Rosscoe06 wrote:

 Shade360 wrote:

Can we please keep to the topic at hand?


If people want to have a 'disagreement' - please do so in PM.

Maybe people are going off topic because we havent been told anything usefull about the topic for days...

Quite true.

It wasn't really off-topic anyway, it was more about questioning why some people are frustrated by this delay.

It's quite logical that people may disappointed; either because they have pre-paid for a service that doesn't work, or  purchased a gold upgrade ready for a service that never arrived, or have simply been looking forward to using a service that has been advertised and promoted for six months.

The lack of clarity over the issue, and over a possible resolution, suggest that they are quite unsure of how long it will take to get the SkyPlayer back working, so I for one wouldn't expect anything for at least the next 7-10 days.

 Short Cipher wrote:

 konvict2347 wrote:

I just want the Sky Player for the free Sky Sports in time for the weekends footie

Sky sports isn't free on the sky player it needs a subscription.

It's £10 for sky sports 1 or 2 or £19 for both. Plus the £15 per month for the skyplayer subscription.

or if you already have sky £9 for 1 or 2 and £18 for both.

What about using the free 1month trial code - does that not give you Sky Sports?

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Any updates on this? Still nothing showing on my console .. it's been a week now!

I just came home from work and I can now download the sky player

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Just watching it now and I don't think the picture is that bad it was never going to be HD, and so far it haven't buffed. But I'm watching the adverts lol

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Hi all, thanks again for your patience, really really appreciate it. Here's the latest update:

"As you may know, we have been experiencing some technical issues with the Sky Player on Xbox 360 since launch last Tuesday morning.  It is important to both Sky and Xbox that we give customers as much information as possible about why the service is not working and when we expect this to be resolved.

As we said last week, some customers have been unable to experience full use of the service due to the initial demand for the service at launch, when so many people tried to access the service all at the same time. 

Right now we are implementing a revised rollout which will see Sky Player become available to all Xbox 360 customers gradually.  While unfortunately some customers do not have access to the service, tens of thousands more will be added each day, until the service is available to all.

We are taking this phased approach to ensure that consumers experience a high-quality experience.  The Sky team has contacted the affected Sky Player TV subscribers on Xbox directly with further updates. 

For further information consumers can go to xbox.skyplayer.com/help or www.xbox.com/support"

Keep your thoughts on Sky Player on Xbox coming and I'll let you know when I have further updates.

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this is a total farse!, nothing for me yet!, I WANNA WATCH UNITED TONIGHT HURRY

I'm really not bothered now anyway to be honest...i was really excited when this was first announced but I really think Sky have got the pricing/subscription plan all wrong on this one

What free 1 month code? I want to see how good sky player is before I buy a subscription and this code will be a great help!

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Absolute joke!! They want to charge me an extra tenner a month for the service!!

maybe to try and pay for all the constant adverts that are on Tele!  Looks like the wait is over for me and a big disappointment at the end!

thanks for the update. this is all i wanted, a sort of idea of how and when its being rolled out. at least we know now its being rolled out gradually!

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Well I think we can all agree here, that the roll-out and failure has been a big disappointment, however  speaking from both a full TV sky subscriber and someone who has got sky player working on the xbox, and a gaming website owner to, I can say its flawless in its delivery and choice, and just runs superbly, something I may add I thought initially they couldn't pull off, but they have proved me wrong.

However, and its a big however, the pricing system is completely not right,and will be the sole reason its doomed to failure, but I actually think there is absolutely nothing they can do about it at either, and the reason why that is,  because they simply can not offer a cheaper price plan than its current TV subscribers.

So really my final conclusion in this experiment is one of slight disappointment, not in how its being delivered far from it, is just that I actually think the whole experience is just not a viable one for a console, irrespective of what format its on, simple terms, someone who is already paying around £30 a year for gold, and then expect to pay close to £50 per month, is either very well off, or has money to burn.
I also think at these prices, it surely is a lot simpler to now get sky TV the proper way, especially now as sky are promoting a free HD box now.
Shame could have worked great, but sky by its own definition of being expensive, is just to mush out of reach for...gamers.

Well, I got Sky on my Video Marketplace, but am still not able to view it. It's just a message...

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What i really think Sky should done was a pay-per-view model That way you could watch exactly what you wanted - if you could pay with Microsoft points then even better. Some people would have ended up on subscriptions to make it more cost effective. They would also have captured the "teenage market". That is people with an Xbox that aren't paying the Sky bill It's just not worth signing up for a subscription when for a little bit extra per month you could get a regular sky package

Sky players back on my Dashboard!!! I don't have multiroom or sky broadband so I can just see on demand but every thing I wanted to watch they want to charge me 98p to rent it. Seams like a total rip off to me. The watch with friends thing looks ok but a bit of a novelty.

Wow big clap for them, only took a week to come up with a solution half the flipping community cuda come up with in say what an hour...
Not to mention its financialy the cheapest option  for them, easier than buying more servers to cope with demand (im saying this as they have given no indication that they have got more in to cope with demand).

i've had the update for over a week now , i have NOT paid any extra on top of my sky package and i get all the on demand stuff fo FREE. you need to set up a skyID and then link it to your sky package by going to the upgrade link on sky.com

Still waiting a week later. All I see is a sky player notice in the spotlight section on the dashboard blaming 'scaling issues' for the delay. I don't even want it now, they can poke it where the sun don't shine. I already have sky HD so its a bit of step backwards

 tozOL wrote:

Well I think we can all agree here, that the roll-out and failure has been a big disappointment, however  speaking from both a full TV sky subscriber and someone who has got sky player working on the xbox, and a gaming website owner to, I can say its flawless in its delivery and choice, and just runs superbly, something I may add I thought initially they couldn't pull off, but they have proved me wrong.

However, and its a big however, the pricing system is completely not right,and will be the sole reason its doomed to failure, but I actually think there is absolutely nothing they can do about it at either, and the reason why that is,  because they simply can not offer a cheaper price plan than its current TV subscribers.

So really my final conclusion in this experiment is one of slight disappointment, not in how its being delivered far from it, is just that I actually think the whole experience is just not a viable one for a console, irrespective of what format its on, simple terms, someone who is already paying around £30 a year for gold, and then expect to pay close to £50 per month, is either very well off, or has money to burn.
I also think at these prices, it surely is a lot simpler to now get sky TV the proper way, especially now as sky are promoting a free HD box now.
Shame could have worked great, but sky by its own definition of being expensive, is just to mush out of reach for...gamers.

There is actually quite a large marketshare of people who can't get sky for various reasons (people who live in flats, rented accomodation, halls etc) and catching those could be quite lucrative for Sky.

There is also a market for potential sky customers who are unsure about signing up for 12 months; the chance to test for a month or two via the xbox without the need to enter a contract, or have an engineer out.

Thirdly, there is a market of people who want sky, but still don't like the idea of an ugly dish on the side of their house.

So in all respects, and with the chance to push video on demand, there is actually a large hole in the market for Sky to fill.

As for cost - there is no logical reason why Sky Sports 1,2,3 should be cheaper just because it's delivered through your xbox.

Granted, the entertainment selection is poor; but new channels will be added.

I want to know if more content will be added, at the moment , the sky one offering is pathetic compared to the PC. Where are all the other programmes like modern family, fringe, house, etc. I think this new wave of additions for the 360 are a bit of a joke, Facebook, Twitter and this Sky player are all strippeed down from the PC counter parts. Getting very disillusioned with my 360 lately.

umm well this aint good, my internet connection is 2.4 meg, but i've been watching sky sports 1 for about 10 minutes now, even in the lowest qulaity, and it has to buffer every 5 seconds or so, very very poor!

 

 

 ElGuaje Villa07 wrote:

umm well this aint good, my internet connection is 2.4 meg, but i've been watching sky sports 1 for about 10 minutes now, even in the lowest qulaity, and it has to buffer every 5 seconds or so, very very poor!

 

 

Really? I'm on 2 megs and been playing it on high quality and its been fine.

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well, i do have the pc running through my internet at the moment too, and my brother has his pc on with the internet on too, and its running through one router, maybe thats slowing it down?, maybe if i turned off both pc's it would run smooth?

 ElGuaje Villa07 wrote:

well, i do have the pc running through my internet at the moment too, and my brother has his pc on with the internet on too, and its running through one router, maybe thats slowing it down?, maybe if i turned off both pc's it would run smooth?

Browsing the internet should be ok, but if you start downloading than it will slow your internet down.

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 konvict2347 wrote:

 Short Cipher wrote:

 konvict2347 wrote:

I just want the Sky Player for the free Sky Sports in time for the weekends footie

Sky sports isn't free on the sky player it needs a subscription.

It's £10 for sky sports 1 or 2 or £19 for both. Plus the £15 per month for the skyplayer subscription.

or if you already have sky £9 for 1 or 2 and £18 for both.

What about using the free 1month trial code - does that not give you Sky Sports?

The 3 months for the price of 2 offer discounts 1/3 of the price of what ever package you choose for 3 months. And has a minimum contract length of 3 months. So for sky sports 1 and 2 thats £22.67 per month for 3 months then then £34.00 per month after that.

The offer for existing sky customers give one free month of multiroom so what you get depends on your sky tv package.

As far as I know there is no completely free trial but if anyone knows any different please let me know.

 II JoE v wrote:

Well, I got Sky on my Video Marketplace, but am still not able to view it. It's just a message...

same here, maybe a good sign.....

i just got it tonight when i got home from school im over the moon ive been wating since last tuesday its brilliant

i have finally got it too, i want to get the 1 month for free BUT it says i have to pay £15 and then i get stuff for free, is this true? or is there someway i can get the 1 month free without having to pay the £15?

Where do you get the free thing from, can someone give me a link or something.

Hmmm paying £15 for something thats "Free" :P