No, your Xbox is not broken, Microsoft is working on the Xbox Live area.

If you logged into your Xbox Liveaccount today and saw a message about being unavailable, it’s nothing wrong on your end.  The system has been taken down for 24 hours to prepare for the launch of a new version in the near future.

We here at StarterTech actually didn’t plan on mentioning it, but it ended up proving any interesting point about information in this day and age.  While this news has been all over blogs for a week or more, I never saw anything on my actual Live account.  And when I did try logging in, it just simply said the system was unavailable, but no mention of why.

While a large number of people do read tech blogs, companies like Microsoft need to remember that not everyone does.  How many people had panic attacks today thinking their cable modem was down, or their Xbox was broken, or any other number of scenarios?  Would it have been so difficult for them to have put up an explanation message?  Doubtful.

The system should be up again sometime very early on Tuesday, but until then you’ll have to spend some time with your family.  Don’t worry… I feel your pain also.