News straight from Major Nelson’s blog:
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.
So, I guess this means that the 100 friends limit will finally be lifted… Microsoft previously stated that the original Xbox was the reason that the limit could not be removed. Only the future can tell what other features may come to light due to this move.
Also, it means that those copies of Ghost Recon that some of us still have for the original Xbox won’t work on-line anymore. A big shame as it was a great game. I was going to suggest a last meet up for old times, but that would be pointless as the voice communication was never fixed for people that played them on a 360!
Thoughts??
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I think that we should still have a go on GRIT and I’d love to run around night docks again.
Well, yeah… we should at least give it a go. I also realised that it means we won’t be able to get the map pack once live for the original xbox is shut down. I don’t know about you guys, but sometimes I like to do a bit of Firefight and those map packs were pretty good as far as I recall.
I might go on with Island Thunder soon to download them so they are on my hard drive!
ok…own up who’s the geek with 100 friends???????????????????????
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