dude... what the hell are you saying... how can a company calculate the number of subscribers they think will "attempt to make an account"? can you like fail to make an account or something?? they can only guess how many people will subscribe out of the number of consoles they sell based on the % of subcribers to console owners that already exist. its much more cost-effective to wait till after the holidays and upgrade to the number of customers you have rather than guess.
I see some of you defending Microsoft's actions and others of you blaming them for the X-box live issues over the holidays. I think most of you dont really understand why this is happening. Here is my take on it...
Its simple really, Microsoft is counting the beans just like any other company does now adays. They knew they were going to get a huge influx of new subcribers this christmas so rather than upgrading the servers to meet the estimated demand they decided to wait and see how many new subcribers they would get. If they try to guesstimate before christmas they run the risk of falling short and having to upgrade twice... if they overestimate they build more service than they need. Either way a lot of companies do this and its bs.
I knew this was going to happen so i wasnt mad at first, i was excited, but after over 2 weeks of garbage service im starting to get pissed off. I cant even play cod4 at all only halo3, and i cant always get into halo, or i get kicked... or i shoot the same guy in the back for 10 min before i realize the server is losing connectivity.
Microsoft pays people to do the math and figure out much money they will save by waiting to upgrade to meet the demand. Then when the service sucks for a few weeks or a month they apologize and give us a crappy game to show they care. Its a lot like when you work your arse off at your job and your boss.. "to show the company's appreciation".. takes everyone out for pizza rather than give you more money. Its a nice gesture but in the end its really just a way for them to save a ton of money. Same thing with the free game...i bought 3 months for 20$ I think they should just give us all a free month of service providing they can get it fixed inside of a month. other than this i love my xbox...
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dude... what the hell are you saying... how can a company calculate the number of subscribers they think will "attempt to make an account"? can you like fail to make an account or something?? they can only guess how many people will subscribe out of the number of consoles they sell based on the % of subcribers to console owners that already exist. its much more cost-effective to wait till after the holidays and upgrade to the number of customers you have rather than guess.
I see some of you defending Microsoft's actions and others of you blaming them for the X-box live issues over the holidays. I think most of you dont really understand why this is happening. Here is my take on it... Its simple really, Microsoft is counting the beans just like any other company does now adays. They knew they were going to get a huge influx of new subcribers this christmas so rather than upgrading the servers to meet the estimated demand they decided to wait and see how many new subcribers they would get. If they try to guesstimate before christmas they run the risk of falling short and having to upgrade twice... if they overestimate they build more service than they need. Either way a lot of companies do this and its bs. I knew this was going to happen so i wasnt mad at first, i was excited, but after over 2 weeks of garbage service im starting to get pissed off. I cant even play cod4 at all only halo3, and i cant always get into halo, or i get kicked... or i shoot the same guy in the back for 10 min before i realize the server is losing connectivity. Microsoft pays people to do the math and figure out much money they will save by waiting to upgrade to meet the demand. Then when the service sucks for a few weeks or a month they apologize and give us a crappy game to show they care. Its a lot like when you work your arse off at your job and your boss.. "to show the company's appreciation".. takes everyone out for pizza rather than give you more money. Its a nice gesture but in the end its really just a way for them to save a ton of money. Same thing with the free game...i bought 3 months for 20$ I think they should just give us all a free month of service providing they can get it fixed inside of a month. other than this i love my xbox...