2old2play has received emails from many of its members stating that their "Live" service has been down for several hours as of 09/21/06. Is TGS to blame?
With the 2006 TGS in full swing and Microsoft delivering yet another "Bring It Home" media blitz, could all that bandwidth be to much for MS to handle? The similar E3 event saw over 24 million downloads for the Live Marketplace with several demos and trailers released all at once.
In similar fashion, the Tokyo Game Show has seen many new addition to the Live Market Place which could cause for a lot of traffic. The biggest difference could be that the Live network has continued to grow since E3 this summer and hyped games like Gears of War, Splinter Cell, and F.E.A.R. have reached a feverish pitch.
In any case the outages do not seem to affect everyone although I can say 2old2play has already received 6 emails, 5 PMs, and several blog posts about the outages. One such blogger was told by a service rep that he was "experiencing a temporary service outage bubble in his area." Apparently the rep had recieved several similar Xbox Live error codes that day, but could not say why. 2old2play is currently trying to contact Microsoft for a comment and we'll update this page as we receive word.
With the 2006 TGS in full swing and Microsoft delivering yet another "Bring It Home" media blitz, could all that bandwidth be to much for MS to handle? The similar E3 event saw over 24 million downloads for the Live Marketplace with several demos and trailers released all at once.
In similar fashion, the Tokyo Game Show has seen many new addition to the Live Market Place which could cause for a lot of traffic. The biggest difference could be that the Live network has continued to grow since E3 this summer and hyped games like Gears of War, Splinter Cell, and F.E.A.R. have reached a feverish pitch.
In any case the outages do not seem to affect everyone although I can say 2old2play has already received 6 emails, 5 PMs, and several blog posts about the outages. One such blogger was told by a service rep that he was "experiencing a temporary service outage bubble in his area." Apparently the rep had recieved several similar Xbox Live error codes that day, but could not say why. 2old2play is currently trying to contact Microsoft for a comment and we'll update this page as we receive word.
