Show #261 The first show of 2008

re: Show #261 The first show of 2008

UNSCleric — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

Why can't we hear the recorded show? I'd love to hear you guys talk about the best of 2007 and stuff, it's not like you guys are going to be yelling, "Xbox Live is working and will never break" the whole time, the problems and your show are totally unrelated and shouldn't affect one another. It'd be like taking Live down cause you didn't do a show one week.

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Richlough — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

Help , I have Shrek 2 [Original XBOX] stuck on my Gamercard when I view my own games .

Contact me if you can to resolve this matter .

Thanks for doing the show , it's one of my favorites .

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James Kennedy — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:42:09 GMT

The guest talking about how the complaints system works is interesting, but as with the E segment, left out the most interesting stuff. He said that he was happy they had moved to an evidence based system for dealing with complaints, but did not explain what this evidence is and how they use it.

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XabisMission — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:04:10 GMT

Live costs me 40 quid a year, I can cope with a couple of weeks flakiness.. I have spent over 600 quid on DLC and arcade titles that I cannot use fairly. This to me is a bigger issue than the live problems at the moment... Although the live problems are exposing DRM issues to more people.

Peter Moore, in his open letter when he bit the bullet concerning the 3 year warranty said "We are taking responsibility and are making these changes to ensure that every Xbox 360 owner continues to have a great experience." and "Microsoft stands behind its products and takes responsibility to ensure that every Xbox 360 console owner continues to have a fantastic gaming experience." I know that it was about hardware failure, but the key phrases involve customer satisfaction. Maybe since he's left M$ really dont give a rats ass about customer care and satisfaction anymore, but unless they want to lose me and many more in my situation, the time has come to step up to the plate and fix the DRM problem

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Dark Knight 2K — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:40:40 GMT

USP, this stuff is not simple. I work it IT, non-essential thing going down sends waves across the network causing problems in more critical areas. This is probably a bad analogy, but Xbox Live is like a house of cards. I'm sure e is working on it. He had to give up CES to work on this stuff. In the meantime, I would recommend playing some single player games. I have got really great bargains recently on Dead Rising, Just Cause, and Assassins Creed.

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USP V3RG340 — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:14:54 GMT

XBox LIVE is not even close to being fixed.

It seems like the guy is really stressed out, and

doesn't have a real answer for all of us. The problem

really happens in the peak hours of gaming 6-10:30pm PST.

It really is frustrating that Microsoft being the biggest

corporation in the world doesn't have capable people to

fix this type of issue, in fact it is embarrassing. For

your info, games like CoD2 are playable all the time because

they don't have 200K people at one single time

like CoD4 and Halo3 (Are nearly unplayable around the

time mentioned above). You guys need

to find a way to fix this crap asap. Major Mike, as much

as I like your blog, you also seem like you're dodging questions

though, instead of keeping us up to date you want to give us CES

show updates and crap. This is called "Not taking responsability

in your job".

re: Show #261 The first show of 2008

Dark Knight 2K — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:33:42 GMT

Whats the rule on expressing support for a political candidate in the bio, before I might do it?

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XXXplosive1 — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:09:10 GMT

I appreciate the frankness and sincerity of your comments E. I am still having major problems on live so I hope they are fixed pretty soon. I recently got a PS3 and the online solution pales in comparison to live. It is a great little Blu-Ray player though.

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Computerdude103 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:32:16 GMT

Seriously e, thanks a million for all your hard work! Same goes for your entire team. I feel terrible for you guys, seriously. On the other hand, I was REALLY pissed to hear you say the old issues were fixed, because as I was listening to the show, I was expierencing the same old issues. I know it's complex, so keep up the good work! Also, once Live is working, PLEASE fix Xbox.com.

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AblativMeatshld — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:35:04 GMT

@ Fastmode

And if true, *I* sure as hell wouldn't talk about it, would you?

Hell, I'd make sure that everyone who knew about it understood that even THINKING about it LOUDLY while in public was grounds for their firing...

re: Show #261 The first show of 2008

XabisMission — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:15:08 GMT

Hey Major, instead of going on about support for iPod touches, which I would imagine not many people are arsed about, how's about getting onto someone about DRM?

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fastmode — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:55:23 GMT

Did I read on kotaku there are rumors of a hacker attack being to blame for all this? That's a new one....

re: Show #261 The first show of 2008

Inigo Montaco — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:15:31 GMT

yea, the twitter comment amused me as well

re: Show #261 The first show of 2008

AblativMeatshld — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:05:42 GMT

lasted longer this time before it started to melt though... it's midnight CST right now... It is, at least, a serious improvement...

Love the Twitter "yes, e knows"...

re: Show #261 The first show of 2008

Inigo Montaco — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:49:33 GMT

Btw, live is messed up again, at least for CoD4.

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The Godlock — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:13:02 GMT

Great show, Major.

Oh and btw, do NEVER EVER changed the theme song of the show hehe, it's so good, loved it at the end.

That beat brings good mememories back, like back in november '06, when I was always listening to the shows about Gears of War, beautiful.

Thumbs up!

And ow! What's this and after show! Haha it just popped up, nice.

I heard a Windows Live message sound in the background right there too! XD