Microsoft has announced that on April 15th it is closing down Xbox Live for original Xbox games. That includes any bought through the Xbox Live service on your 360 (Xbox Originals).
Mark Whitton, general manager of Xbox Live, explained that:
I want to start by saying this isn’t a decision we made lightly, but after careful consideration, [...]
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Matthew Humphries
@A Brit
No. Microsoft is turning it off for those games too. Something to do with the way Live was implemented for those original games just doesn’t work anymore. So even if you buy the Xbox game digitally on your 360 its Live features will no longer be available come April.
A Brit
What about those original XBox games played on the 360? I don’t own either console or use live so I want to know.
I mean could an original XBox game be played on the 360 and still be playable online, that would be pretty good I think. It could use the new service, but still with the older games that a few people still love.
It had to happen eventually and the XBox has been out for quite a while now.
Bytor
“require a connection to the service to function ”
you know, i don’t this should be legal. No, honestly, there are ALOT of people who don’t have an internet connection at home, some due to location but many just due to pricing. Alot of college students just can’t afford an appartment and pay for cable and internet so instead use the net at school (and maybe thier phone while mobile). Should they be discriminated against in this way? and yes it IS discrimination!!! Look at it this way, they have a game system when they were liviing at home, graduate highschool, go to college and now they can’t play half or more of thier games aymore. no way is that fair.
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@Bytor
What?! You should be fully aware that you’re buying the console for what are primarily online functions. That’s the point of these next-gen consoles. You can only play single-player campaign mode for so long, bro.
And even then, how do you plan on connecting to the Internet if you can’t pay the bill? Google’s TiSP?
http://www.google.com/tisp/