Xbox live to be down 14 hours starting march 27th for Service upgrade !

[Limegreen]

I am a pretty new xbox live user, how often does this happen ?
Or is this rare and can only mean that something great is coming ?

[guyver2077]

it rarely happens..

[Rei no Otaku]

it rarely happens..
Yeah, and it just happens to be the day Shivering Isles comes out. I'm quite angry at that.

[guyver2077]

im pretty sure ppl can still play.... (gasp) ...offline

[KaneRobot]

Last time their "24 hours" became 48 hours (with no credit to anyone's account, of course) so don't be surprised if they wind up going longer than expected.

[Rei no Otaku]

im pretty sure ppl can still play.... (gasp) ...offline
But you can't *gasp* download it without Xbox Live!

[Viva Las Vegas]

Will this be a dashboard update with new features?

[smellhasreturned]

Yea so what is this update ?

or is it just upgrading servers or something

[Darkside Hazuki]

Straight from Major Nelson's Blog:

Xbox Live Service Maintenance (http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/03/22/xbox-live-service-maintenance-on-3-27-07.aspx)

Xbox Live, Xbox.com and the Xbox forums will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on Tuesday March 27th (next week) from 0000 (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=27&year=2007&hour=0&min=0&sec=0&p1=234) to 1400 (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=27&year=2007&hour=14&min=0&sec=0&p1=234) PT. As a result of this maintenance, Xbox Live, Xbox.com and the Xbox forums will be unavailable during this time. I thought I'd give you enough time to plan next weeks gaming schedule. What to do while you can’t hop on Xbox Live? Xbox.com has you covered with this list (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2007/0322-xboxoffline.htm). This is purely ‘back end (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_end)’ work that we scheduled months ago. This is not a dashboard update…that will happen later this Spring.

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Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2007 6:15 PM (http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/03/22/xbox-live-service-maintenance-on-3-27-07.aspx) by Major Nelson (http://www.majornelson.com/user/Profile.aspx?UserID=2102) | 152 Comments (http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/03/22/xbox-live-service-maintenance-on-3-27-07.aspx#comments)

[craven_fiend]

Its not too bad of a time for the update, assuming that it gets done on time. For me, its only during times I'd normally not being able to play, 3 AM - 5 PM. So its kind of a good thing, unless of course it goes down for longer than said 14 hours. But either way, I'll get some offline gaming in during the maintenence.

[CYRiX]

Wait so during maitence time that doesnt count on your suscription? Thats kinda nice that they do that.

[getmyrunon]

Wait so during maitence time that does count on your suscription. Thats kinda messed up that they do that.

fyp.

It's not that big a deal if it just happens once, but a few times over the course of a live subscription and we're talking a week.. depending on how Caggy you are, that's a lot of cents :)

[Kevlar281]

Wait so during maitence time that doesnt count on your suscription? Thats kinda nice that they do that.
That is nice.

By the way what does a subscription cost per day? 13 cents? Just wondering…

[Graystone]

I have no problem with service updates as long as they don't last twice as long as the estimated time.

[hiccupleftovers]

It's probably just servers and such to have it run smoother.

[JJSP]

It's probably just servers and such to have it run smoother.
Pure coincidence that they're running maintenance the day the Oblivion pack comes out, or preparation for server overload? :)

[craven_fiend]

Pure coincidence that they're running maintenance the day the Oblivion pack comes out, or preparation for server overload? :)

Maybe Microsoft is getting off their asses and going to prep it for them to release of the Gears of War content.

[help1]

I am a pretty new xbox live user, how often does this happen ?
Or is this rare and can only mean that something great is coming ?

Doesnt happen often, nothing great will come. When something great will come, it is usually called the spring update.

[hiccupleftovers]

Pure coincidence that they're running maintenance the day the Oblivion pack comes out, or preparation for server overload? :)

Probably. I'm sure the amount of Live Users and players has definitely increased. I remember last year when it could barely handle the load from GOW/CoD3.

[Rei no Otaku]

Luckily I got my schedule from work for next week, and I'm working until 6:30 that day anyway. It better be ready when I get home! I'm going to be tired, and want to do nothing but play Shivering Isles!