Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

I basically want this month back in value, whatever a month costs, $7 or whatever. If this was anything else, I'd be calling and complaining left and right for not being able to use it.

MS better watch themselves now. Seem to be getting very complacent.

[Altimus]

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I basically want this month back in value, whatever a month costs, $7 or whatever. If this was anything else, I'd be calling and complaining left and right for not being able to use it.

MS better watch themselves now. Seem to be getting very complacent.

That would be the right thing to do. Hopefully they add an additional month to everyone's account.

[Altimus]

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Well... Xbox is getting sued now for the outage.

Microsoft now faces a lawsuit over recent problems with its Xbox Live online gaming service. Three Texas residents filed a lawsuit Friday on behalf of themselves and others who have had trouble connecting to Xbox Live in recent weeks.


The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Houston, claims Microsoft's outages represent a breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation for which the software maker is liable. The suit doesn't claim specific damages, but notes the amount is in excess of $5 million.



In the suit, the plaintiffs allege that Microsoft should have known strong holiday sales would tax its servers. "Microsoft knew the increase in subscriptions would increase game-play on its servers, yet failed to provide adequate access and service to Xbox Live and its subscribers," read the filing.


Microsoft has apologized for the outage and said it would allow Xbox live subscribers to download a free game. A Microsoft representative was not immediately available for comment.

As I said, one month added would make it right. Hopefully these bozos don't win.

[chippered]

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Well... Xbox is getting sued now for the outage.




As I said, one month added would make it right. Hopefully these bozos don't win.

Wow. Hopefully this forces Microsoft to step up and take action.

[Flawless]

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Well... Xbox is getting sued now for the outage.




As I said, one month added would make it right. Hopefully these bozos don't win.

People in this country don't try and use this scam enough.

5 million in damages?

Good luck

16. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY
We provide the Service "as-is," "with all faults" and "as available." The Microsoft Parties give no express warranties, guarantees or conditions. You may have additional consumer rights under your local laws that this contract cannot change. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, workmanlike effort and non-infringement.

17. LIABILITY LIMITATION; YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY
You can recover from the Microsoft Parties only direct damages up to an amount equal to your Service fee for one month. You cannot recover any other damages, including consequential, lost profits, special, indirect or incidental damages.
This limitation applies to:
-any matter related to the Service,
-any matter related to content (including code) on third party Internet sites, third party programs or third party conduct,
-any matter related to viruses or other disabling features that affect your access to or use of the Service,
-any matter related to incompatibility between the Service and other services, software and hardware,
-any matter related to delays or failures you may have in initiating, conducting or completing any transmissions or transactions in connection with the Service in an accurate or timely manner, and
-claims for breach of contract, breach of warranty, guarantee or condition, strict liability, negligence, or other tort to the extent permitted by applicable law.
It also applies even if:
-this remedy does not fully compensate you for any losses, or fails of its essential purpose; or
-Microsoft knew or should have known about the possibility of damages.
Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. They also may not apply to you because your province or country may not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental, consequential or other damages.

[Icebergz]

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If I have two 48 hour XBL codes, can I enter both of them right away and have 96 hours or do I have to wait for the first one to expire before using the next 48 hours?

[dave360]

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If I have two 48 hour XBL codes, can I enter both of them right away and have 96 hours or do I have to wait for the first one to expire before using the next 48 hours?

Nope, one at a time.

[DaveDQ]

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I'll probably get flamed for this, but one thing that I have had to come to terms with in the tech world is that at times things aren't going to work as planned. Especially with internet technologies, things sometimes break down. You can't argue that the LIVE service, when working on all cylinders, is superb. Yes, there is the paid for service factor that plays a role, but for what LIVE is, and in considering how large the scale has become, I find myself being more understanding/tolerable of outages.

Of course, my 360 is somewhere in Texas having its last rights read to it, so I'm not experiencing the current frustrations with LIVE.

[USF11]

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I'll probably get flamed for this, but one thing that I have had to come to terms with in the tech world is that at times things aren't going to work as planned. Especially with internet technologies, things sometimes break down. You can't argue that the LIVE service, when working on all cylinders, is superb. Yes, there is the paid for service factor that plays a role, but for what LIVE is, and in considering how large the scale has become, I find myself being more understanding/tolerable of outages.

Of course, my 360 is somewhere in Texas having its last rights read to it, so I'm not experiencing the current frustrations with LIVE.

I dont understand why people are so pissed about a 2 week window of a $7.99 monthly subscription at the most.

BTW Metal Slug is awesome hard goodness.

[The GIGGAS]

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Well guys... I'm going to have to bow out of here for a while. My console RRoD'd.

Woot.

[bkfount]

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Well guys... I'm going to have to bow out of here for a while. My console RRoD'd.

Woot.

its the most wonderful time of the year...seems like a bunch of people's 360's have been dying lately.

As for why people get mad with Live outages, I just think some people just get fed up with the many problems with the 360 as a whole. I've had 3 consoles die on me, had 2 copies of forza cracked by the 360, they only replace dead 360's with RROD issues, and then a pay for service like Live is having trouble. It's not hard at all, for me at least, to see why a few people finally got pissed off with MS enough as a whole to sue them for something. I figured they'd already have a class action lawsuit for various issues. Sony did..

I didn't make the decision to sue, I'm simply giving up on them.

[Altimus]

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I'm starting to love MS. Can't get online, can't even login into the website.




Fun.

[Skyboxer]

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I'm on XBOX.com just fine .. ??

[WazzuRC]

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This is seriously becoming ridiculous.

[SPTO]

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Maybe I jinxed the Dark Side by finally joining. If you need a scapegoat just blame me