"Technical issues have resulted in a very unpleasant experience for our members," says Microsoft
Microsoft has promised refunds for American Xbox Live users who have lost money trying to download from its new Video Marketplace, which went online in the States on Wednesday.
The new marketplace allows users to download TV shows and movies in both high and standard definition, including films such as Three Kings and episodes of South Park, CSI and, erm, Pimp My Ride.
Perhaps expectadly, the high demand for the new Xbox Live video service has caused many a technical hitch, with Microsoft's Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb admitting that "these technical issues have resulted in a very unpleasant experience for our members, including extremely slow downloads or not receiving the content they purchased."
The Major says that a team is working around the clock to fix the download problems, and that anyone who has experienced a problem such as losing points without receiving a download shout call 1-800-4MYXBOX.
"Thanks for your patience, and please know that the team is prepared to make things right for those affected," he says, "including refunding Microsoft Points where appropriate and as quickly as possible.".
PeanutButterGamer goes over his top 10 worst licensed video games and has SO much fun while doing it.
GameCrashers.net's recurring series where the Gamepocalypse has laid waste to all the good games in the world and all that's left to play is the absolute worst video games ever made. Sean from GCRADIO plays them so you don't have to.
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From the article:
''Even though the PSP is blooming with great titles lately there's always the bad apples that make it to every gaming platform. The following list of games should simply stay in the bargain bin or even better…the rubbish bin.''
Wow, that article was very boring. Each mini review averaged maybe 2-3 sentences and it didn't really give much insight into why they were so bad. He could have done better.
I will honestly admit that the information provided to how poor the games are isn’t that descriptive. Unfortunately I didn't have much time to play around with them and in a way that's a good thing I guess. 5 Minutes of Golden Compass is enough to make anyone break the UMD. If I do however get around to playing these titles again I'll be sure to add some more information. Thanks for reading the article and providing valid feedback :)
This is a stupid list. Of course all the worst games are tv show or movie games.
I just wanna know... if downloading demos already took a good time period...800mb... didn't they realize ~5gb would be horrible?
Hopefully they will fix it soon, so everything will download a lot faster.
Also.. it was already broken.
$3 for TV shows i'm already paying cable for?
$6 bucks for a HD movie download. More expensive than ppv, and more expensive than netflix.
Dollar numbers based on 1600 points for $20 rounded divisions.
Sorry, no, not sold.
I'd use it once a month.
I just want to see the quality of the HD movies:
Day 2
Poseidon HD 4.5GB
91% complete
6MBps Connection
To quit now would be insane. I shall have my download or burn microsoft down..... muahahahahaha ...
oh ....sorry!
Either a lot of people are giving up or the service is damn near fixed. My percentage went up 2% within the last post. Thats never happened. usuaully takes an hr or two ...lol
have faith people, MS is on the case!!
100% Complete
Throws the confetti ...pops open the champaign!!!!
4.51GB downloaded in 2 Days 3hrs 19mins and 42secs on a 6MBps connection .....Never Again!! ....lol