Installing Monopoly

[lucazzo]

I bought Monopoly on the Zune marketplace and I've been having trouble installing it.

I plug my phone in, and Zune launches. If I try to buy Monopoly again, it tells me I've already bought it (so it's not an account issue). But regardless of how long I leave the phone plugged in, the game won't install.

Afterwards, I get a message on my phone telling me there's a pending download (Monopoly), and to either plug in my phone to the PC, or to get to a WiFi spot.

Any ideas? Seems to refuse DL'ing it OTA unless there's WiFi around.

And no, I haven't installed any MicroSD cards or anything else that might give trouble.

 

[mskoog]

I have run into this on a few apps. You need to hold your finger down on the download until a screen comes up with a few options - select retry and you should be good to go.

 

[lucazzo]

Good to know. I tried it and still gives me the same message, "connect to PC or WiFi". I haven't tried over WiFi, but still the same story over PC. Syncs, but doesn't install the app.

Will post a reply once I try it over WiFi.

 

[lucazzo]

Ok, tried what you said.

Same issue happened after getting The Harvest. Won't install it from PC (despite message to do so) or OTA, but definitely installs over WiFi.

 

[MarcMaiden]

a little off topic,

did you ever get a chance to try monopoly? I am a sucker for board games and could use a good one. if you did, let me know how it turned out!

 

[lucazzo]

a little off topic,

did you ever get a chance to try monopoly? I am a sucker for board games and could use a good one. if you did, let me know how it turned out!

Yep. It's a very solid adaptation of the beloved classic. Has every feature I could think of, rules customization, ability to play with other humans ("please pass the device to Race Car"). If you're a sucker for Xbox cheevos, it's also an easy 200.

Game crashes on occasion, but it takes all of half a minute to resume and I've never had lost progress. In short, if you're looking for a fun portable board game for the commute or those free 20min, it's downright perfect.