Recently I have been encountering an odd problem when playing Far Cry Instincts Predator. When my internet connection drops the Xbox 360 will give me a 10 minute countdown. Every minute a message will display stating I must restore the connection within x minutes or will be automatically signed out. Sure enough, after 10 minutes I am signed out.
The game is a games on demand title that I bought a while back. I am playing the single player campaign. There is no coop or other means to play the campaign online (but it does have a multiplayer mode). It seems to only occur on this game (I have tried Call of Duty Ghosts via disk and a couple of other arcade titles). It doesn't occur on Dirt 3 (games on demand). It doesn't occur when I am on the dashboard (i.e. not in any game).
I have bought all my games on demand games on the same profile and console.
I can replicate the problem by switching off my router mid-game.
I tried googling the problem but was unable to find anything useful. Results are showing general connection issues, such as common problems when the internet connection drops every few minutes.
Does anyone know why this is occurring? Does it occur on other games?
Best Answer
This message only applies to games on demand. You must be signed in to Xbox Live to be able to play these games. If you get disconnected from the internet, like you did when you turned off your router, then this countdown is displayed and you will be signed out of Xbox Live.
It is looking for a license for the game, since you're disconnected from the internet it can't find the license and therefore signs you out.
Edit: I actually did a quick Google search for, "Xbox 10 minutes remaining" and I received a ton of results to talk about this problem being for on demand games.