Actually, it does; you generally can't play games online if your version isn't up-to-date.

: I don't have the game so I don't know what the wait times are. But the
: reports I'm seeing on YouTube is that players are having to wait a whole
: Five minutes before entering a game. Maybe 10 minutes. That's NOTHING!
: There are 24 hours in each day and 7 days a week. Average of 30 days a
: month and 365 days a year. A 5-10 minute wait is nothing in comparison.

So? There are over 30 trillion microseconds in a year. But if you've got even 2 or so between each clock pulse on a JTAG bus, you've got yourself a pretty clunky JTAG bus.

10 minutes is a short span of time in the grand scheme of the universe, but it's a fairly lengthy wait between two small-team games of Halo in a new release with a small number of playlists.

: Read a book, draw, work on the computer, watch
: TV, go for a smoke (if you smoke). There are MANY ways to get the wait
: time to feel like it's passing faster.

Don't complain that your car breaks down all the time, you can fry eggs on the engine block while you're waiting for the tow truck!

: As for comparing Microsoft to Nintendo, that's just foolish. Sorry but it is.
: THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. Nor are their games and servers. They each have
: their own method of bringing gamers together. They each have their own
: method of doing things. AND NOT ONE is perfect. First Party game or
: otherwise. You're comparing Apples to Bananas. They may have their
: similarities, but there are FAR MORE differences between them then you may
: realize.

Yes, there are numerous differences. Such as, Nintendo's current first-party game output is widely perceived as better, Nintendo's first-party games generally work correctly at launch, etc.