The Xbox Live “Hiccup”
I’m not quite sure what to make of this whole “Xbox Live Hiccup” over the past few weeks (I’m going by an overall count… for me personally, the service was acting fine up until maybe a week ago).
Yes, it is a paid service, and yes, the service is apparently down in many regards (ie: We can’t exactly play). But is it fair to expect a flawless service 100% of the time? Does all the good in Xbox Live make up for this small anomaly?
Online services have problems. There is no question in that. Microsoft has done quite a good job overall (I believe) with their [tag]Xbox Live[/tag] service, and the fact that their servers apparently were not ready for 10 Million subscribers doesn’t come as a surprise to me. They’ve made it pretty clear that they are working on solving the problem through folks like Major Nelson (who also announced how Microsoft is planning to compensate for the downtime), but I think the thing that is becoming bothersome is that this solution is taking quite a while to implement.
It’s important to understand that these sorts of problems can’t just be fixed in a matter of hours. Server capacity probably has to be GREATLY increased (not just to solve the current situation, but also to prevent this from happening when there are 15 Million, or 20 Million subscribers), and even after all the hardware is setup, it takes time to test these sort of things in order to prevent other problems from developing.
Personally, I’d rather see the service come back online when it’s ready, rather than have some quick mop job on the whole service for a quick fix. It does suck that we can’t get our daily dosage of Halo, but we are being given a free Xbox Live Arcade game as compensation.
Besides, with all this extra time me might get a chance to explore that strange place outside of the house for a change.
March 29th, 2008 at 4:11 am
Umm i got a xbox live gold card from having the 360 crash But now i got 2 w8 longer awwww oh well Cant wait 2 get the new maps they look awsome!!! ( and a hint 2 get the catch skull and avoid wraith plasma morter get the fliped person carrier worthog (located by were you enter the lake bed) put it by the far wall of the building now put 1 ghost infront of it (must have warthog reversed into the wall) and get another ghost to go up the 1st 1 and on the warthog now jump up and avid grunts and brute fire by the wraith)