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Xbox Live down intermittently for many gamers

Xbox Live is down for a number of gamers, according to complaints on social media. This outage is preventing many from accessing online features like multiplayer for games like Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare or Destiny. Others are having trouble launching primarily single-player releases that rely on a connection to a third-party server.

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Nyxus3896d ago

Yeah it's down for me as well.

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Unspoken3896d ago Show
APexGamer453896d ago

Down for me too. Hopefully it gets back on soon.

@Unspoken..

uh Not down?

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WowSoChill3896d ago Show
Unspoken3896d ago (Edited 3896d ago )

Yeah it came up right after I posted. Restarted and everything was running smoothly again

PSN is a nightmare compared to Xbox Live. Can't wait for the new OS update.

APexGamer453896d ago (Edited 3896d ago )

LOL@ WowSoChill

So defensive and so much damage control.

Nothing like throwing out false info to take attention off Xbox Live eh?

Both Xbox Live and PSN have its issues, but reality they are both fine and exaggerated in both case scenario.

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Unspoken3896d ago

@Apex,

Both do have their issues, but it's been known which network overall has more problems. This thread wouldn't have even started by a salty individual had it not been known.

It's OK for Sony to be in 2nd place, they can't be the best at everything.

DLConspiracy3896d ago

It was down for quite a few hours. Longer than normal.

I have to laugh though at this making TOP news on N4G though. 111 comments (not including mine) and counting. Haru submitted the article? Even better.

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Kribwalker3896d ago (Edited 3896d ago )

Me too on one Xbox where my kids are trying to sign in, but not my other one where my wife is signed in, weird

Rookie_Monster3896d ago

It is up for me. I am playing gears Ultimate right now online. But hope that those are affected can get back to online soon.

Bzone243896d ago

It's back up for me now. Yay!!!

showtimefolks3896d ago

whether you are on psn or xbox live, services go down time from time. if any of you are happy that psn or xblive is down than you are pro hacking and not pro gaming

the psn hack few years back is a steep learning lesson for both ms and sony. when gamers suffer we lose, only people winning are fanboys

3-4-53896d ago

Been back up for like 6+ hours now.

TheSaint3896d ago

Going down a lot just lately, guess it's not better than PSN.

quaneylfc3896d ago

Both networks are down far too often, maybe they should put more money into keeping it stable instead of trying to lure people in with free games?

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user99502793896d ago (Edited 3896d ago )

I'm none too pleased. I can watch Netflix but I cant play Rainbow.

GamerKing3896d ago

They should hurry up and fix it.

Kavorklestein3896d ago

I have had zero problems today, but my feelings go out to everybody who IS affected.

Shouldn't be long, as usual.

Genuine-User3896d ago

Disregard what I said earlier.

It's down on my end as well- http://i.imgur.com/lmAzRkHh...

Eonjay3896d ago

How did you get a disagree with material proof?

Genuine-User3896d ago (Edited 3896d ago )

I'm not too sure. Maybe it's working for them or they just don't like me?

PoopsMcGee3896d ago

Lol!

Overly defensive fanboys is the answer...

Volkama3896d ago

Beats me, all I know is I just took the opportunity to disregard everything Genuine-User has ever said. Authorised by him in writing :)

As for Live, it was all kinds of flakey for ages on the Xbox One, but actually stability seems to have improved a lot the past few months. As more and more first party games release with proper dedicated servers it almost feels like a service worth paying for. Almost.

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Xbox 360 Turns 18: Three Cheers to Live, Halo, and Red Rings

The Xbox 360 launched in North America 18 years ago, and is now officially old enough to buy you a drink in Europe.

darthv72923d ago

Great platform, and many of its games (not bc) still hold up well to this day. Like the PS3, I keep a 360 hooked up for those games you can't play any other way.

isarai923d ago

The last gasp of greatness from XBox, you are missed, except the RROD that was lame, but amazing exclusives until the Kinect dropped.

TheBrainZ923d ago

So many brilliant games. I still have one stored somewhere.

LG_Fox_Brazil923d ago

I really enjoyed my X360, some great exclusives on it. Used to play the shit out ot Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, two masterpieces

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Xbox Live Is Celebrating Its 20th Anniversary Today

It's been 20 years to the day since Xbox Live brought online play to consoles.

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darthv721294d ago

I remember when Live turned five and they had special edition controllers made and everything. Kind of wished they would do that again for the 20th.

Orchard1293d ago

Happy Birthday. OG XBL (and later 360 XBL) really revolutionized online gaming on console.

Crows901293d ago

Never understood the obsession with live...but I was gaming online on PC so not sure too much of what live did that the PlayStation didn't.

Profchaos1293d ago

I had a PS2 and it's online experience was fine but it didn't have the same level of polish voice chat never worked for me but I was trying to play from Australia where not many people played PS2 online to the point where many devs simply dropped the online mode from the pal version.
That's not all PS2 games mind you there were plenty that worked perfectly but it was more on the dev and not the platform

During that era I also played a fairly large amount on online PC games and they were undoubtedly better than both systems. PS2 from functionality and Xbox because it was free

Playing my friends original Xbox it was a really polished experience it felt robust yet simple things just worked there was zero config.

Crows901293d ago (Edited 1293d ago )

Yeah but the time ps3 came the experience was the same on both based on what I played...not too much online though to be honest. But I do think that the xbox did help bring online into the console space a lot. As well as PC games to consoles.

Profchaos1293d ago (Edited 1293d ago )

Today would of been the perfect day to drop halo 2 the original bc version free on gwg.... If only

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Original Xbox Live 1.0 set to be revived via free third-party servers

Xbox Live 1.0, the first instance of online servers for the original Xbox, is set to return via Insignia, a free third-party service that's currently compatible with 20 titles, such as Call of Duty: Finest Hour and Counter-Strike.

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Blashted1317d ago

Lobbies, Matchmaking, Leaderboards, Voice Chat, Content Downloads, Friends Lists, all set to return

Blashted1317d ago (Edited 1317d ago )

Halo 2 set to come later as it requires additional services to run online.

Beta sign ups available now with beta launch of 11/15/22. Certain features of XBL will roll out over the future.

Father__Merrin1316d ago

How will this be playable on Xbox?

TheColbertinator1316d ago

Let's tune in back to Crimson Skies HRR

Bnet3431315d ago

Rainbow Six 3 and Phantasy Star Online Ep1&2. Things were so simple back then :'(