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360 Xbox LIVE being discontinued for Original Xbox consoles and games
- Thread starter yolarrydabomb
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The PS2 is still successful, with sales still coming in, while the Xbox has been discontinued. Things need to go when they get old enough, you know.
Craig Fairfax
illuminati Vereran
I'm still trying to figure out how shutting down live for the original xbox is going to better the 360.
Who still plays the original xbox anyway.
Who still plays the original xbox anyway.
PS2 didn't have much of a centralized online system. Pretty much every game did its own thing with the exception of first party efforts. Quite a few studios already shut down their servers for PS2.
Joey
New Member
Like Larry said, its probably because of the 100 friend limit. The reason they can't go beyond 100 is because some Xbox 1 games can't handle it. I continue ow what other feathers this could lead to, but that's the one that's been well documented.
I explained this once and I'll try and explain this again.
Running a data center (Or plural) costs millions if not billions in itself. You have the actual hardware, the costs for the OS's, the power, the bandwidth, and whatever else the bureaucracy tosses at them.
Needless to say, it makes more sense to cut out things that they aren't making a profit on anymore, and focus on what they can make money on now. They're a corporation, and corporations are created to make money, so it only makes sense.
Running a data center (Or plural) costs millions if not billions in itself. You have the actual hardware, the costs for the OS's, the power, the bandwidth, and whatever else the bureaucracy tosses at them.
Needless to say, it makes more sense to cut out things that they aren't making a profit on anymore, and focus on what they can make money on now. They're a corporation, and corporations are created to make money, so it only makes sense.
I think your really just picking at the end of a popular franchise on an old console and to be honest seeing as it was released on November 9, 2004 its had a good run. In my opinion for the amount of players frequently playing Halo 2 on xbox live its just not cost effective to run anymore.
Heck i mean if you play Halo 2 religiously every single night for 3 hours i totally retract my point. Just i think the highest percentage of the people playing Halo 2 online are Halo 3 Live players on a nostalgia trip for a few hours until they can get over the beating they just took in MLG :argh:
Lachrymose
smokeMeth();
"Saddened Bungie Plans Halo 2 Send off on Xbox Live."
This looks fun. Anyone want to? I know I will if nothing comes up.
This looks fun. Anyone want to? I know I will if nothing comes up.
TeamOverload
Active Member
I'm totally gonna be giving it one last play that day.
Lachrymose
smokeMeth();
Okay, awesome. I'll probably be playing it before then too. I just remembered a map I really like to play.
TeamOverload
Active Member
Which one? I actually hopped on there randomly a couple of months ago. Still a fun game to play online 
Lachrymose
smokeMeth();
I forget the name, but it was a square arena kind of thing with a couple towers and long platforms (good for sniping), and the bottom always reminded me of a skatepark because it had a lot of ramps (no vehicles though).
EDIT: I just remembered all of the free DLC you have to download in order to play. Don't forget to have it downloaded prior to the big day! It takes a while and servers will probably be taking a beating.
EDIT: I just remembered all of the free DLC you have to download in order to play. Don't forget to have it downloaded prior to the big day! It takes a while and servers will probably be taking a beating.
Lachrymose
smokeMeth();
Fucking shit!! I'll just find it on the internets somewhere and get my JTAG'd console banned.
mmm, found it. Hopefully it'll work. I don't think anyone has confirmed Xbox 1 DLC working.