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Xbox Live melts under CoD 4 map pack assault, is OK now

Destructoid reports:

''Microsoft is one of those companies that doesn't seem to be able to find that middle ground that other businesses take for granted. You either love them, or hate them -- there is no in between. Lately, it's been especially hard for the software giant, with negative Xbox 360 news cropping up with increasing frequency.''

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toughNAME5878d ago

"Critical, but in stable condition"

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"...It's okay now"

wageslave5877d ago

Even the headline is wrong.

There was never anything wrong with Live, the problem was with super slow and time-outs on the purchasing in Marketplace.

Not "Xbox LIVE melts".

Carbon5877d ago

Sony's online is free and what!!! It works like a charm...

kevoncox5877d ago

Her carbon, how is the COD4 map pack on the ps3?
Go and download it and let me know! Having a working PSN doesn't matter if they is nothing to download!!!

Richdad5877d ago

But this COD4 is worth complaining it has got horrible community and it just run and go shooter no ethics. Also its good to see PSn is free but on LIve I can get online gaming even through 256kbps modem for matches where 8-10 players are there.

Sherwood855877d ago

I noticed someone posting something along the lines of " if you pay for it (Xbox live) then it should be a 100% correct with no errors" That statement is one of the most foolish things I have read on this website. I have Xbox live and I do believe it could do with raising its stability levels slightly but it’s a good service.

Everything has issues or glitches, nothing is perfect.

JsonHenry5877d ago

^^ I agree that the PS3s PSN works. But the overall functionality of the PSN is half of what Xboxlive does for you. Everything from messaging, personas, friendslist, achievements (which I dont care for myself), gamerscores, matchmaking/invites... and that is scratching the surface.

But then again the PSN is FREE... which lately has been making me rethink my next 1 year purchase of LIVE. I like Xbox live, but I also like free a whole hell of a lot too.

Nevers5877d ago

That's total falasy. Marketplace was overloaded and required some patience but that's too be expected anytime a huge DLC pack comes up.

I just want IW to work on getting less friggin' LAAG on the non-host side. Ever since the patch it's been pretty dicey. Next time your team is losing 700+ to 300-400, check out which side has 4bars to your 2-3bars. I won't even play ChinaTown anymore if I'm on the lesser connection. .5-1sec of LAAG is too deadly to be acceptable and simply breaks the mp part of this game.

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mariusmal5878d ago (Edited 5878d ago )

i've spent the weekend playing the new maps and i always said to my fellow soldiers... "the xbl is gonna melt". and now i couldn't stop chuckling when i saw this news.

power of Green 5878d ago

One or Two posts that are good news for the 360 and in response PS3 fanboys flood the site with anti 360 news as if the people posting positive 360 news are doing it to get one over on the PS3. lol

Harry1905878d ago

you report this as spam.
Find one good reason,not that stupid answer you posted.ONe damn good reason,why this article should not have been approved.Next time,read before reporting.

power of Green 5878d ago

XBL didn't melt Market was not loading.

Please zealot leave it be you troll this type of news because you're a PS3 fanantic.

#2 is following me around lol.

Kazuo Hirai5877d ago

are you like,a retard or something?god,what a looooser

Harry1905877d ago

Wait,i can't figure it out.
Who is the zealot already?

Talk about irony POS.

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InYourMom5878d ago

Didn't this only effect the Marketplace? It wasn't effecting online play at all, at leat for me it didn't.

Meltdown?? Ok, whatever.

Sayai jin5877d ago

Yeah thats true. I posted a comment here about the so called melt down and I got 15 disagrees. I said that XBL was working fine for me all night, cause I played gears for about 5 hours with no problem and no lag. Instant 15 disagrees for stating what I experienced.

This site is getting unbearable. I try to look for gaming news, not this console is crap compared to this, or Sales figure articles, etc. The trolls are breeding like rabbits.

Nevers5877d ago

I've started just going to Joystiq cuz that's where almost all the REAL news on this site comes out of anyway; if you're lucky enough to find any. Most of the sites you get links to off this one are total garbage. Kinda like most of these people's opinions ;P

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Why MW 2019 is still the best looking Call of Duty to date

MW 2019 is five years old at this point and on previous gen hardware, but it is still the best looking Call of Duty game to date.

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EazyC22d ago

MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.

That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.

I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare III (2023) Review - Jump Dash Roll

Call Of Duty is back with its yearly instalment, but is Modern Warfare 3 breaking new ground, or just a lazy cash grab? The answer may not surprise you in today's review from JDR.

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Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2 servers are back online

The original Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 games have been drawing players back in

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neutralgamer1992299d ago

I really hope we get other activision games on GP soon. My dream would be Scarface but I know the license probably expired

P_Bomb299d ago

Love me some Scarface! I even bought the comics. Yeah, licensing would probably be an impasse.

4Sh0w298d ago

hmmm, coincidence? Either way this is a good sign for gamers after the ABK deal.

porkChop298d ago

I played through Scarface again last year and it still holds up. Such a fun game. I would love for Xbox to get the rights back to remaster Scarface and make a sequel. It sold well and they had plans for Scarface 2, 3, and 4. With how long it takes Rockstar to make games the market is wide open.

TheColbertinator298d ago

That game was so much fun. Expected a cheap GTA clone but it was a good drug empire building game.

shinoff2183298d ago

They didn't just have plans but there's actual gameplay out there for scarface 2

neutralgamer1992298d ago

Seriously man we need games like

True crime
Sleeping dogs
Watch dogs( more like original not legion)
And proper saints row

GTA can’t be the only option we need other games

P_Bomb298d ago

@neutral
Gun was Activision as well. Nice open world Wild West there imo.

neutralgamer1992297d ago

Gun is such a underrated game

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SlothLordPootus298d ago

None of those games had dedicated servers on console in the first place? Were always player hosted. Did something change?

Rutaprkl298d ago

Older cods like Mw, Mw2 and WaW were way better than Call of Dutys nowadays

GoodGuy09298d ago

Make activision remaster mw2 (2009) multiplayer please xbox.