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GAMEPERF07-BP04 Regularly monitor networking performance - Games Industry Lens
Implementation guidance

GAMEPERF07-BP04 Regularly monitor networking performance

For competitive games, it is important to have a consistent player experience.

Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: High

Implementation guidance

A game that is reliably 50ms for a larger player base is fairer and more fun than a match where one player has 10ms ping and another who has 70ms ping. ISP routing changes may impact part of the player population, and your matchmaking system will need to adapt. Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitoring assists in determining whether the issue is with your game or the player internet provider.

Implementation steps

  • Use Amazon Cloudwatch Network Monitoring to track network performance and identify routing issues.

  • Use VPC Flow Logs to identify abnormal traffic patterns or dropped packets, which can indicate network congestion, ISP issues, or misconfigurations impacting player latency.