whats it ever down for like 2-3 weeks because they taunted hackers?
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Xbox One - my digital games won't start
- Thread starter ManUnkindH
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whats it ever down for like 2-3 weeks because they taunted hackers?
don't think any service ever was..
Never...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_PlayStation_Network_outage
"The 2011 PlayStation Network outage was the result of an "external intrusion" on Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, in which personal details from approximately 77 million accounts were compromised and prevented users of PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles from playing online through the service. The attack occurred between April 17 and April 19, 2011, forcing Sony to turn off the PlayStation Network on April 20. On May 4 Sony confirmed that personally identifiable information from each of the 77 million accounts may have been exposed. The outage lasted 23 days."
Digital Snake
Member
So I went to buy TWD: Michonne, it took my money, but didn't' download the game. Now the store either says I have to buy it again, or the game page is just gone.
I did talk to a customer service person, and they said they are working on it, but i figured this would be a good message to pass on.
I would highly suggest not buying anything digital for a little bit today.
I did talk to a customer service person, and they said they are working on it, but i figured this would be a good message to pass on.
I would highly suggest not buying anything digital for a little bit today.
drotahorror
Member
I still have the exact same issues I've had all morning. Can't go to the marketplace and can't view my pins.
Can't download any games, can't buy any games and then download them.
EvilAlPacino
Banned
I'm sure they're still trying to iron out any issues from the last 24 hours. They'll eventually get everything back to normal.
The Albatross
Member
Some aspects of PSN took months to recover. The change password page on the Playstation website didn't work for a year, told you you had to change via the console, and if you "Forgot password" it brought you to the page that told you to use the console. My acct got hijacked around this time and I never got it back.
Sony seemed to learn from their lax networking treatment of the past and got serious with it, and while PSN was still worse than XBL for years after that from a service perspective, Microsoft has seeminly regressed with XBL in the last 2-3 years.
The system that Xbox One uses throws much more data around all the time and as a result seems to be way more finicky than what the 360 is running on
Digital Snake
Member
Oh totally, I just wanted to give everyone an heads up something that happened to me.
The Albatross
Member
Agreed. I don't think the network can handle the requirements of the console, so one of them is not ready for production. My hunches lean towards the console, because there's been a lot of jank with this system since launch.
The issue with error messages and the "Go Offline" fix is as good an example of this. So many people in this thread are saying, "If you want to play your digital games, set your console to Offline Mode," which seems like a simple work-around to at least being able to play single player local games, but the console never prompts you to do that. Instead it gives you weird, unhelpful, vague error messages and tells you everything is fine when you run the network diagnostics.
The console has evolved! It learned how to spin from Microsoft master spinners!! It knows what it takes!!!
The Albatross
Member
...?
Don't you think it'd be more helpful if the error message told you to turn the "Offline Mode" on, instead of
Like, why do you have to get the temporary fix for this from a thread on NeoGaf rather than the console providing the resolution?
I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just making a joke about how the console says "everything is fine, nothing to worry, move along" instead of saying what the problem is, hence spin....?
Don't you think it'd be more helpful if the error message told you to turn the "Offline Mode" on, instead of
Like, why do you have to get the temporary fix for this from a thread on NeoGaf rather than the console providing the resolution?
Eel O'Brian
Member
Be nice if they would put "we're having some issues with (insert problem)" alerts up on the home dashboard for shit like this, wouldn't have wasted 15 minutes of my life entering and re-entering that Far Cry code.
The Albatross
Member
Icedburden
Member
It took FOREVER for my xbox to do anything yesterday, now I know why.
Ah, well being a large corp. and saying that your networks are secure is enough to taunt them. I think they were warned about issues and SONY said their stuff was secure, so they proved them wrong.
Stupid Sexy Flanders
Member
I wanted to see if I had any games to download but nothing appears in my games and apps apart from the already installed stuff 
Hopefully it gets sorted soon-ish
Hopefully it gets sorted soon-ish
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
Everything still fucked? I might as well stay in work later, was planning on playing some Xbox this evening so have no other plans
No point leaving earlier if it's still porked
No point leaving earlier if it's still porked
Darth Smurf X
Member
You, sir, win this thread. Enjoy your early access to Undertow BC, almost 2 hours before anyone else.
The Xbox One has a full offline mode. Unlike Steam, where you need to be online before you can go offline, the One can go offline anytime, so long as it is the home console.
This I completely agree with. It's probably because MS didn't envision a scenario where login worked, but core services didn't. If XBL were entirely down, the system would work as though it were offline.
The problem here is that XBL wasn't entirely down, so the system thought it was online.
Pathfinder
Member
Sounds like some re-envisioning is in order.
drotahorror
Member
Anyone know how I can play the Trackmania Beta? I finally got it downloaded after nearly 24 hours and now it says "Something went wrong" when I try to start it. ffs.
Maybe there's still something wrong with the cloud server, I'm guessing that's where the information is being stored.
Stupid Sexy Flanders
Member
Euuugh I still can't see anything in my games and apps but the xbox live status page says everything is fine
I just want to download my games
I just want to download my games
derExperte
Member
This isn't the case anymore.
drotahorror
Member
Euuugh I still can't see anything in my games and apps but the xbox live status page says everything is fine
I just want to download my games
I had the same issue and finally was able to fix mine.
Go to your XBL name and log out then log back in. It should ask for a password too.
Clairvoyance
Member
I'm guessing it's still down for some people? My little sister is upset that she can't play Garden Warfare 2, but the status page from Microsoft and the console itself says there aren't any problems. Can't access store either.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
That sucks. I had problems two days ago but it was fixed yesterday PM (I'm in the States).
Infinitemadness
Member
Can't play anything while connected to the net. Apps I can't launch are being used by friends on my friends list (HBO Go, YouTube).
Was this determined to just be an XBL thing?
Was this determined to just be an XBL thing?
lifeexpectancy
Member
Oh please. Xbox Live is up and running fine 99.9% of the time. I cant rememberthe last outage I experienced, but it has been months for sure.
If people cant go a few hours without playing a bloody game they need to reexamine their life.
Also it works just fine for playing your digital games if you just disconnect from the internet entirely (offline mode or just unplug) assuming you arent account sharing with your "brother".
Offline mode. It isnt complicated.
Or go outside.
While I do agree somewhat (disc based games are impacted aswell), some people like myself are working all day tomorrow so it would have been nice to be able to play some Xbox games for a couple hours tonight.
Shil Pencer
Member
All of your games will work in offline mode as log as it's your home Xbox or you have a disc. Netflix must bypass Xbox live for access because it works fine. Anything else online wise that uses Xbox live seems to be down. Figured I'd just update to the latest possible.
Edit: Iam a liar it's working for me now
Edit: Iam a liar it's working for me now
lifeexpectancy
Member
offline mode works fine for SP games, disc based or digital
Doesn't help when I planned to play Halo MCC matchmaking with friends.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
The games don't even load lol.
Yes they do if you disconnect from the network. The reason nothing was starting today is because the cloudsave service was down. Games and apps are trying to sync your data at startup but it returns an error and quits back to the dash as a result.
Megatron
Member
Who cares? If you buy a game digitally, you should be able to start it, internet or not. Having to go into the settings and disable it is better than nothing, but MS needs to put better checks in and make that not happen. Have the game switch automatically.