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Microsoft Giving Xbox Live Users a Free Game

Earlier this week we covered the Xbox Live outages over the holidays. Several users have pointed out that Microsoft has acknowledged its lack of performance, and is now offering a free game to compensate its users. Unfortunately for Microsoft, disgruntled patrons have already filed a class action lawsuit over the recent difficulties. Quoting the PC World article: "Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten said that the problems with Xbox Live downtime were caused by an influx of new users who had gotten an Xbox 360 over the holidays. It's been a record-setting season for Xbox Live. 'This included our largest sign-up of new members to Xbox LIVE in our 5 year history and just yesterday you broke the record for the single biggest day of concurrent members ever on the service,' said Whitten."

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  1. Re:Lame testbed for DRM-ed hardware by Kalriath · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apparantly all of Twitter's accounts are in the negative karma, and he has to resort to anonymous "M$" bashing. How pathetic.

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  2. Re:Lame testbed for DRM-ed hardware by jaxtherat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What a load of crap. The PS3 and the Wii have as much DRM as the Xbox 360. Get over yourself. I took the plunge and bought an Xbox 360 + HD-DVD drive a few months ago, and am quite pleased.

    Please, troll somewhere else...

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