Comments on: Sky Player pulled from Xbox 360 until technical issues fixed

By: 47

47 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:51:40 +0000

sky player is free all you need is a sky id

https://skyplayer.sky.com/vod/page/skysubscription.do

i got on to sky player on the 28 oct 09

the size is 7mb to download

you get about 13 channels + tv on demand

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:21:18 +0000

Supposedly it was oversubscribed…

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/news-features/news/sky_player_service_update_281009.htm

(supposedly)

By: reask

reask — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:02:23 +0000

I just logged on to live and it updated.
I still see nothing when I go to vid market place.
Is it the same for anyone else.?

By: darthmahon

darthmahon — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:11:14 +0000

Oh dear. Not surprised though, the Sky HD software is quite poo at times, things forget to record and lots of random crashes if it’s left on too long. Not quite sure why I pay £50+ a month.

By: Dannybuoy

Dannybuoy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:48:26 +0000

Since becoming a new Sky+ HD owner a few months ago, I can totally see this happening. Sure the service is good, but it took me about 2 months to get my broadband set up (lack of engineers) and when the pony Amstrad +box broke it was another 2 weeks for an engineer to deliver a new one. Basically when it works it’ll be cool. But just expect some long waits!

By: renegadegd

renegadegd — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:52:56 +0000

if you have already downloaded it then u can still access it by going:

Account management>Download history>Sky player>Play.

it seems to be working, im watching sky news right now.

By: onyxbox

onyxbox — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:55:04 +0000

yeah, the technical issue is called UK broadband… it’s shit!

By: Bulk Slash

Bulk Slash — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:36:25 +0000

That would explain why it just kept giving me error messages and pointing me to a non-existent help page then…

By: reask

reask — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:35:29 +0000

Yeah I phoned MS earlier and they said 24 to 48 hours before its up.
Shit happens I suppose.
I am looking forward to trying out the free month.
Internet speed may be a problem for me.
Broadband is crap in Ireland.

By: theevilaires

theevilaires — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:13:02 +0000

Troll:

(Definition 1) A desperate pathetic O’coward looking for attention by going around quoting everyone and not attending to one’s own need by improving their shit site.

(Definition 2) “the fake” Santa Clause

By: Santa Clause

Santa Clause — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:03:33 +0000

“Can anyone say I.D.I.O.T.S?
Maybe they should have tested it first”

Uuuuh… they did?

These sort of thing happens all the time. It can be very difficult if not impossible to gauge an online product’s performance when it goes live to the public. This is completely natural, and they’re no doubt doing everything they can to fix it.

By: BeastModeYMOB

BeastModeYMOB — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:28:51 +0000

@funny u say that…i know some ppl who was talkin about that today.

By: Yoshi

Yoshi — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:16:09 +0000

Can anyone say I.D.I.O.T.S?
Maybe they should have tested it first

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:15:51 +0000

Someone no doubt already found a way to get it for free.