Microsoft’s Xbox Live service went down last night for several hours, prompting the usual storm of angry tweets and outrage.
This time, however, upset Xbox gamers had a little help from rapper and Xbox gamer Snoop Dogg, who posted an angry video on Instagram telling Microsoft founder Bill Gates to “fix your **** man.”
“Y’all gonna make me move to PlayStation,” the rapper said, perhaps unaware of Sony’s own PSN outage at the start of 2016 which lasted ten hours and impacted everything from the PlayStation Network to PS Now.
Both Microsoft and Sony struggle with attacks from hackers and other server issues, but Sony’s outages are generally the worse of the two.
While the PS4 remains the console to beat, Xbox One’s online experience has traditionally been more stable. I doubt Snoop Dogg would be any happier switching to PlayStation purely for the PSN, though he may enjoy the resolution gains.
That being said, Snoop Dogg can certainly afford to buy and play on both systems. When you have both an Xbox One and a PlayStation 4, you not only have access to both consoles’ exclusive titles, you also have outage insurance. If the PSN is down, you can play on your Xbox One. If Xbox Live is under attack, fire up the PS4.
Better yet, Snoop Dogg could add a Wii U to his collection. How often do you hear that Nintendo’s Miiverse network is down? I suppose it happens, but it must be extremely rare. Perhaps that’s because hackers don’t even realize Nintendo has an online network. Besides, without a Wii U how can you play Mario Kart 8?
Regardless, Snoop Dogg’s threat to leave Xbox for PlayStation over last night’s outage strikes me as mostly bravado and an excuse to cuss at Bill Gates on Instagram. I don’t blame him for this. I’m sure many people have wanted to do the same thing and just need an excuse of their own. Still, the move would probably end in tears—or at least an angry rant against Sony at some point.
(Note: Bill Gates founded Microsoft but no longer has anything to do with day-to-day operations at the company, let alone its Xbox division. Future rants directed at Xbox related issues should be addressed to Phil Spencer.)
This time, however, upset Xbox gamers had a little help from rapper and Xbox gamer Snoop Dogg, who posted an angry video on Instagram telling Microsoft founder Bill Gates to “fix your **** man.”
“Y’all gonna make me move to PlayStation,” the rapper said, perhaps unaware of Sony’s own PSN outage at the start of 2016 which lasted ten hours and impacted everything from the PlayStation Network to PS Now.
Both Microsoft and Sony struggle with attacks from hackers and other server issues, but Sony’s outages are generally the worse of the two.
While the PS4 remains the console to beat, Xbox One’s online experience has traditionally been more stable. I doubt Snoop Dogg would be any happier switching to PlayStation purely for the PSN, though he may enjoy the resolution gains.
That being said, Snoop Dogg can certainly afford to buy and play on both systems. When you have both an Xbox One and a PlayStation 4, you not only have access to both consoles’ exclusive titles, you also have outage insurance. If the PSN is down, you can play on your Xbox One. If Xbox Live is under attack, fire up the PS4.
Better yet, Snoop Dogg could add a Wii U to his collection. How often do you hear that Nintendo’s Miiverse network is down? I suppose it happens, but it must be extremely rare. Perhaps that’s because hackers don’t even realize Nintendo has an online network. Besides, without a Wii U how can you play Mario Kart 8?
Regardless, Snoop Dogg’s threat to leave Xbox for PlayStation over last night’s outage strikes me as mostly bravado and an excuse to cuss at Bill Gates on Instagram. I don’t blame him for this. I’m sure many people have wanted to do the same thing and just need an excuse of their own. Still, the move would probably end in tears—or at least an angry rant against Sony at some point.
(Note: Bill Gates founded Microsoft but no longer has anything to do with day-to-day operations at the company, let alone its Xbox division. Future rants directed at Xbox related issues should be addressed to Phil Spencer.)
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