+Warwagon MVC Posted June 20, 2013 MVC Share Posted June 20, 2013 I heard on the live broadcast currrently of Windows Weekly and I googled it and it appears Xbox live and xbox.com is currently down. This makes the case on why DRM which requires your console to phone Microsoft is a bad idea. Then again, I wish they would have kept the DRM in place and have their servers go offline at launch. That would be been hilarious! Torolol 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak180 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Same here... The cloud is suppose to be powerful :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 same here :laugh: http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status Users may experience difficulties with the following services: Signing in to Xbox LIVE Xbox LIVE connectivity Affecting the following LIVE Platforms: Create.msdn.com Games for Windows LIVE Windows 8 Windows Phone Xbox 360 Console Xbox.com Zune PC Client 6/20/2013 11:58:36 AM PDT:Are you experiencing difficulties logging in to Xbox LIVE or viewing Xbox.com? Our team at LIVE Services is on it! Thank you for your patience. We'll post an update for you right here in 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graimer Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Works fine here in Europe. Btw, you know the limit was 24 hours, right? so If they're back up in let's say 1 hour or less, you would have to be PRETTY unlucky to be locked out of gaming even with a check-in requirement :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Lyons10 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 My phone is able to connect no problem. But yeah, this is not helping their argument about the phone in. LOL winrez 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Depicus Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Works fine here in Europe. Btw, you know the limit was 24 hours, right? so If they're back up in let's say 1 hour or less, you would have to be PRETTY unlucky to be locked out of gaming even with a check-in requirement :p Except if you hadn't played for a few days you would be over your 24 hours. :whistle: FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaotic Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I heard on the live broadcast currrently of Windows Weekly and I googled it and it appears Xbox live and xbox.com is currently down. This makes the case on why DRM which requires your console to phone Microsoft is a bad idea. Then again, I wish they would have kept the DRM in place and have their servers go offline at launch. That would be been hilarious! They're not Sony (who has services down for months...). You don't have to worry about MS services being down for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaP Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 They're not Sony (who has services down for months...). You don't have to worry about MS services being down for long. That's probably why something like 3 or 4 years ago i was not able to play XBox Live for most of the christmas time period. They gave us a free game for that. A crap game called Undertow i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thief000 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Works fine here. Thank you for reminding me about Undertow. I still need to get that last achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timster Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 oh ######, the world is ending! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaotic Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 That's probably why something like 3 or 4 years ago i was not able to play XBox Live for most of the christmas time period. They gave us a free game for that. A crap game called Undertow i think. From twitter. lol Javascript is not enabled or refresh the page to view. Click here to view the Tweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Then again, I wish they would have kept the DRM in place and have their servers go offline at launch. That would be been hilarious! MS aren't the same as EA when it comes to servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Oh no wonder I was having problems watching Netflix last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted June 20, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2013 It's fine now, and it might not have effected everyone but select groups as it was a network issue, no servers died or anything. Besides, it was fixed quick I'd say. kaotic 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graimer Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Except if you hadn't played for a few days you would be over your 24 hours. :whistle: That's why I said it would be pretty unlucky to hit that ex. 1 hour downtime that happends once a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Even if you hadn't played for a few days, the Xbox one is "always on always connected". I figure the 24 hour authentication was refreshing at least every 60 minutes even when off maybe as much as every 10 minutes. so unless you physically pulled the plug or disables the Internet. it wouldn't affect you. spenser.d 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 A lot of people do pull the plug, they think it's a fire hazard and wastes electricity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted June 20, 2013 Veteran Share Posted June 20, 2013 I couldn't connect earlier but it was resolved pretty quickly. At least from when I tried to connect to it coming back online, that is :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsis Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 They're not Sony (who has services down for months...). You don't have to worry about MS services being down for long. That happened ONCE. For A month. Because anon tried to hack them. ###### happens, they learned from it. Down times like this don't happen any more on the PSN than they do on the 360. But regardless, MS has much more experience with online-anything, obviously they'll have less issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 A lot of people do pull the plug, they think it's a fire hazard and wastes electricity. I only experience this with a very few 40-50 and mostly in the 60+ age groups. not exactly the core target groups. FlintyV 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichi Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I only experience this with a very few 40-50 and mostly in the 60+ age groups. not exactly the core target groups. Those could easily be the parents of a fair piece of that target group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted June 20, 2013 Veteran Share Posted June 20, 2013 I only experience this with a very few 40-50 and mostly in the 60+ age groups. not exactly the core target groups. Didn't realise I was being lumped into the OAP age group because I turn appliances off at the wall :laugh: Depicus 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted June 20, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted June 20, 2013 Didn't realise I was being lumped into the OAP age group because I turn appliances off at the wall :laugh: I turn mine off at the wall because if I don't my bedroom is like a light show at night with all the standby LEDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Didn't realise I was being lumped into the OAP age group because I turn appliances off at the wall :laugh: Why would you do that though, serves no purpose. Didn't realise I was being lumped into the OAP age group because I turn appliances off at the wall :laugh: Why would you do that though, serves no purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COKid Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Why would you do that though, serves no purpose. Why would you do that though, serves no purpose. Using less electricity serves no purpose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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