http://spotanime.com/2006/05/10/why-didnt-they-think-of-that-bittorrent-on-360/ SpotAnime.com Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:08:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://spotanime.com/2006/05/10/why-didnt-they-think-of-that-bittorrent-on-360/comment-page-1/#comment-2181 spotanime.com » Blog Archive » The Xbox 360 Ate My Quarter Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:43:57 +0000 http://www.spotanime.com/2006/05/10/why-didnt-they-think-of-that-bittorrent-on-360/#comment-2181 [...] Nonetheless, such a miscalculation did not go unnoticed by the bloggers, as both Kotaku and Gizmodo damned the service outage loudly, mostly for the fact consumers were burdened to call an 800 number and reclaim lost Microsoft points. An article titled “360 Video Continues To Suck”, two days into the launch of the service, is not a good start. And in a clear case of “Don’t Shoot the Messenger,” Major Nelson threw himself to the mercy of the horde. Among the calls for Microsoft to adopt BitTorrent for Xbox Live downloads, something I had suggested months ago, there were a few choice comments, like the following: Aren`t you Microsoft & a reference to the rest of the IT-World? [...] [...] Nonetheless, such a miscalculation did not go unnoticed by the bloggers, as both Kotaku and Gizmodo damned the service outage loudly, mostly for the fact consumers were burdened to call an 800 number and reclaim lost Microsoft points. An article titled “360 Video Continues To Suck”, two days into the launch of the service, is not a good start. And in a clear case of “Don’t Shoot the Messenger,” Major Nelson threw himself to the mercy of the horde. Among the calls for Microsoft to adopt BitTorrent for Xbox Live downloads, something I had suggested months ago, there were a few choice comments, like the following: Aren`t you Microsoft & a reference to the rest of the IT-World? [...]

]]> http://spotanime.com/2006/05/10/why-didnt-they-think-of-that-bittorrent-on-360/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due at spotanime.com Thu, 11 May 2006 11:49:42 +0000 http://www.spotanime.com/2006/05/10/why-didnt-they-think-of-that-bittorrent-on-360/#comment-61 [...] As I had mentioned in previous posts [ 1 , 2 ], I was a little unhappy with Microsoft’s Xbox Live performance on Tuesday. Rightfully so, as it was basically broken by the unflux of users downloading E3 videos. [...] [...] As I had mentioned in previous posts [ 1 , 2 ], I was a little unhappy with Microsoft’s Xbox Live performance on Tuesday. Rightfully so, as it was basically broken by the unflux of users downloading E3 videos. [...]

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