Xbox 1's Online Scrapped months ago..why is my 360 friendslist still capped 100?

I don't know if you guys remember, but supposedly the reason why Xbox 1 was taken offline a few months ago was because it limited our Friendslist on the 360, as well as holding back some updates, supposedly.

Well, I am still capped at 100? What's the deal? Anyone notice this?

What was the real reason Xbox 1 was taken offline? Perhaps it's something I can change in my settings?

What do you guys think?

It wont be up until the next update (that will also tie in the Windows 7 phones)

You can't just take the first gen console offline and have the number go up by itself

It wont be up until the next update (that will also tie in the Windows 7 phones)

You can't just take the first gen console offline and have the number go up by itself

Jaysonguy

That's not good. Why rush the Xbox 1 offline then?

We as consumers should ask these questions...so when is this update coming?

I do realize you can't just expect results immediately, that's why I waited two months to make this thread. I've had this problem a long while.
It's not like the Xbox 1 went offline, and I made a thread a day later, I have given a lot of time.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

It wont be up until the next update (that will also tie in the Windows 7 phones)

You can't just take the first gen console offline and have the number go up by itself

SolidTy

That's not good. Why rush the Xbox 1 offline then?

We as consumers should ask these questions...so when is this update coming?

I do realize you can't just expect results immediately, that's why I waited two months to make this thread. I've had this problem a long while.
It's not like the Xbox 1 went offline, and I made a thread a day later, I have given a lot of time.

What are you talking about?

Rush it offline? You're aware that the console stopped being produced in 2006 right? And that Microsoft has let it have 4 years on the service and have worked around it all that time.

Why do you expect an update in 2 months? They couldn't start working on the meat of the update until the first gen console was offline.

So no, you've given it hardly any time.

I expect we'll see something when the Windows 7 phones comes out this fall

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

It wont be up until the next update (that will also tie in the Windows 7 phones)

You can't just take the first gen console offline and have the number go up by itself

Jaysonguy

That's not good. Why rush the Xbox 1 offline then?

We as consumers should ask these questions...so when is this update coming?

I do realize you can't just expect results immediately, that's why I waited two months to make this thread. I've had this problem a long while.
It's not like the Xbox 1 went offline, and I made a thread a day later, I have given a lot of time.

What are you talking about?

Rush it offline? You're aware that the console stopped being produced in 2006 right? And that Microsoft has let it have 4 years on the service and have worked around it all that time.

Why do you expect an update in 2 months? They couldn't start working on the meat of the update until the first gen console was offline.

So no, you've given it hardly any time.

I expect we'll see something when the Windows 7 phones comes out this fall

What the...

Firstly, what you talking about?

Rush it offline...you don't seem to follow what I'm saying. You are making assumptions that the Xbox NEEDED to be forced offline for the bulk of the updates to operate, when in reality we don't know that truth at all. We just know what PR has stated on the matter. PR =/= the truth 100% of the time.

I know all about the Xbox timeline, there is no need to try to explain that to me. This isn't some sort of advanced feature. They took the Xbox offline with promises of an Friendslist fix. It shouldn't take this long, for such a minor feature.

Two months is a long, long time. I just wanted to know if others had this issue.

I'm just wondering why I'm juggling this Friendslist problem still two months after the Xbox went offline...and I guess you are telling me I should expect things when some phone update hits the market. Okay, I guess...

I don't care if it's a phone update, a PC update, a clown update, or a calculator update, I just want this problem fixed (since I lost my ability to hook my old Xbox online), so I guess there is no official word on this and there is no current fix for this problem.

I guess I'll have no choice but to to give them an additional 3- 4 months. We'll see what happens. It's just a bothersome problem and one that seems to be an easy, easy fix.

Hey, I do appreciate your suggestion that perhaps we may get it in some fall update for cell phones (I never thought to connect a cell phone to my Xbox 360 Live subscription), that's more than I had pieced together, and I do thank you. Let's hope that's true. I don't know why those two products seem tied together, but it's an answer at least, so thank you.

Last thing I want is to see the Xbox go offline April 2010, and in Fall 2012 this 360issue gets fixed.

Yeah it rly shouldnt be a problem. I bet u all it takes is changing a variable from 100 to a larger number. put 999 for all i care as long it gets the job done.

Yeah it rly shouldnt be a problem. I bet u all it takes is changing a variable from 100 to a larger number. put 999 for all i care as long it gets the job done.

painguy1

Yeah, that's my only issue.

Sure, I would love a new update with all kinds of goodies, but this particular issue seems rather small and an easy fix. :P

I guess the idea is that the cell phone update will somehow (?) help Xbox 360 with a friendslist fix, that's what I've gathered so far. So that's something at least. I had nothing before this thread, so I'm happy for that.

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

Yeah it rly shouldnt be a problem. I bet u all it takes is changing a variable from 100 to a larger number. put 999 for all i care as long it gets the job done.

SolidTy

Yeah, that's my only issue.

Sure, I would love a new update with all kinds of goodies, but this particular issue seems rather small and an easy fix. :P

I guess the idea is that the cell phone update will somehow (?) help Xbox 360 with a friendslist fix, that's what I've gathered so far. So that's something at least. I had nothing before this thread, so I'm happy for that.

I still dont get that :lol:

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

That's not good. Why rush the Xbox 1 offline then?

We as consumers should ask these questions...so when is this update coming?

I do realize you can't just expect results immediately, that's why I waited two months to make this thread. I've had this problem a long while.
It's not like the Xbox 1 went offline, and I made a thread a day later, I have given a lot of time.

SolidTy

What are you talking about?

Rush it offline? You're aware that the console stopped being produced in 2006 right? And that Microsoft has let it have 4 years on the service and have worked around it all that time.

Why do you expect an update in 2 months? They couldn't start working on the meat of the update until the first gen console was offline.

So no, you've given it hardly any time.

I expect we'll see something when the Windows 7 phones comes out this fall

What the...

Firstly, what you talking about?

Rush it offline...you don't seem to follow what I'm saying. You are making assumptions that the Xbox NEEDED to be forced offline for the bulk of the updates to operate, when in reality we don't know that truth at all. We just know what PR has stated on the matter. PR =/= the truth 100% of the time.

I know all about the Xbox timeline, there is no need to try to explain that to me. This isn't some sort of advanced feature. They took the Xbox offline with promises of an Friendslist fix. It shouldn't take this long, for such a minor feature.

Two months is a long, long time. I just wanted to know if others had this issue.

I'm just wondering why I'm juggling this Friendslist problem still two months after the Xbox went offline...and I guess you are telling me I should expect things when some phone update hits the market. Okay, I guess...

I don't care if it's a phone update, a PC update, a clown update, or a calculator update, I just want this problem fixed (since I lost my ability to hook my old Xbox online), so I guess there is no official word on this and there is no current fix for this problem.

I guess I'll have no choice but to to give them an additional 3- 4 months. We'll see what happens. It's just a bothersome problem and one that seems to be an easy, easy fix.

Hey, I do appreciate your suggestion that perhaps we may get it in some fall update for cell phones (I never thought to connect a cell phone to my Xbox 360 Live subscription), that's more than I had pieced together, and I do thank you. Let's hope that's true. I don't know why those two products seem tied together, but it's an answer at least, so thank you.

Last thing I want is to see the Xbox go offline April 2010, and in Fall 2012 this 360issue gets fixed.

The first XBOX needed to be offline then the team has to tear down the last half decade of work arounds and then build up and try the newest set

That's more then 8 weeks of work

The first XBOX has been a liability since the start of the 360 but Microsoft wanted to support it as long as they could. It's Windows 7 features was the straw that broke the camel's back and while they've had a test frame work in place for a while now they couldn't start gutting the system until recently

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

What are you talking about?

Rush it offline? You're aware that the console stopped being produced in 2006 right? And that Microsoft has let it have 4 years on the service and have worked around it all that time.

Why do you expect an update in 2 months? They couldn't start working on the meat of the update until the first gen console was offline.

So no, you've given it hardly any time.

I expect we'll see something when the Windows 7 phones comes out this fall

Jaysonguy

What the...

Firstly, what you talking about?

Rush it offline...you don't seem to follow what I'm saying. You are making assumptions that the Xbox NEEDED to be forced offline for the bulk of the updates to operate, when in reality we don't know that truth at all. We just know what PR has stated on the matter. PR =/= the truth 100% of the time.

I know all about the Xbox timeline, there is no need to try to explain that to me. This isn't some sort of advanced feature. They took the Xbox offline with promises of an Friendslist fix. It shouldn't take this long, for such a minor feature.

Two months is a long, long time. I just wanted to know if others had this issue.

I'm just wondering why I'm juggling this Friendslist problem still two months after the Xbox went offline...and I guess you are telling me I should expect things when some phone update hits the market. Okay, I guess...

I don't care if it's a phone update, a PC update, a clown update, or a calculator update, I just want this problem fixed (since I lost my ability to hook my old Xbox online), so I guess there is no official word on this and there is no current fix for this problem.

I guess I'll have no choice but to to give them an additional 3- 4 months. We'll see what happens. It's just a bothersome problem and one that seems to be an easy, easy fix.

Hey, I do appreciate your suggestion that perhaps we may get it in some fall update for cell phones (I never thought to connect a cell phone to my Xbox 360 Live subscription), that's more than I had pieced together, and I do thank you. Let's hope that's true. I don't know why those two products seem tied together, but it's an answer at least, so thank you.

Last thing I want is to see the Xbox go offline April 2010, and in Fall 2012 this 360issue gets fixed.

The first XBOX needed to be offline then the team has to tear down the last half decade of work arounds and then build up and try the newest set

That's more then 8 weeks of work

The first XBOX has been a liability since the start of the 360 but Microsoft wanted to support it as long as they could. It's Windows 7 features was the straw that broke the camel's back and while they've had a test frame work in place for a while now they couldn't start gutting the system until recently

that still has nothing to do with why they havent gotten rid of the 100 friend cap.

that still has nothing to do with why they havent gotten rid of the 100 friend cap.

painguy1

It has everything to do with it

I don't know why you're saying it doesn't

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

that still has nothing to do with why they havent gotten rid of the 100 friend cap.

Jaysonguy

It has everything to do with it

I don't know why you're saying it doesn't

so in short maintanance of xbox 1 online services keep MS from changing a 3 dgit variable from 100 to 999? :?

I don't know if you guys remember, but supposedly the reason why Xbox 1 was taken offline a few months ago was because it limited our Friendslist on the 360, as well as holding back some updates, supposedly.

Well, I am still capped at 100? What's the deal? Anyone notice this?

What was the real reason Xbox 1 was taken offline? Perhaps it's something I can change in my settings?

What do you guys think?

SolidTy

I don't think anyone here works for Microsoft so I really doubt you will get the technical answers you are looking for.

I don't think anyone here works for Microsoft so I really doubt you will get the technical answers you are looking for.

gago-gago

TADA the best answer here. Sorry Jason, you seem to be on the ball most of the time, but saying that they had to wait until the Xbox 1 Live service was down to gut the system is naive. They might have done that, but we don't know. I hope there is a summer update, but we'll see. Maybe we'll have to wait until Fall. I sure hope I'll be watching ESPN by then.

When did Microsoft say they ended support of Live for original xbox titles to increase the friends list cap? Hell, when did they ever give an explanation more specific than "to improve the xbox live service"?

When did Microsoft say they ended support of Live for original xbox titles to increase the friends list cap? Hell, when did they ever give an explanation more specific than "to improve the xbox live service"?

vashkey

I don't know about the phone update but my guess would be they're busy updating the GUI to have it tie in with Kinects release...

You saw it @E3 so maybe thats why they're still working on it / holding it back ..

Also, 100 mates on Xbox Live is overkill, its just not neccessary, but I'm sure they will bump it up to a few hundered in this mysterious update.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

that still has nothing to do with why they havent gotten rid of the 100 friend cap.

painguy1

It has everything to do with it

I don't know why you're saying it doesn't

so in short maintanance of xbox 1 online services keep MS from changing a 3 dgit variable from 100 to 999? :?

even if you dont want to play with them, its nice to be able to keep in touch, look at their gamercard...see what they are doing etc.

its a bit difficult otherwise, the solution to this doesn't have to be a greater friend cap, it could be something like an abilty to search for some keywords like someones name, their real name/email address. coming up with a simple interface and a list of gamertags found etc.

So that if someone wants to play with someone who is not on their friends list, they can just search, find their gamertag + bio etc. and join session or send message or whatever.

Xbox is quite good along these lines already, but the syntax of gamertags can get a bit confusing, and you have to send them a message or FR which is blocked if the have 100, making it even harder.