"Unprecedented" Sky Player Demand On Xbox 360 Caused Problems

Microsoft and Sky have had to issue a statement to explain why the Sky Player for the Xbox 360 console had to be pulled abruptly from Xbox Live, hours after it was launched.In a statement issued earlier today, both companies explain that "many tens of thousands of customers" tried to sign up within the first hour of launch and because Microsoft and Sky did not expect to see such a high level of demand, the system crashed, leaving them with no other choice than to...