Xbox Live reportedly to compensate for down time

[Shawnski]

During the launch of Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4, I and many hundreds of thousands experienced connection problems. Took a while but MS got it going again.

Then came Xmas. Geez, whoduthunk that with every cat and dog on the planet getting a copy of these games wouldn't cause server issues again? Naw... won't happen.

But as predictable as a Britney Spears meltdown, sure enough the holiday season has been awful for Xbox live users trying to play online.

According to one report, it looks like Xbox is going to compensate the Gold users somehow (don't know how yet) for the holiday down time. Heck, even today, the problems are still happening.

Here is the story....

Xbox Live users will be compensated for problems experienced with the online service during the holiday season, website Gamespot.com reports.
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Now Microsoft has said it has been working to fix the difficulties and will compensate its Xbox Live Gold members for the problems.
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While service has been improving, it is reportedly still not without issues.

http://www.dose.ca/games/story.html?...7f9b91&k=50587

[McG]

it has been brutal for sure. signing in and out etc.

it looks like it caught m$ off guard...which should mean good things from a volume perspective going forward.

more users, more live focus, more games.

thanks shawnski for this thread.

[photon]

Looks like it might be a free Live game. Who knows if we'll get to choose though.

http://kotaku.com/340419/microsoft-o...r-xbl-downtime

[Shawnski]

Originally Posted by photon

Looks like it might be a free Live game. Who knows if we'll get to choose though.

http://kotaku.com/340419/microsoft-o...r-xbl-downtime

Oooooohhh.. .nice. Can't wait to see that their decision is to give everyone "Pong" free. Hey, it is a historical classic afterall. And can't you imagine the Xbox Live community giddy to play this game against others throughout the world...

Come on MS... Throw a thousand Xbox points to everyone. Let them download something they choose.

The frustration levels I have had since the introduction of Halo 3 and COD 4 have only been barely matched by the enjoyment I have had for playing COD 4 (when I can get into a frikken game).

[HOOT]

Thats awesome that they are doing something about it even if its something small, they don't have to do anything. Things happen, ya it sucked but I just played single player.

[FlamesPuck12]

I rather get a month free of Live Gold as a compensation...

[foofighter15]

I'm just happy that it was them and now me

[FlamesPuck12]

Also, does anyone else experience the same problem as me regarding the Messenger?
When I turn on my 360, it automatically signs into Live and MSN Messenger but sometimes it can't connect to the Messenger. Anyone know how to fix this problem?