Ashwin Hary
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Vision Camera Attacks Xbox Live
September 25th 2006 09:42
This past week saw the release of Microsoft's Xbox 360 Vision Camera in the United States. The device, which will retail for around $70 AUD when released in Australia later this month, allows users to communicate via video chat in the Xbox 360 dashboard, and in a number of supported games, such as the Xbox Live Arcade hit 'Texas Hold 'Em Poker'.
It also allows gamers to take a photo of themselves, or anything else for that matter, and use it as their gamer picture, available for their friends to see in their gamer profile. Unfortunately for Microsoft and Xbox Live users, this little device is being snapped up non-stop in the US, to the point where the amount of players uploading their custom pics is literally overloading the Live servers.
A whole host of issues have been prevalent since the camera's release. Most noticably, there has been considerable lag in games, numerous system crashes and errors, and lock-ups and delays when using the dashboard and guide.
Microsoft is working on the issue currently, and whilst we are being told the issues should be resolved very soon, the software giant plans to upgrade the Live servers to prevent more issues as more users get their hands on the Vision Camera.
One would have thought problems like this could've been foreseen, especially considering the amount of beta testing this thing has undergone in previous months.
It also allows gamers to take a photo of themselves, or anything else for that matter, and use it as their gamer picture, available for their friends to see in their gamer profile. Unfortunately for Microsoft and Xbox Live users, this little device is being snapped up non-stop in the US, to the point where the amount of players uploading their custom pics is literally overloading the Live servers.
A whole host of issues have been prevalent since the camera's release. Most noticably, there has been considerable lag in games, numerous system crashes and errors, and lock-ups and delays when using the dashboard and guide.
Microsoft is working on the issue currently, and whilst we are being told the issues should be resolved very soon, the software giant plans to upgrade the Live servers to prevent more issues as more users get their hands on the Vision Camera.
One would have thought problems like this could've been foreseen, especially considering the amount of beta testing this thing has undergone in previous months.
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