Dogg barks up the wrong tree over XBox outage
Known for his laid-back demeanour, rapper Snoop Dogg nevertheless blew his cool when XBox Live had an outage that left thousands of gamers frustrated on Wednesday night. Sky News reported on its website that Snoop Dogg decided to go straight to the top, posting an Instagram video that told Microsoft founder Bill Gate to "fix your s***, man".In the clip, the hip-hop artist with 8million Instagram followers said: "A message to Xbox One or Microsoft or whoever the f***. Y'all f****** server is f****** wack, man."Y'all going to make me switch to PlayStation if y'all don't ever get this s*** fixed. Is it that difficult to play someone online?"What the f*** is you doing, Bill Gates? Fix your s***, man."The outage affected in-game matchmaking, cloud storage and leaderboards. Technicians were quick to say that they were "working hard" to fix the problem.Sky News said Gates might not be the man to blame. The founder of Microsoft is now listed merely as a "technical adviser".PlayStation had similar difficulties last week. ..
There’s never been a more important time to support independent media.
From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.
For just R80 you can become a premium member (digital access) and support a publication that has played an important political and social role in South Africa for over a century of Sundays. You can cancel anytime.
Already subscribed? Sign in below.
Questions or problems? Email helpdesk@timeslive.co.za or call 0860 52 52 00.