Xbox Live - The Christmas Zombie

SEWilco writes "Xbox Live is not working, as mentioned 36 hours ago in an Xbox team blog. Even if you can get logged in, multiplayer matchmaking doesn't find enough players for games. For a while Zune Marketplace was also affected. At present Zune status claims 'Up and running' while Xbox Live status continues to say 'Users may experience intermittent issues logging onto Xbox Live. Our engineers are continuing to investigate and are working to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.' This has been been going on for days." My assumption is that this is the result of lots of new XBLA users logging in with Christmas 360s.

Sony's service, however, is unaffected

[Anonymous Coward]

Quoted from a spokesperson, Heis Afake:

"We were worried, but while the three new users of our online service did add some strain, we managed to keep it up and running."

Editor strike still going on?

[frovingslosh]

...... Even if you can get logged in, multiplayer matchmaking doesn't find enough players for games. ........ My assumption is that this is the result of lots of new XBLA users logging in with Christmas 360s.

So your theory is that because of a lot of new players, Microsoft can't find enough players for games? Would you care to rethink that theory?

Re:Doesn't Stop Enough

[JensenDied]

I have to agree, I've taken to just unplugging my cable from my 360, playing any game that updates stats online (Forza Motorsport 2, I'm looking at you) seems to want to hang out after submitting until you become disconnected, since this process is blocking, and occurs before saving this one act can take well over the length of time it takes to: a) sit through loading screens b) race and finish c) watch the ai race and finish the course(several times) d) finish a temple on zelda e) come back and disconnect live then play next race

Re:Sony's service, however, is unaffected

[elrous0]

If an online service crashes in the woods, and no one is playing it to notice, does it really crash?

Classic Microsoft support

[Doug52392]

Did anyone see the Xbox Live status at xbox.com/support? It says "Status: Users may experience intermittent issues with login, account recovery, matchmaking, and statistics. We are aware of the issue and are actively working towards a resolution. We apologize for any inconvenience.". Reminds me of a classic Microsoft joke: A helicopter was flying around above Seattle yesterday when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communication equipment. Due to the clouds and haze the pilot could not determine his position or course to steer to the airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign and held it in the helicopter's window. The sign said "WHERE AM I ?" in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign and held it in a building window. Their sign said, "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER." The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map and determine the course to steer to SEATAC (Seattle/Tacoma) airport and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position. The pilot responded, "I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer."

Re:Editor strike still going on?

[halcyon1234]

Fry: No one drove in New York. There was too much traffic.