The games industry moves pretty fast, and there s a tendency for all involved to look constantly to what s next without so much worrying about what came before. That said, even an industry so entrenched in the now can learn from its past. So to refresh our collective memory and perhaps offer some perspective on our field s history, GamesIndustry.biz runs this monthly feature highlighting happenings in gaming from exactly a decade ago.
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It didn t seem like a big deal at first. After all, outages on various gaming networks are semi-common to this day, and the PlayStation Network of 2011 was not exactly known for reliability. The timing was unfortunate, coming right on the heels of anticipated PS3 releases like Portal 2 and SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs, but frustrated gamers could no doubt find something else to do, get a good night s sleep, and give those games online functionality another shot the next day.