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Xbox Live Goes Offline for Upgrades

By Ed Oswald | Published October 24, 2005, 2:56 PM

Microsoft's Xbox Live service went offline Monday, promising: "we'll be back soon with a whole new look and amazing new features." During a 24-hour period, the service will be upgraded with features aimed at Xbox 360 users, which will become available after the launch of the console on November 22.

New features to be added include an Xbox Live Marketplace, as well as a ranking system where gamers will be able to see their score in games compared with other Xbox Live users. Gamer information will also be integrated into other MSN properties, such as the company's Spaces blogging tool.

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mjm01010101
Oct 25, 2005 - 2:08 AM

Is this tallied into Microsoft's "five 9's" philosophy of uptime?

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JacenSolo
Oct 26, 2005 - 7:50 PM

You mean, 9.9999% up time, right?

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drumcat
Oct 24, 2005 - 3:53 PM

Your Xbox just got bloated. :)

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daze
Oct 24, 2005 - 6:33 PM

yep, bloated with useful features.

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JacenSolo
Oct 25, 2005 - 12:40 PM

unwanted features.

A game console should play games. Nothing else.

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Thorlord
Oct 26, 2005 - 2:09 AM edited

it still plays games. but now it has intergrated internet into all of the games. so if you have broadband you can use your xbox for so much more now. the features are wanted.

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JacenSolo
Oct 26, 2005 - 12:54 PM

What features? I don't want new maps. I don't want new stuff. I don't want Xbox Live. I want to play my game and do nothing else with it.

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