Microsoft's General Manager of LIVE Services Operations, Derek Ingalls explain:
"...we are preparing for a spike that could be much larger than what we saw with the launches of Halo 3 and Activision's "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare."
"Last holiday we weren't properly prepared," Ingalls admits. "So we are going the extra mile with Grand Theft Auto IV..."
"The biggest step we've taken is to add in more server hardware, which will expand the service's capacity," Ingalls explains to us through email. (PR had explained earlier that he was "obviously very busy" this week.) "We have actually doubled our capacity for concurrent users over the last 2 months."
We weten allemaal dat GTA4 massaal verkocht gaat worden, en wanneer die massa allemaal online gaat kan dat voor grote problemen zorgen. Zelfs nu dat Live geupgrade is, is Derek Ingalls nog steeds een beetje nerveus hoe het gaat aflopen.
Maar ik heb nog niks gelezen dat Sony het Playstation netwerk ook onder handen heeft genomen, dus vrees ik eigenlijk het ergste...
Microsoft's General Manager of LIVE Services Operations, Derek Ingalls explain:
"...we are preparing for a spike that could be much larger than what we saw with the launches of Halo 3 and Activision's "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare."
"Last holiday we weren't properly prepared," Ingalls admits. "So we are going the extra mile with Grand Theft Auto IV..."
"The biggest step we've taken is to add in more server hardware, which will expand the service's capacity," Ingalls explains to us through email. (PR had explained earlier that he was "obviously very busy" this week.) "We have actually doubled our capacity for concurrent users over the last 2 months."
We weten allemaal dat GTA4 massaal verkocht gaat worden, en wanneer die massa allemaal online gaat kan dat voor grote problemen zorgen. Zelfs nu dat Live geupgrade is, is Derek Ingalls nog steeds een beetje nerveus hoe het gaat aflopen.
Maar ik heb nog niks gelezen dat Sony het Playstation netwerk ook onder handen heeft genomen, dus vrees ik eigenlijk het ergste...