Sensible World of Soccer has critical bug, gets pulled

by Justin McElroy { Dec 19th 2007 at 8:59AM }

The video just about sums it up. After a long build-up, Sensible World of Soccer rushed onto the Xbox Live Marketplace field this morning and promptly fell on its face. (Thanks to West Ham's Robert Green for the visual aid.) The beloved soccer game apparently suffered from a bug that would sign players out of Live as soon as it started up, and wouldn't sign them back in until they returned to the dashboard. After the forums erupted on Codemasters' official site, the game was pulled from Marketplace.

There's currently no announced timetable for its return, but we'll update this post as soon as we hear something new. In the meantime, Major Nelson has the lowdown on all the "anonymous" information your game will collect on you to present you with the very finest in in-game advertising. ... Once it's working, of course.

[Thanks, GiantHaystax]

Tags: codemasters, marketplace, sensible-world-of-soccer, sensibleworldofsoccer, swos, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

eldee @ Dec 19th 2007 9:11AM

that guy didn't really look hurt at all..

faker!

Altairio @ Dec 19th 2007 9:55AM

Don't you mean flopper?

Po0py @ Dec 19th 2007 10:29AM

I've downloaded it but have not bothered with connecting to live yet. The game does disconnect you just when the start up screens load so I can see how people are having problems.

I'm about half way through a season in single pleyer. It plays exactly like it should so you have no worries on that end. It's a top notch old school footy game.

Princess Skittles @ Dec 19th 2007 9:17AM

Wow. How does something this big get past both the developer's testing and QC (if they have one, heh) and Microsoft's supposed lengthy approval process?

GameZoneRadio @ Dec 19th 2007 9:22AM

Thats what you get when you have a came from a shitty developer

Neon Jebus @ Dec 19th 2007 9:46AM

Makes me wonder about that Microsoft Certification process.

Obie @ Dec 19th 2007 9:59AM

Yeah that it is crap.

ThornedVenom @ Dec 19th 2007 2:18PM

Microsoft Certification = receipt for paying blackmail money

Sam @ Dec 19th 2007 9:55AM

And the ol' ROFLcopter makes another landing.

punkasscrab @ Dec 19th 2007 10:10AM

COD4 started doing this to me last night. Says that I have to be signed into Live even though I am. Have to exit and sign in and out from the dashboard for it to work. Anybody else?

rockintom @ Dec 19th 2007 10:10AM

...Damn it.

jojo @ Dec 19th 2007 10:13AM

Did Robert Green actually hurt himself?

ChekhovsGun @ Dec 19th 2007 10:25AM

Yes, he ruptured his groin apparently.

Anthony @ Dec 19th 2007 10:30AM

Apparently... "The injury not only meant that Green missed the World Cup but also the start of the 2006-07 season."

Harsh.

But highly amusing.

Subidablue @ Dec 19th 2007 10:28AM

He'd torn his hamstring. It was 3 Weeks before the start of the World Cup. Effectively ruling him out of the tournament.

zero2dash @ Dec 19th 2007 10:38AM

"Critical bug" = "we realize that 800pts was too damn much to charge for this title"

mugaboo @ Dec 19th 2007 10:39AM

This might not be an actual bug with SWoS. I -- and everyone I know -- have had this randomly happen to me with a number of games.

Gangsta Smurf @ Dec 19th 2007 11:14AM

footbaLOL!

rigby @ Dec 19th 2007 11:26AM

Statement from Microsoft:

It has come to our attention that an incorrect version of Sensible World of Soccer was made available on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® which has since been taken down. This version incorrectly disconnected users that attempted to connect to Xbox LIVE.

We are currently investigating the issue and will have a correctly functioning version of Sensible World of Soccer available soon.

Any users that have already downloaded Sensible World of Soccer will need to delete their copy of the game and download it again when the correctly functioning version is available in order to enjoy online play via Xbox LIVE. Following this process does not incur any additional charges.

Please look out for the fully functional version of Sensible World of Soccer soon. We thank you for your patience.

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3455910&postcount=66

SJ @ Dec 19th 2007 11:38AM

Guys I know you have used this video before, but I don't really think it's funny...the guy ruptured his groin. If he was faking it it would have been funny, but he wasn't faking it.

jojo @ Dec 19th 2007 11:51AM

If he hurt himself saving kittens from a fire, and was maimed for life, I'll give you it would not be funny.

A grown man hurting himself playing a game for a living, and causing essentially an own-goal... very funny.

gonk @ Dec 19th 2007 11:52AM

what's this about ad collection stuff? sounds like spyware is included with this game

elmersglue @ Dec 19th 2007 1:06PM

seriously, why hasn't anyone else mentioned this yet? It's seriously bothering me. I went to the Major Nelson thing talking about it, and he says it like it isn't a big deal. First off, if they're collecting information from you and spewing crap advertisements all over your eyes, why the hell is the game so expensive? Microsoft needs to realize that ads need to GO AWAY when you pay for something or if they don't want them to take them out, LOWER YOUR EFFING PRICES. Assholes.