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Designer Hopeful PSN/XBLA Learn Lesson to Avoid Nightmare

"The PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade are the home of hundreds of unique software titles provided by a plethora of hard-working developers and publishers. Because of this, running and maintaining such extravagant network services is essential in not only making your consumers satisfied, but those who provide the content."

-TheGamerAccess.com

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Nick2120045143d ago

I can definitely see where the designer is coming from. Just imagine your job being held back due to another company experiencing issues.

AndrewE5143d ago

interesting opinion you got there dr. nick.

tmanmushroom5143d ago

I can just imagine how much pressure and frustration developers may have had because of the psn downtime. Also, it possibly may have hurt their sales. In the end, this security breach never should have happened, and hopefully the industry as a whole learns from it!

ShadyDevil5143d ago

I think people are blowin it all out of proportion.

mbsaeger5143d ago

Hopefully all of this was a one-time event that will NEVER occur again..

killajd5143d ago

I can see ur point on both company going thru hell right now with one being hacked and another being faulty systems not being able to update correctly. Now the question is could both companies have avoided their troubles to begin with? That remains unknown...

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Microsoft Rewards Is Making Big Changes Relating To Xbox Game Pass

"Important changes are coming..."

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Hofstaderman338d ago

Another of their offerings thats been steadily gimped over the years.

Reaper22_338d ago

Let's not pretend that Sony just announced great news regarding theirs..lol

ChasterMies338d ago

Not everything is Microsoft versus Sony. I get most of my Microsoft Rewards through Bing search, and those rewards were gutted by Microsoft after they added A.I. to Bing. I personally think that if a company is going to burden users with ads, like on Bing and the Xbox homepage, some of those ad dollars should be shared with users. Otherwise I’ll stick with services that don’t have ads.

Profchaos338d ago

Just rip the band aid off already

repsahj338d ago

Keeps getting better and better.

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OG Xbox Live Replacement 'Insignia' Continues To Grow With 11 New Supported Games

Online multiplayer is back for 11 more games thanks to Insignia's XBL 1.0 replacement service running on Original Xbox consoles and the Xemu emulator on PC. Multiplayer, voice chat, leaderboards, etc. have been a monthly addition for many games from Xbox's past library thank to the team at Insignia.live! The 11 new games are now playable online once again after 13+ years.

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XiNatsuDragnel826d ago

Yes yes now bring x360 xbox live then we're golden for life.

Asplundh824d ago

?? Xbox 360 servers are still online, they haven't been taken down yet.

XiNatsuDragnel824d ago

Nah they will be tho look at rscs3 they have psn made in there emulator why not xenia bro?

Blashted824d ago

Service still in beta form, sign up/player counts here: https://insignia.live/

slayereddy824d ago (Edited 824d ago )

Booo!! I was hoping that was Rainbow Six: Black Arrow...Boo!! again. I thought this coming to Xbox. I don't even read it I was so excited.

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The Enduring Legacy of Xbox Live 1.0

Sure, there was online gaming back in the day but the modern age of online video gaming began almost twenty years ago with Xbox Live 1.0.

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Magog1412d ago

The origin of paid online.

PrimeVinister1412d ago

Lol it definitely deserves its mention

franwex1412d ago (Edited 1412d ago )

Haha. Yep. To be fair, I feel that it was actually worth it because it kept a good minimum standard. There was horrible lag back in the day and a lot of cheating/hacking. More so than today.

PrimeVinister1412d ago (Edited 1412d ago )

That is arguable seeing as how good similar PC services are these days. The lack of cheaters on console is the closed ecosystem rather than extra effort by MS/Sony

XbladeTeddy1412d ago

"To be fair, I feel that it was actually worth it because it kept a good minimum standard. There was horrible lag back in the day and a lot of cheating/hacking. More so than today."

The horrible lag back then was due to peole not having the speeds needed to run games, peoples internet speeds were all over the place. Hacking is as bad today, if not worse than back then. People now have access to sophisticated hacking programmes that were nowhere near as prevalent as they are today. Anticheat software was also available way before Xbox Live and the paid online services became a thing.

I gamed online a lot from 1999 onwards and had great times playing without having issues with people cheating and no one had to pay for an online subscription.

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