rudedog
01-05-2008, 06:50 AM
From the airport:
Just spotted this little gem while grabbing some breakfast at the airport, before heading through security.
Three Texas residents filed a lawsuit Friday on behalf of themselves and others who have had trouble connecting to Xbox Live in recent weeks.
While this does not directly impact us PC admins/customers/clients. I can't seems to overlook the problems we've recently had with Activsiion's very successful CoD4 and it's master servers. Now granted we don't pay a monthly subscription (sic) for our online pleasures, however it still impacts us and the game we paid for. I wounder, if this lawsuit is successful, will it have any impact or a foundation for a PC type lawsuit in the future?
PC devs and publishers need to be more aware of these types of issues, not to mention when customers pay a large monthly fee for their dedicated servers to support these games we buy. I wonder if the problems IW is having with customers getting listed in the in game browser could be another avenue of attack for these types of lawsuits. I know there's a lot of speculation on my part but if this lawsuit is successful, I wonder if we may see more in the future?
In the suit, the plaintiffs allege that Microsoft should have known strong holiday sales would tax its servers. "Microsoft knew the increase in subscriptions would increase game-play on its servers, yet failed to provide adequate access and service to Xbox Live and its subscribe
If i was Activision I know I would be keeping a close eye on this lawsuit, if I was EA I would have nothing to worry about.
- Source: Cnet (http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9840766-56.html?tag=nefd.top)
Just spotted this little gem while grabbing some breakfast at the airport, before heading through security.
Three Texas residents filed a lawsuit Friday on behalf of themselves and others who have had trouble connecting to Xbox Live in recent weeks.
While this does not directly impact us PC admins/customers/clients. I can't seems to overlook the problems we've recently had with Activsiion's very successful CoD4 and it's master servers. Now granted we don't pay a monthly subscription (sic) for our online pleasures, however it still impacts us and the game we paid for. I wounder, if this lawsuit is successful, will it have any impact or a foundation for a PC type lawsuit in the future?
PC devs and publishers need to be more aware of these types of issues, not to mention when customers pay a large monthly fee for their dedicated servers to support these games we buy. I wonder if the problems IW is having with customers getting listed in the in game browser could be another avenue of attack for these types of lawsuits. I know there's a lot of speculation on my part but if this lawsuit is successful, I wonder if we may see more in the future?
In the suit, the plaintiffs allege that Microsoft should have known strong holiday sales would tax its servers. "Microsoft knew the increase in subscriptions would increase game-play on its servers, yet failed to provide adequate access and service to Xbox Live and its subscribe
If i was Activision I know I would be keeping a close eye on this lawsuit, if I was EA I would have nothing to worry about.
- Source: Cnet (http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9840766-56.html?tag=nefd.top)