XBL down..no wait its up again...errr..down.
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XBL down..no wait its up again...errr..down.
So I guess XBL has been having some troubles this week. I guess since the 22nd users have reported being unable to connect / access the xbox live net work. Has anyone else been affected by this? I am unsure what caused the issue, but I know I have had a lot of problems these last few days getting on the xbox website and getting on live. Great job dropping the ball right after thousands of people just bought brand new xbox's and games. Not exactly the first impression MS wants to make.
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Mine randomly connects, but it's never more than for a few minutes at a time.
Ah well. All I've been doing is playing Rock Band for the last week anyways.
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I've had troubles since Friday with not being able to find matches, not being signed in when i should be, and network loss messages. But it's no big deal. Like i said in another thread, LIVE is up most of the year and it's not down that much. Even when it is down we often have advance warning.
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Originally Posted by PixyJunket
$50 a year. Jump in!
In fact, it's not as bad, since that stuff is $50+ a month.
I don't have any concerns over a few issues during an entire year.
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Originally Posted by Draven
You've never had cable, satellite, or phone service go out for a few days total during the year? How is this any different?
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Originally Posted by PixyJunket
I cannot recall having my phone or internet down at all in at least six or so years, probably more. The electricity went out once recently during a massive wind storm but it was back up in two hours. I've had Xbox Live for five months and it's been screwed up at least half a dozen times. It is not a stable service.. hell, the last time it went down you couldn't even play games offline.. now THAT was an achievement (for 250G, I believe).
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Dear Xbox Live,
You have raped my Xmas vacation.
Regards,
Rob V
You have raped my Xmas vacation.
Regards,
Rob V
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Originally Posted by PixyJunket
I cannot recall having my phone or internet down at all in at least six or so years, probably more. The electricity went out once recently during a massive wind storm but it was back up in two hours.
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Originally Posted by DJ_Longfellow
Half-Dozen times? When? This is the only major time when it has been down I can recall....I have had LIVE since the beginning also. I know it goes down for updates, but this is the one of the first major times it has been "down" for more than a day.
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Originally Posted by PixyJunket
I cannot recall having my phone or internet down at all in at least six or so years, probably more. The electricity went out once recently during a massive wind storm but it was back up in two hours. I've had Xbox Live for five months and it's been screwed up at least half a dozen times. It is not a stable service.. hell, the last time it went down you couldn't even play games offline.. now THAT was an achievement (for 250G, I believe).
XBL like any service hosted on the Internet, it's performance is really based on a lot of factors beyond its control.
I going to assume your statement that you couldn't play games while XBL is down is related to XBL arcade/DRM issue. Yeah that needs to be resolved.
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I'm interested to know what caused the issues. Was it really the influx of new users? Doesn't MS know how many units they manufacture and plan accordingly?
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I think the fact that this has happened over X-mas break for many people has helped to inflate the issue. Personally it just seems that since they incorporated the last major update they have had nothing but troubles. Maybe some more testing was needed before they implemented it.
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Originally Posted by Rob V
Dear Xbox Live,
You have raped my Xmas vacation.
Regards,
Rob V
You have raped my Xmas vacation.
Regards,
Rob V
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I've had problems with Live for a week now. While I am not happy that something that I pay for, regardless of the price, is down. What really bothers me is that my console was replaced a month ago and I can't play any arcade games unless I am signed into the Xbox Live. So yeah I am pissed when the service goes down. I wanted to finish Castlevania while I'm on vacation.
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I played all day Monday with no problems.
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I haven't played much since i've been busy with other family stuff, but the few times I tried I didn't have many issues.
Either way, shit goes down. It's not really a big deal for me, since it's not like I can't do other things.
Either way, shit goes down. It's not really a big deal for me, since it's not like I can't do other things.