Microsoft has said that gamers who have received Xbox One consoles prematurely won’t be able to connect with Xbox Live. The platform holder issued associate degree announcement over the weekend once a ‘systems error’ within us merchandiser Target (as reported on Engadget) saw an unconfirmed number of Xbox One units erroneously ship to pre-order customers.
“Due to a retail partner’s system issue, a very small number of Xbox One consoles were shipped to consumers before the 11/22 street date,” said Microsoft’s Larry Hryb.
“We’re pleased to see the initial response to Xbox One has been so positive, but given we are still putting the finishing touches on our games, UI and online services, as well as confidential partner and media agreements, these consoles units will be restricted from connecting to Xbox Live until closer to our launch date,” he further cited. Crucially, Microsoft has previously said that a day one system firmware update will be needed to use the console. Though not confirmed, the inability to attach to Xbox Live may stop the update and render untimely shipped Xbox One units unusable for the present. Microsoft has worked fleetly to get rid of and block online posts showing and detailing aspects of the Xbox One’s user interface and online store. Posts from one user, going by the online alias of Moonlight Swami, have been removed from YouTube, and an Ebay auction for another Xbox One was taken down before completion. Moonlight Swami confirmed that the aforesaid day-one system update, which they managed to install before their Xbox One was prohibited from Live, weighs in at around 500MB. Microsoft has said the console ban won’t be permanent, and that the user can get full use of the Xbox One “closer to launch”.
Microsoft is all set to launch the console on November 22.