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Live Discontinued for Original Xbox Consoles

News | February 5, 2010 9:28 am

I just read this on Major Nelson's blog.

Quote by Major Nelson:

"I wanted to let you know that on April 15, 2010 Microsoft will discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox 1 games playable on Xbox 360. Our first step in this process will be to turn off auto-renewals for those members who only use Xbox LIVE on a v1 Xbox. While I can’t comment on the specifics, this change will allow us to continue evolving the LIVE service with new features and experiences that fully harness the power of Xbox 360 and the Xbox LIVE community. We did not make this decision lightly, but after careful consideration and review we realize that this decision will allow us unprecedented flexibility for future features.

Xbox LIVE general manager Marc Whitten (Gamertag Notwen) has posted this letter to the community which provides additional context.

The best is yet to come, and we look forward to sharing more details in the near future."

This means absolutely nothing for me, but I'm sure someone would like to know.

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02/05/10 9:31 am | #2

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Good, I hope this means they will finally get rid of the vestigial crap like limiting the friends list to 100.

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sucks for all those kids who's poor parents bought them an Xbox 1 for x-mas this year.

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Anyone wanna buy an original xbox???

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Anyone wanna buy an original xbox???

For some reason I don't think that's going to work around here.

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So no more halo 2 online?

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Quote by SeanTM22:

So no more halo 2 online?

I'm going to miss halo 2 online.

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[Quote=SeanTM22]So no more halo 2 online?
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I'm going to miss halo 2 online.

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Quote by Meta:

Good, I hope this means they will finally get rid of the vestigial crap like limiting the friends list to 100.

We all know you only have like 4 friends Meta...

On topic, I never played an original xbox once! Won't matter to me!

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only xbox games i ever really loved were morrowind and fable. both single player only!
sucks for you halo people though.

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Quote by Noah 9000:

only xbox games i ever really loved were morrowind and fable. both single player only!
sucks for you halo people though.

I thought Morrowind was PC... And isn't Oblivion Morrowind's sequel so to speak?

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Thank god, and I hope they delete original xbox tags they're taking up so many good names.Even the gamertag Bay

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Quote by Bay:

Thank god, and I hope they delete original xbox tags they're taking up so many good names.Even the gamertag Bay

Yea, I'm all up for them deleting those! Someone has AJ, and I want it.

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Quote by AJ:

Quote by Noah 9000:

only xbox games i ever really loved were morrowind and fable. both single player only!
sucks for you halo people though.

I thought Morrowind was PC... And isn't Oblivion Morrowind's sequel so to speak?

morrowind was also released on the xbox. loved that game.
i don't think the elder scrolls series has sequals though.
but yes, morrowind came before oblivion.

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Quote by Noah 9000:

Quote by AJ:

I thought Morrowind was PC... And isn't Oblivion Morrowind's sequel so to speak?

morrowind was also released on the xbox. loved that game.
i don't think the elder scrolls series has sequals though.
but yes, morrowind came before oblivion.

But the map in Oblivion says Morrowind at the top... I don't think that's just a coincidence.

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