XBox LIVE Problems

If you've been reading gaming forums heavily for the past week or so, you have probably heard of the problems that XBox LIVE has been having. Stuff like crashes, game booting, lost gamertags, and even erased game saves. Yeah, erased game saves. Some people have gotten all of their save files wiped. LIVE is great when it's working, but this shit has been going on for the past week. Probably more. Microsoft has chalked it up to increased server traffic from Christmas, but I feel that's no excuse. When you're paying $50/year for online, you expect it to be up 24/7, even with increased traffic. Plus, it does not take a rocket scientist to expect increased volume around the holidays. Microsoft should have been prepared and this crap shouldn't be happening.

Microsoft announced that they will be offering a free XBLA game. Personally, I feel users should get a free month. It's completely unacceptable when everyone is having problems of this magnitude. The latest problem is that everyone's gamertag has mysteriously vanished. I mean come on. Completely and utterly unacceptable.