Satire: Xbox Live prepares for its 'annual' holiday weekend outage [update]

Me too! I still play it every now and then.

The internet isn't capable of handling such Raptitude!

.....arguably one tony hawk ride game being played on the internet would probably classify as epic tragedy

yup!
http://xbox.joystiq.com/2008/01/18/free-undertow-to-make-up-for-live-problems-next-week/

Basically defeats the purpose of this story considering it didn't happen last year....Therefore not annual..........

Jesus Christ, go drink some eggnog and hang out with people you love. You can stop being a fanboy dumbfuck for one day.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Happy Holidays? What is this.. I don't even.

You spelt Merry Christmas wrong copa.

I hate the phrase "Happy Holidays." Are you referring to Flag Day? Administrative Professionals Day? Sweetest Day?

Whether people like it or not, it's CHRISTMAS time, not "holiday" time.

Merry Christmas everyone! Have a good one Joystiq, I love all of you...even Tmac.

Eid Mubaruk to all Muslims out there!
Merry Christmas to the Christians!
Happy Boxing Day to the Canadian/European/South African people!

i have, in fact, seen the 360's sales this year. as of the november npd, the xbox still retains a 400,000 unit lead for the year over the ps3. assuming a slightly worse december than last year, it's currently on track to sell around 4-4.5million, pretty much the same as 2008 (which had been the console's best so far).

i'm sorry, you were saying something? all i heard was "i'm a fucking idiot."

@Spartan

Wrong. People say 'Happy Holidays' because this is the commonly know as the 'Holiday Season' including Christmas, Hanukka and New Years Eve/Day.

Kinda stupid to wish someone a 'Merry Christmas" when they don't celebrate it (even though in most cases it's well meaning)

So I'm a fanboy and am insulting MS by pointing out how many units they have sold (note where I mention the installed base)? How stupid can you be?

David:
Assuming sales will remain on track or even close through Xmas seems presumptuous. 360 isn't the big story this year. Either way, even with the sales you state, due to there being 4M more 360 owners before Xmas than there were last year, the percentage increase in users is much lower, in the US it means the number of 360 owners would only grow 33% over the course of the year (from 12M to 16M) instead of 50% (from 8M to 12M). All of this adds up to a proportionally smaller "hump" of users on Xmas day.

And again, as I said, MS has had 5 years to get this right, there's no reason to think they have learned nothing from their past attempts.

As to the stuff about sales. Go ahead and vote me down. 360 sales have not been good this year. You think MS hoped to sell only the same number of units as last year? If you do, you're a fool. And I'm not the one who brought PS3 sales into this. What do PS3 sales have to do with a discussion of whether Xbox Live will go down on Xmas?

Buncha 360 fanboys need to lighten up and realize that not every time someone says something less than fawning about the 360, it doesn't mean they're insulting you personally or even putting down the platform.

Me too. I was pissed though, because I had to send my Xbox in that week and got no compensation for the game. >

Live had a lot of issues in 2007, largely because of Halo 3's launch and all the consoles that sold. I really doubt they'll have issues, since they've done a lot of expansions server-side this year.

I have plenty..

We must live on different worlds because I have a massive backlog.

"I have a massive backlog."

A bit of fibre will clear that right up.

What's that you say?!?! There's something underneath the bridge?!?!

ohh, it's just a troll

I got a photograph of the troll under the bridge...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Cave_troll.jpg

gandalf should really be doing a better job of not letting them pass

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/Xaeon/passnot.jpg

I doubt it. No doubt PS3 sales have gone way up but there are very few online-centric titles on the PS3 and most of the hits are probably going to play offline for the most part.

@CaramelZappa Are you a FUD spokesperson for Microsoft or something ?

There are very few online centric games on the ps3 ? Really ? Seriously?

Mag is 256player onine only

Resistance 2 has 64 player online

Killzone 2 32 player online ..

What about modern warfare 2 that is on the PSN..

Infact the PSN has probably more subscribers than than XBL because its FREE, so practically every PS3 user uses PSN .. Unlike xbox live gold..

Oh yeah furthermore theres this thing called HOME that is also completely online..

What about Socom ? What about WarHawk ?

You do realise you could buy full games on PSN from day 1 and PSN could cope with it ?

All of those people that just got a PS3, you dont think they will sign up to a free PSN service ? no, why would they right ? They more than likely have gotten uncharted 2 and does that have an online.. Why yes it also does.. or Modern Warfare 2 why again yes that does have an online...

All that remains to be asked is are you in any way affiliated with Microsoft ? Your not Aaron Greenberg or 1 of his cronies now are you ?

Further more I buy all of my online multiplayer games on the PS3 because it is free , all of my mates buy it for the ps3 because its FREE..

Dude every freaking PS3 owner will sign up to PSN first day and be logging into the shop and taking a look around online.. Are you trying to tell me that your initial reaction to getting the PS3 wasnt to connect it up to the NET and see what it has and what it could do online? It has builtin wifi and ethernet are you telling me most people wouldnt plug it in and sign up to a free service ?

Remember it only does everything ...

@HoHoHo:

I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that the average PS3 user's first actions /won't/ be to connect to PSN... it's not really quite as integrated with the PS3 experience as Live is for X-Box.

Well if you click on the source link here it brings you to that article. So Joystiq just used a spoof game site as a legitimate source of gaming news. Great reporting guys, keep up the good work.

ouch...

I definitely do not see a sarcasm tag on this post, nor was 2007 "last year" so... yeah...

Ouch, big fail there Joystiq. I'll give em a pass since it's x-mas eve night and they've probably all mentally phoned it in.

Just think of Joystiq as a tabloid site, and lower your standards. That is what I do.

idiot

Oh, happy holidays!!

Live has had 1 big problem in 9 years of existence. PSN hasn't had as big of a meltdown as that 1 Live had, but PSN is down much more frequently and it's only been around 3 years

But you get what you pay for right?

What? I payed $29.99, therefore your point is invalid.

Idiot.

Buy all my friends a PS3, and the PS3 version of the same games we play together, and then maybe I will cancel my live subscription.

November NPD says hello....

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/10/november-npd-modern-warfare-2-sells-5-million-ds-dominates-har/

The combination of sarcasm, trolling, and confusion in this thread makes it hard for me to figure out if you were joking.

Please tell me you were joking....