Xbox Live balloons to 10 Million subscribers

Ha ha don't you mean running Windows98?

So there must be around 4-5 million of us wondering what exactly our annual Gold subscription pays for.

oh well doesn't really matter to me since i'm just using those 48 hour codes, so i lost nothing

Or they could just fix Live.

See I know where you are coming from and have to agree with you at some level. The problem is that I wouldn't be to upset if this was something like a day or two of bad service and then they get it working again. This has now been a problem for about 3 weeks and is therefore very unacceptable.

I am also very glad that the service is doing good, but how do you think all those new members felt on Christmas and for the weeks after when they can't even play the games they've been craving for a long time. See this is not only a problem for us wanting to play, but it has now become a horrible marketing bomb. "Yeah man, I was all pumped to get my 360, but after getting it for Christmas I've had nothing but problems with online play. I would recommend you not get one."

Somehow I don't think this bodes well for us current customers wanting to play and the possible customers hearing about how bad the service is.

In conclusion service this bad for this long at this point in a year is just unacceptable and stupid.

If it was your electricity, telephone, or internet service would that be ok? Would you just, "do something else"? I can manage, and so can everyone else, but come on... this is ridiculous.

They have people that do this for a living, it's there one purpose... to keep the service up and to fix problems. They should have the resources and knowledge to be able to resolve this issue in a timely fashion.

Blue Dragon's boring story can keep you entertained? You must be 5 or stupid. Sorry, but thats the truth; the game is awful.

@ Flame

or just easily entertained :) but who's to say, I'll probably get sick of it before I get anywhere near beating it...but as of 7 hours in it's alright to me.

OUCH that hurts...Atleast your getting IPTV....lmao.

you could say that, but i doubt it where i live....my internet jumps between 19mbps and 500kbps...but it is mostly down towards the 500kbps! ahh well ill stop complaining, i have my xbox and live is nearly working again! sort of...

I live in southern England and it has been very bad the last two nights on CoD4. Totally unplayable, me and my friend gave up after an hour of trying to join a game together. Strangley, when joining seperate games, it worked fine! Typical.

"psn is much better than xb live"

LOL that was a funny joke thanks

Don't you DARE sully this hate fest with your pesky sound reasoning and logic!

Well, you are assuming that people play everyday. What if I can't get game time in until the weekend. I have a full time job and other responsibilities that don't include gaming. So, you wait all week to play online and then you can't. Time is money, and customer satisfaction is also worth something. So I don't think .14 cents a day covers all of that.

Hey this is a BLOG.... if your not hear to BITCH and MOAN.....Move along and let me get back on my soapbox so i can continue to rant.lol

wait,
so live was closed for maintenance?
oh, no, they do that at other times, off peak hours.

This was the most peak time of the year, and this was the single road to access everything.

If the road you live on is closed on both ends, and you're not allowed through, you too would be super pissed and demand legal action or reparation.

Plus, you have to pay for road work, it's part of your taxes. You don't pay, you go to jail. XBL is a service you choose to pay for, with a legally binding contract.

Aren't analogies so much more fun when used correctly?!?!

Grant, wait accidents can happen, I happen to live in the twin cities. We had a bridge collapse this summer...none of us twin cities goers that use the bridge DEMANDED legal action, we adapted to it.

My xbox is down, so I adapted. I sill pay for XBL but I picked up a book, I did something to pass the time away.