Well, it just has not been a good week for Xbox Live, has it? They went down for maintenance on Monday to prepare for The New Xbox Experience, and that ran over… then it went down again last night… and again today.
As you can see from the image to your right (taken from their support site, they are well aware of the problem and seem to be working on it. In addition, Major Nelson has been keeping things updated on his Twitter account, with the following reassurance:
Just got of a meeting getting an update on the service issues. Things are going to get better VERY soon.
If anything else– pardon the expression– major happens, we’ll be sure to let you know.