Xbox Live maintenance runs late [Update]

Quick update for anyone who decided to stay up and sneak in a few games of (insert your multiplayer game of choice here). According to Major Nelson, the scheduled Xbox Live maintenance is running later than originally expected. Originally scheduled to end at 11:59PM PT, according the Xbox.com support page, Major Nelson says the team will have an update on the status at 2AM PT. Maybe you should hit the sack and dream of a beautifully performing Xbox Live for the morning because we imagine updating and reactivating a service with 10 million plus Gold and Silver members might take longer than anyone thought.

For more information on the Xbox Live service tune into X3F or keep an eye on the Xbox.com support page.

[Update: The service is now online.]

[Update: Microsoft's support page has been updated thanking gamers for their patience reminding this update is important as the company plans to roll out exciting new features - also known as the New Xbox Experience - in the future. Remember, this is not the new system update but an important stepping stone. Another update coming at 2AM PT as the Xbox support team works "around the clock."]

Reader Comments (21)

5 AM EST? Are you fucking kidding me?

Dude, I may be a hypocrite by not doing what I'm about to say but it's just 5am. Get Some sleep and wake up to some Live goodness then.

I mean 5 AM EST is cake compared to the time which is now set at 5 PM EST. Luckily I have work till 10 PM or I'd be going nuts tomorrow.

Well, for those just wanting to get their messages or such before bed, Xbox.com is up. (As of around 12:30AM PST.)

I'm gettting an MTU error I've never gotten before, leading me to believe XBL is still offline... at 12:40 a.m.

NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let it shine, this little light of mine, Let it shine!

It's just a couple more hours, plus the extra hours are during the times when less people are on Live. IMO its better for them to get it right once than to have to go back and do another update. Every time I complain and wish they just rush this update, I think back to last christmas when thanks to the influx of new users Xbox Live was crippled and everyone was having problems connecting. This year will be no different, a new price drop along with all the great games coming out this holiday will mean more new members than last year, let the xbox team do everything possible to keep the service running smoothly...its only a couple more hours.

come on guys, whats the hold up?!?!?!?

All these delays and it's not even the fall update, lol

just a couple of hours no biggie get some z's nuttin but forieners on around that time anyway

after 4 weeks of waiting my repaired RROD arrived this evening and I can't play any of my downloaded games until I can re-license my games through xbox live... HURRY UP!

been checking the xbox.com/support site and have had my xbox on testing connection since 11:50pm still nothing keep thinking about how much fun it was trying to connect last christmas hope they dont screw this up that bad. just went on xbox.com got a very nice runtime error message http://www.xbox.com/xweb/lib/errors/unavailable.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/xweb/web/error/PageNotFound.aspx

anyways at midnight the sighin part of xbox.com showed up on the site again but didnt allow you to go any futher and now xbox.com is down just wanted to get a couple cod4 games in guess that isnt happening tonight

Live is totally tits-up over here in the UK and even Xbox.com doesn't work now, and it was working an hour ago.

Xbox Live is up and running.

xbox.com is up and running, just finished signing in and checking my friends list.

Do we get a free day on our subscriptions for this downtime?

In keeping with the terms of service, as this was regularly scheduled maintenance, the answer is 99.9% no.

Boo. Ah well, it's not like the outage interfered with my playtime - I don't go near the consoles through the week :)

jeez guys have a cry! You cant just play offline for one day? Whole heap of wah.

been down again since 5 this morning in uk came back fom work and no live site got msg up in support thanking u for your patience but mine is running out and fast

Xbox Live maintenance runs late [Update]

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