Sky and Microsoft Blame Demand for Xbox 360 Player Problem
Too much love can be a bad thing.
Still can't watch quality Sky TV on your Xbox 360? Here's the reason according to Sky and Microsoft:
"Sky Player on Xbox 360 launched on Tuesday 27th October and was met with phenomenal demand, with many tens of thousands of customers attempting to sign up within the first hour of launch," said the companies in a statement.
"Unfortunately due to the unprecedented levels of simultaneous demand, we did not have the capacity to satisfy all service requests and therefore temporarily suspended all access to the service.
"Today, the roll-out will be implemented in phases to ensure that consumers experience both a smooth sign-up process and high-quality experience. We apologise to all customers that have not been able to experience Sky Player on Xbox 360, we assure them that this is being rectified and we thank them for their patience".
According to the message you get when trying to access the service online though: "To solve the problem, Xbox and Sky are now making changes to the way that the service is rolled out to give you a much better experience and smoother sign-up."
Well, any experience really. You could always play a video game while you're waiting.
"Sky Player on Xbox 360 launched on Tuesday 27th October and was met with phenomenal demand, with many tens of thousands of customers attempting to sign up within the first hour of launch," said the companies in a statement.
"Unfortunately due to the unprecedented levels of simultaneous demand, we did not have the capacity to satisfy all service requests and therefore temporarily suspended all access to the service.
"Today, the roll-out will be implemented in phases to ensure that consumers experience both a smooth sign-up process and high-quality experience. We apologise to all customers that have not been able to experience Sky Player on Xbox 360, we assure them that this is being rectified and we thank them for their patience".
According to the message you get when trying to access the service online though: "To solve the problem, Xbox and Sky are now making changes to the way that the service is rolled out to give you a much better experience and smoother sign-up."
Well, any experience really. You could always play a video game while you're waiting.
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realvictory 29 Oct 2009 13:02
1/4
You could always watch (terrestrial) TV while you're waiting.
Daz 29 Oct 2009 13:57
2/4
you could always turn your Sky, Sky+ or sky+HD box on
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DoctorDee 30 Oct 2009 10:45
3/4
I wonder how many "tens of thousands". 1.0001 tens of thousands, or 9.9999 tens of thousands. is this, "We're not saying", or "We don't know"?
AKAAKKA 1 Nov 2009 18:24
4/4
I wish therd give a rough amount of time this will take, so I don't ave to keep turning me x box on to check grrrr!