Gold Members: How do you put up with it?
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Seeing as there are literally hundreds of other games on Xbox that work perfectly well, telling me that your pc never has this problem does not immediatly condemn the Xbox.migo said:
The problem: the devs of Breach messed up their game by failing to add host migration.
Neither Xbox Live or the system itself is to blame for the ill-advised decision of ONE game developer.
P.S: just to clarify, i'm not trying to grief you or anything, it's just that you simply can't base your opinion of an entire console's online capability on only one of it's games.
What you're describing is a problem with the game, and not the XBL service.migo said:
Of course you won't see this response because you put me on your ignore list for disagreeing with you a year ago.
Pretty much this.Frankleton said:
The 360 makes communication, partying up, etc, a lot easier than my PS3 when it comes to gaming online, so I feel like it's worth the cost.
I mean seriously, I've often spent a quarter of my yearly subscription cost seeing one movie at a cinema. Over half of it eating one meal at a nice restaurant.
It's $60 for the ability to play multiplayer on every game I have. While PS3s have that for free, my friends don't have PS3s and the console doesn't have as many exclusive games for it.
I like Halo Reach's multiplayer a whole lot. And if there's an annoying ***** of a kid, all I have to do is mute them.
I like Halo Reach's multiplayer a whole lot. And if there's an annoying ***** of a kid, all I have to do is mute them.
Doesn't happen to me. My games pick a new host. Maybe you should play something other than a demo?migo said:
Having the match drop because the host left? That sounds like the game, not Xbox Live. For instance in CoD4 the host can manually end the match (which can get annoying). On the other hand, in MW2 if the host's connection is lost the match pauses for a bit, finds a new host, and then continues right along (all in less then a minute). So it's the game's fault not the system.
And if you're randomly getting disconnected then it's your internet connection. My internect connection is fine and I generally don't get randomly dropped from games.
As for the cost of it? It's not that much unless your really tight on money and although it would be nice for free service, not everything in life is so easy, so I pay the cost needed to keep playing my favorite games with friends online.
So my overall assumption? You've had a really bad experience and decided to blame it entirely on Xbox Live without finding out if that was really it.
And if you're randomly getting disconnected then it's your internet connection. My internect connection is fine and I generally don't get randomly dropped from games.
As for the cost of it? It's not that much unless your really tight on money and although it would be nice for free service, not everything in life is so easy, so I pay the cost needed to keep playing my favorite games with friends online.
So my overall assumption? You've had a really bad experience and decided to blame it entirely on Xbox Live without finding out if that was really it.
I don't.
I got sick of dealing with Microsoft's shit and now I only use my 360 for the occasional exclusive (I don't even bother connecting the damn thing to the internet). If the PS3 provides the exact same service for free, why should I pay for the ability to be irritated by pre-pubescent homophobic racists. I know that Xbox Live has some advantages over PSN, but to me it's not worth the cost.
I got sick of dealing with Microsoft's shit and now I only use my 360 for the occasional exclusive (I don't even bother connecting the damn thing to the internet). If the PS3 provides the exact same service for free, why should I pay for the ability to be irritated by pre-pubescent homophobic racists. I know that Xbox Live has some advantages over PSN, but to me it's not worth the cost.
im not trying to sound like "LOL U FAGZ DONT HAVE MONEYZ LOLZ" but 60 a month isnt to bad for me i mean its just like 5 dollars a month
and thats just one of the many reasons why I don't use live. Local only for me thank you, of course the only xbox360 game I've actually enjoyed playing is Crackdown; so its not a problem.
That really isn't a Gold problem per se, that's a jerk on the other end of your gaming experience. Not much you can do about that except fill out those little star things and blacklist a player. I'm slowly whittling down the human race from my Live experience...but I'm also doing the same on my PS3, so there you go.
I only put up with it because I played MP with my friends every week end. When that stopped I quit XBL. XBL kinda sucks. You pay for MP that isn't as good as PC MP (that's free) and a whole load of other shit that you're probably not gonna use.
I've put up with it by getting a 12-Month Subscription Gold card every year for Christmas.
I wouldn't actually pay for this shit.
I wouldn't actually pay for this shit.
It sounds like you don't understand how it works at all.migo said:
Game companies are responsible for making their own game, along with all of the code for matchmaking, if a host dropping kicks you, that's not XBL's fault, that's crappy design on the part of the developer.
It would be impossible for XBL to handle all matchmaking and server hosting.
Saying you never had this problem on the PC is stupid, because that's totally irrelevant, it's the developer's fault, not XBL
Is there a universal piece of software that handles all PC matchmaking? Of course not, it falls upon the developer to make it work, the same way it does for the Xbox, XBL is just a system that gives everyone a username so they can be held accountable for what they do, and manages downloads and purchases. The actual matchmaking is handled by the developer, so if that part of it fails, it's their fault.Troublesome Lagomorph said:
Let me just say this: I deal with it because you're not paying that much. $50 dollars a year totals about 14 cents a day.