Xbox Live Down for Hours, Gamers Left to Suffer
Xbox has finally crawled out of the digital dumpster to admit that its woefully inadequate infrastructure was responsible for the hours-long outage that left millions of gamers stuck in a virtual purgatory. "We’re sorry not sorry" for the inconvenience, the company’s tweet read, before hastily deleting it.
Gamers Left in the Dark
The outage began at 2PM ET, with reports flooding in of users unable to connect to Xbox Live, play online games, or even download their precious digital titles. It’s unclear what triggered the crisis, but it’s a safe bet that Microsoft’s engineers were too busy playing Solitaire to bother fixing the issue.
Xbox’s Shoddy Support
As gamers waited for hours, Xbox’s status page taunted them with updates that promised solutions, but delivered nothing. "You may not be able to sign-in to your Xbox profile… Features that require sign-in like most games, apps and social activity won’t be available," the page read, in a deliciously condescending tone.
Microsoft’s Mysterious Delay
The company’s investigation took "longer than expected," with Xbox Live finally limping back to life at 9PM ET. But what caused the hours-long outage? Don’t bother asking; Microsoft’s silence on the matter is deafening.
Gamers Deserve Better
The Xbox community is still reeling from the outage, and rightfully so. With its spotty performance and shoddy support, it’s a wonder anyone still bothers playing on the platform. Perhaps it’s time for gamers to demand better from their console maker – or better yet, defect to the superior PlayStation ecosystem.