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Microsoft's Xbox Live Holiday Issues Resolved

by Tim Stevens on January 2, 2008 at 11:16 AM

Microsoft's Xbox Live Has Holiday IssuesMicrosoft's Xbox Live service offers the best and most consistent online gaming experience of any of the current consoles, easily beating the hodge-podge -- but free -- services offered by Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii.

But at $5 a month, gamers aren't always getting what they paid for, especially when Xbox Live goes down. Gamers definitely weren't getting their money's worth over the holidays, with Xbox Live having problems ranging from timeouts during matchmaking (joining games) to failures during login.

This is doubly frustrating given the time of year, considering the fact that gamers are most likely on vacation with plenty of new games to play.

Microsoft's Xbox PR face Major Nelson confirmed the issues and has indicated that the problems have been largely fixed at this point. A recent test confirms Live appears to be operating normally, but it won't be much consolation to those who had hoped to spend a few hours (or days) online over the holidays and are now back at work!

From CrunchGear and Major Nelson

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