie (@Bungie) December 27, 2014
Problems with the console networks persist
The situation with the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live is unclear, but tense. Further DDoS attacks are likely ongoing. It cannot be said who is responsible for this.
Some “claim” these attacks for themselves, many apparently want to increase the popularity of their Twitter account with such announcements and extortion-like demands. Whether they are truly responsible for what they promise to do or not do, if users do this or that, is highly questionable. It runs under the motto “Favorite this tweet if you want the sun to rise again tomorrow!”
Sony speaks officially for the first time of a targeted attack
In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Sony has now confirmed for the first time that the cause of the problems with the PSN is DDoS attacks. The technicians are working hard to resolve them.
The video game industry has been experiencing high levels of traffic designed to disrupt connectivity and online gameplay.
They apologize at Sony for the difficulties and explain to new owners of a console that their problems have nothing to do with the acquisition but lie elsewhere.
If you received a PlayStation console over the holidays and have been unable to log onto the network, know that this problem is temporary and is not caused by your game console.
The Xbox Live network has also been struggling with some issues today, according to reports from users on social networks.
