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Monday Xbox Live will close: how do 360 owners feel?

By: Daniel Chubb | September 6, 2007 | 15 Comments

Xbox Live will close

We have been informed that Microsoft’s Xbox live service is to close Monday for around 4 hours (apparently from 9am to 1pm).

Many users of its Xbox Live service have been getting messages from the Console manufacturer, although this is just a little bit of downtime I wonder what the Xbox 360 users will feel about this.

If people are at work or not around then I guess they will not care, but for the gamers that want to go to Xbox live in the downtime, they will be very unhappy.

Microsoft has apparently refused to comment on what the maintenance is for, it could be an annual autumn update but who really knows but Microsoft.

One other rumor that I found very interesting is that there could be a new feature as a parental timer that allows adults pre-program a set amount of time their children can play on the Xbox 360.

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  • chris

    Well im not at work and i think i can handle 4 hours and even probably more without xbox live! Doesnt really matter to me personally, i can go and do something else equally as important as xbox live.

    And i dont think many people will be bothered by the downtime at the end of it, the people reading your blog will just see it as a time where microsoft are putting in an update, im assuming it has to be a security update, since they have to shut down live to implement that.

    On the otherhand, the people who dont know about the update and want to get on Live will probably be really annoyed, but they shouid keep up with updates and news. But in the end they cant do nothing about it, and im sure most will understand the point of updateing a system, especially if it has to be turned off for 4 hours to do so.
    :D

  • John

    Not the first time this has happened. Probably upgrading software etc… As long as the time is used well to improve the service, 4hrs isn’t a major issue.
    There hasn’t been any major outcrys in the past when this has happened.

  • Danger Chimp

    You’re a moron.

    Halo 3 launches on Sept. 25 and this is a service upgrade so that Live doesn’t crash when everyone goes on line at the same time to play it.

    It’s also FOUR HOURS and if you can’t last without Live for that long, you ought to get a life.

    -Danger Chimp

  • Jimmy

    It’s only 4 hours, i’m sure even the most hardcore of gamers can cope with playing offline for this short time.

    With upgrades comes downtime. As long as it’s used to bolster the service which is a must considering you have to pay for it then that’s fine. I wonder if they’ll be doing anything to prevent modders from going online?

  • meh

    It’s only four hours. Go out for a walk. Read a book. Get some exercise. How do you expect MS to improve the service they give without a little downtime. They probably calculated that this timeslot was the least used by gamers.

    Has anyone mentioned that you write like a 12 year old? ‘knowone’? Spellcheck?

  • zs450

    I would rather have the service down for a while on Monday morning to do upgrades than have it crap out on Sept 25th when Halo 3 launches.

    While it’s down, I’m at work, but anyone who is at home should plan to do something else. You can play offline, play on the PC, or ….. wait for it…… get up and go outside!

    It sucks when the system is down, but, it’s for the greater good.

  • tetas grande

    OMG
    4 hours that way too long for me
    wtf am i going to do???

    does anyone know how i can contact microsft and ask them to stop??

    anyone want to join a petition or make one???
    wtf i will be so bored that long

    fu** u microsoft

  • skittles

    you need to get a life if you cant handle 4 hrs without play a f*****g you need to jump off a bridge, or go do something beneficial.

  • Derek

    It’s no biggie to me. Microsoft has my 360 in a repair center anyway.

    But for those of you freaking out about XBL going down for 4 hours, seriously, not a big deal. There is much more to life then video games.

  • john

    Seeing as live is the only thing they have nailed this time around..best they keep it in tip top shape for all the Halo 3 multiplayer that gonna be a happening in a few weeks. I dont mind at all as I work mondays :)

  • Jimi

    good things come to those who wait (but four hours is a long time, not really, lol)
    I am more annoyed that they won’t say exactly what they are doing… the suspense is killing me!

  • Rick Stevens J.r.

    4 hours I’m gonna need to get my sneak jacks when this happens…I hear Halo 3 is being hosted on Ps3 servers like warhawk!!!! Hax th3 plan3t!!!!

  • uzi

    i wanna kno whats the update about otherwise i dnt really mind about the 4 hours

  • http://www.bebo.com/lukebonjovi luke

    I hope its eather the new dashboard, but thatll be november, or the gta 4 DLC which was promised in autumn

  • dan

    this is going to sound stupid but i tried to log on and when i run a test it says my MTU – Failed i am guessing this is because of downtime, only ask because its gone 4 hours!!