Microsoft promises free game after online woes

FISSURE	Microsoft promises free game after online woes « on: January 04, 2008, 04:56:56 pm »
Reputation: +9/-1 Offline Gender: Posts: 4654	http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080104/bs_nm/microsoft_xboxlive_dc Microsoft promises free game after online woes SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) (MSFT.O) said on Thursday it will offer a free downloadable video game to users of its Xbox online gaming service after the network was plagued with connection troubles over the holidays. ADVERTISEMENT Xbox Live General Manager Mark Whitten said the problems stemmed from a "massive increase" in new users of the service over the holiday season, when sales of video game hardware and software surge. "While the service was not completely offline at any given time, we are disappointed in our performance," Whitten said in a statement. Whitten said all Xbox Live members around the world would be able to freely download one game over the service. Games sold on Xbox Live typically cost from $5 to $20, and Whitten said Microsoft would give details of the offer in the coming weeks. Before the holiday sales surge, Xbox Live had more than eight million members, many of whom were paying $50 a year for the premium service that lets them play online against others. Whitten did not give details of the cause of the problems, but gaming Web sites and forums have been filled in recent days with complaints from users frustrated with the inability to sign on to the service or play online. Good news for people with Xbox Live. Logged
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Ness	Re: Microsoft promises free game after online wo... « Reply #1 on: January 04, 2008, 06:40:55 pm »
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Piers	Re: Microsoft promises free game after online wo... « Reply #2 on: January 04, 2008, 06:45:10 pm »
=/ Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 2284	Been meaning to buy Halo 1 from the XBox originals recently..... guess I should wait and get it free. Logged

Domo	Re: Microsoft promises free game after online wo... « Reply #3 on: January 04, 2008, 07:57:23 pm »
Reputation: +1/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 1569	It will be interesting to see whether you'll be able to pick any of the games currently available or if it will be one specifically offered game. I'm guessing it will be one game within a certain price limit or a small list of games to choose from. Now I just need to wait for the PSN to crash... <_<' Logged
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BuffaloBurgers U B DA WAT!?	Re: Microsoft promises free game after online wo... « Reply #4 on: January 04, 2008, 10:04:40 pm »
Reputation: +7/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 535	Quote from: piers on January 04, 2008, 06:45:10 pm Been meaning to buy Halo 1 from the XBox originals recently..... guess I should wait and get it free. They're not gonna do that for you. It'll be something like Pacman. Logged
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InvaderLupus	Re: Microsoft promises free game after online wo... « Reply #5 on: January 04, 2008, 10:21:10 pm »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 1393	I'm glad they're doing something to make up for this. Microsoft seems very afraid of losing their gaming customers, and I must say they're doing a great job at keeping me a happy customer. Logged
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Quote from: piers on January 04, 2008, 06:45:10 pm
Been meaning to buy Halo 1 from the XBox originals recently..... guess I should wait and get it free.

They're not gonna do that for you. It'll be something like Pacman.

lol I, personally, believe they will just give everyone a certain amount of Microsoft points to buy a game yourself. Seems alot easier that way...

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Halu	Re: Microsoft promises free game after online wo... « Reply #7 on: January 05, 2008, 12:02:02 am »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 1902	Sweet, yeah, Live has sucked the past week, it's getting sorta better though. Logged
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BuffaloBurgers U B DA WAT!?	Re: Microsoft promises free game after online wo... « Reply #8 on: January 05, 2008, 04:35:35 pm »
Reputation: +7/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 535	Seems alot easier that way... That'd make too much sense. In the past when they've given out free games they've dictated what it would be. Logged
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AoDC	Re: Microsoft promises free game after online wo... « Reply #9 on: January 06, 2008, 04:56:03 am »
Reputation: +1/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 4588	Yea, it's been horrible finding games online, randomly disconnecting, and of course not being able to recover account. I hope it's a game I like =/. Logged
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