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01-03-2008
| | | Bandit fing die Änderung
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: PA Fav 360 Game: Metal Gear Solid 4 Posts: 1,179
|  Free XBL Arcade Game... M$'s way of compensating for the XBL issues recently..
http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2...rformance.aspx Quote:
Dear Xbox LIVE Members:
During this past holiday season you helped us break a number of Xbox LIVE records. This included our largest sign-up of new members to Xbox LIVE in our 5 year history and just yesterday you broke the record for the single biggest day of concurrent members ever on the service.
As a result of this massive increase in usage we know that some of you experienced intermittent Xbox LIVE issues over the holiday break. While the service was not completely offline at any given time, we are disappointed in our performance. I would like to take this moment to thank you each and every one of you for your patience and understanding as our team has worked around the clock to return the service to a stable state.
At the same time we would like to offer a token of our appreciation to all of you in celebration of record success for the service. And as a thank you for your loyalty during this holiday period, we will be offering all of our Xbox LIVE members around the world access to a full Xbox LIVE Arcade game that will be available to download free of charge. In the coming weeks we will be sharing the specific details of this offer with you.
Thank you again for helping make Xbox LIVE everything that it is today!
Sincerely,
Marc Whitten
General Manager, Xbox LIVE
| Wish I hadn't sent my xbox back to M$ so I could get this free arcade game.. | 
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01-03-2008
| | | XsV Returns '08
Join Date: Apr 2006 Fav 360 Game: Gears of War Posts: 3,458
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I'm disappointed again in MS's lack of communication and preparation.
They basically weren't prepared for their success. The problems associated with the increase in traffic from the Halo 3 launch should have been a notification that additional measures would need to be taken for an increase in the user base over the holiday season.
That being said, I accept their apology and will gladly download my free arcade game. I probably won't play it or be able to select a game of my choosing, but I appreciate the gesture.
Note to MS : People would rather be informed and have problems than have problems and be kept in the dark or mislead as to the extent of the situation.
Keep that in mind in the future.
(Yes, I realize MS will not get this message. I have already given them this message.)
Last edited by Ricochet; 01-03-2008 at 11:53 PM.
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01-04-2008
| | | 281-330-8004 who?
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago Fav 360 Game: PDZ Posts: 952
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ricochet  I'm disappointed again in MS's lack of communication and preparation.
They basically weren't prepared for their success. The problems associated with the increase in traffic from the Halo 3 launch should have been a notification that additional measures would need to be taken for an increase in the user base over the holiday season.
That being said, I accept their apology and will gladly download my free arcade game. I probably won't play it or be able to select a game of my choosing, but I appreciate the gesture.
Note to MS : People would rather be informed and have problems than have problems and be kept in the dark or mislead as to the extent of the situation.
Keep that in mind in the future.
(Yes, I realize MS will not get this message. I have already given them this message.) |
better edit that before you make this thread a flamethread
JK JK JK!
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01-04-2008
| | | Dem Sho' Is Good!
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: CANADA! Fav 360 Game: Guitar Hero Series Posts: 5,815
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I hope it's a new game, because I have all the old ones 
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01-04-2008
| | | we want...more monay
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Fav 360 Game: Halo 3, Rock Band, GH2+3 Posts: 6,396
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Very interesting. I hope its something good, because there are a few I do not have yet. Bankshot Billiards would be awesome. | |
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01-04-2008
| | | *is a mattress*
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: on mattress Fav 360 Game: Audio Smurf Posts: 2,108
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I want marble blast, never got round to playing it!
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01-04-2008
| | | The Printer Boy
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Edmonton Mall Fav 360 Game: Unreal Tournament 3 Posts: 3,125
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meh, couldnt care less, dont even go on the arcade | |
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01-04-2008
| | | MomenTuM
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Netherlands Rotterdam Fav 360 Game: Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare >> For Teh Win Posts: 1,528
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its cool.
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01-04-2008
| | | goes full retard
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Don't worry about it Posts: 2,998
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i too would like marble blast. I always wanted to play it but was too lazy/cheap to purchase it. | 
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01-04-2008
| | | The Printer Boy
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Edmonton Mall Fav 360 Game: Unreal Tournament 3 Posts: 3,125
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so will we get to pick our own or sumin? | |
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