Microsoft has announced it will be closing its original Xbox Live service worldwide in April.
Xbox Live services and online gaming for the first Xbox console, including for any original games playable on the Xbox 360, will be terminated on April 15th, 2010.
Some might marvel that they even kept it going this long.
No actual reason is given, but it is most probably due simply to the tiny number of players remaining for this system.
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no matter never liked the xbox anyways...
I had nothing at all that I wanted on the original Xbox console, but I could see why some people might be sad. They're probably trying to flush out the remaining people with the original Xbox console, just for the hell of it. It's not like that's going to force them to get a 360, anyway.
Neat. :l
Now I have to play Guilty Gear locally with friends...
mwaaahhhhahahahahaa
you fail xbox
Nice misleading title.
Still a lot of people want to play the old games online.
OH SHIT IT'S A MIRACLE!!!
Ah will miss the old Halo 2 xbl nights straight.
hate this hate that. who cares who likes what. if you like your console no need to think about others, simple as that.
on a different note project natal the 360 looks very interesting, while the copy of the wii-mote by sony seems rather cheap.
i own neither but it ammuses me that sony fail to come up with something new. at least ms are trying with natal.
LOL, no more Counter-Strike
Wow, do you morons REALLY not read these articles or are you just incapable of comprehending what they say? They are ending the service support for the original xbox, not the 360.
...R.I.P MechAsssault.....you were a good friend....
Wow, this happened on my birthday based on the article, RIP original Xbox...
That's why you play on PC.
What does this mean for DLC? Does this mean that games with any kind of downloadable content will have that content lost forever?
Mysterious Voice: "Just hack the game. That stuff was already on the disk in the first place, and no LIVE means no subscriptions to end."
...I swear, I can count percentages of Sankaku when it comes to debates like this.
65%: People who look foward to seing Microsoft fail for whatever reason and never acknowledge when it does right.
25%: People who are willing to give Microsoft a chance, but are silenced by the all-encompassing 65%.
10%: People who primarily play PC games and wish death upon the others.
And all three of these groups hate each other and can never go along.
Mysterious Voice: "That's because 25% of the population is retarded."
...are you looking for a fight.
Mysterious Voice: "I'm a troll. I'm always looking for a fight."
Don't see what the big issue is. It's an old console, and they plan on ending support for the online service. That being said, there are still ways to play some of these games online without live even if it does take some work on the side of the player.
Furthermore, not trying to display any xbox/ms "fanboism" but I decided to go the route of the Xbox -> 360 Elite, as opposed to going with the Sony systems (having ample experience with the other systems and just not liking it as much) and I can say that I'm quite pleased with my choice.
As it has been neither by xbox, or my 360 have broken down once or shown any errors, except for the time that I bought a used from a game X-change where the disc came in pretty bad condition (my fault for not checking the disc before I left) and needless to say I just went back to the store and exchange it free of charge for a working disc!
As it is, it really just comes down to what people prefer, so just stick to what you prefer and stop bitching because *gasp* others have a differing opinion!
amazing how retarded some of you are. the original xbox only allows 100 friends among other things, and it's easier just to cut the services off than to program updates for an obsolete system
it just consoles from country that drop nuke on a city just for testing it..
My original xbox still works great...and it's a 1.0 unit purchased on launch day!
Pay 50 bucks for superior online service, have it shut down. Good call M$.
It's raist to cut down service of the BLACK console but not for the WHITE aswell!
LOL CONSOLE GAY-MING
Tonight for shits and giggles, maybe I'll load up Warcraft: Orcs & Humans on my PC and play over the Internet with someone.
Or perhaps some Starcraft. Or Diablo II.
Made 13 years ago, yet you can still play online.
why does this website always get their story wrong in regards to xbox. its so biased to the ps3. you need to sankaku
WE NEED TO PERFORM A SANKAKU
By Japan you mean the world.
So, Xbox Live for 360 dies on... February 2014?
Um Artefact you might wanna retranslate that article. The actual quote on the Japanese page says
"Xbox Live services and online gaming for the first Xbox console, including for any original xbox games playable on the Xbox 360, will be terminated on April 15th, 2010."
They are closing the online service for old xbox games, including the ones that are backwards compatible. Xbox360 games will be unharmed by this.
I added two extra incidences of the word "original" to make it doubly clear for you.
Actually, MS is pulling the Xbox Live plug for the first Xbox *entirely*. I.e. ALL games from the original Xbox (even those that can be played in the 360) will be disabled from online play.
More info here:
http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/02/05/xbox-live-being-discontinued-for-original-xbox-consoles-and-games.aspx
Sankaku strikes again with its terrible wording.
Thanks, let me update that.
You've still got the title wrong
The title is completely correct. Xbox live service is ending. Xbox 360 live service isn't of course.
Uhhh, they're just cutting original Xbox service for all regions. Xbox360 live is still staying up everywhere, Japan included :/
Er. No they aren't.
This is just for original Xbox games, and it goes into effect internationally.
Learn to read?
They arent ending ALL XBL content, just for games on the first classic Xbox. Xbox360 content will still exist. They are ending Live service on classic Xbox content for America also
Until 6 years after the next Xbox is released.
"No actual reason is given, but it is most probably due simply to the tiny number of players remaining for this system, never popular in Japan even during its peak years."
This isn't why they're ending it. They're ending it for every country due to them not wanting to spend the money to keep it running, and they're touting updates to Live for 360 games as the trade-off.
xlink kai
Mod me informative oh wait...
Minus the Japan part it is exactly why they are ending it - too few users now.
Sorry, but even this is not entirely true.
Microsoft admits that a significant amount of players still play certain original xbox games over live. Halo2 for example, still has a an absurd amount of players. Among several other old hit titles.
The reasons are not made clear, but they lie elsewhere.
Surely even Microsoft wouldn't... nevermind, I see. Thanks, although proper sourcing is probably not forthcoming?
Wait, so is this just for original Xbox games or all Xbox 360 games, too?
Its only original XBox games. The end of service is for all countries to make way for 360 service updates.
Yeah, like were going to see any services that's worth more then keeping older online games alive. M$ with all the money in the world yet can't even stay dedicated as modders and such.
Uh, they aren't just ending it for Japan.
^ what he said, they are ending the service everywhere not just in Japan.
Link for info of 'international' cessation.
Google it. It's been common knowledge for going on four days now.
Checkmate!
It's not japan only. It's in the entire world.
This isn't restricted to Japan. It's happening everywhere. Xbox Live service for the Oldbox is going kaput.
i was playing xbox live, and then i heard a japanese voice. I asked why he was playing on a xbox. no response.
Live was still going on for the XBOX? LOL
And I thought the fake fantards at Sony Defence Force were bad. You guys make them look like their gay for Bill Gates.
Less misleading headlines, more truth. Please.
Holy misleading title, Batman!
Wow, way to get it wrong.
The bias on this site is incredible, yet again.
Yes, fancy reporting the facts as announced by Microsoft.
Bullshit. This was an OFFICIAL announcement, it was never a rumor of any kind. The official announcement never stated or referred to Japan, in anyway shape or form. Yet you thought it funny to add Japan to the title, and a line questioning why they even let it run this long. Likely a reference to how much (little) the Japanese use the service. Because it's a known fact that a significant amount of players from other areas of the world still use it (there are sites that graph the activity, as well as Microsoft's admittance that it still has a significant amount of users).
RAGE CAGE!!!
no, but seriously dude, chill out. if you want 100% unbiased news, you're at the wrong site. you should know this by now. love sankaku for what it is. dont hate it for what it's not.
also, i find it ironic that even though video games are meant to be enjoyed and make people happy, its such a sensitive topic that people constantly argue about. “xbox rox the ps3's sox”; “ps3 ftw. xbox sux.” hah, as if i really care about your opinion on video games. you're just ruining my fun.
I based this article solely on the Japanese announcement - I'm afraid this did not stress the turn-off was worldwide, hence the omission.
How can this be true, as Monster Hunter Frontier was bought by MS and will be released in Japan, and the major feature of this game is the online ?
what is that 'first' Xbox console you're all talking about ?
Lol, 15th April is my birthday.
I don't know whether that's good or not, because it doesn't affect met at all.
"Xbox what?"
Think that says it all.
Japan ashamed again
Xbox > PS3
YOU RRoD 360 BETA TESTERS FAGS SURE GOT TOLD.
Aren't you feeling dumb you anon fucktard!
this story has nothing to do with 360 dumbass.
You need to lurk more.
It does, because I can't play my fucking backwards compatible games on Live anymore. Wtf is this shit.
lets hope they re-release Idolmaster for the PS3 :D
It is a better console, compared to the Xbox 3sh***y... RIP, still functioning and no RROD Xbox console.
Not really... the 360 almost always keels over dead one day. The original XBox, after being hooked up and unplugged a few times, would sometimes burst into flames one day and burn your house down.
Maybe you think so, but Japan thinks other.
FUCK YOU ASSHOLE AND DIE!
Yes, jp thinks both xbawks stinks.
The original Xbox Live... Not the current Xbox Live... Microsoft likely shut it down on the pretense that it had like 10 remaining subscribers..
BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!! stupid ass xbox finally getting it's just rewards. i can't wait until they go bankru...that will never happen...perhaps they think their fans will overrun ps3 servers and make them shut down online too. sorry xbox, but sony has their shit together. 1 for sony 0 for xbox. ps, to anon who thinks japan is xenophobic, i doubt that. xbox was probably made in china, look at the extreme failure rates. they are just smart enough to buy a product that will work 2 weeks after they buy it.
Gotta love how bias Artefact is though, not posting an article on something as pivotal as monster hunter frontier being confirmed for the xbox 360, along with FF14 confirmed to not be a ps3 exclusive. Now i don't consider myself a fanboy of either console specifically, they both lay a few golden egg games here and there but you could at least post the news a bit more honestly, microsoft ending original xbox live is nothing compared to some of the recent console news, it would be nice to not see your bias so blatantly obvious, by posting an article like this and expecting less than half to read it properly ending up with plenty of the comments thinking microsoft are ending 360 live, way to troll lol.
@ Anonymous 05:08 06/02/2010
Patriotism doesn't have pantsu, loli, shota and futa though...
oi....not ALL xenophobic racists are idiots....some....just plain don't like foreigners...
Idolmaster and shitton of shmups.
Some people got some problems with reading :] . Its about first xbox live service (xbox 1) not the 360 . Even the old live is more advanced than the psn :] .
Sony has their shit together? That's funny.
Xbox Live is far more functional than the PSN, and besides, PSN is going to start charging you for shit soon, idiots, so count your days.
The Xbox has a 3 year warranty because of the RRoD. If it doesn't happen in three years, it doesn't happen at all. They get your system back to you in a week, if not less.
Besides, tell me five good games for the PS3 that aren't for the Xbox too.
Anyway, they can't possibly mean worldwide, because Xbox Live is alive and well in the USA, because of all the MW2 and Halo retards. If they shut it down here, they lose millions of dollars almost instantly. It would be the stupidest economic decision of the century. Even more so with Bioshock 2 on its way.
By the way: Get an IQ, PS3 fanboys. Your system sucks too. Get over it. In fact, at the rate the Wii is improving, it might be the top system in the end.
Cheering for the fall of something that you have no affiliation with whatsoever is as stupid as laughing at someone else that got in a car wreck. It just makes you look like a selfish, insensitive asshole.
Or in this case, a large group of selfish, insensitive (and immature) assholes.
And no, I'm not an Xbox fanboy. Every controller I've bought from Microsoft has had something different wrong with it. All six of them. They suck. The thing is, the game developers don't suck, and they make it worth tolerating the sticky control stick.
Even if I'm playing on Veteran.
@ TNinja:
"XBox - Best in internet
PS3 - Grahpic, interactions and possibilities
Wii - Gameplay and party fun for the family"
Although I always knew Wii sucked, now that you mention that, your right about the family fun thing. PS3 really does have better graphics and games, that's fact, but XBox being best in internet? I gotta disagree. XBOX Live costs money, which means it requires a credit card to join. XBOX Live may take up bandwidth, but most likely, it wont. And its got no censoring system built into it. PS3- free, and clean.
Yeah but past experience doesn't show that ps3 fanboys outweigh the xbox 360 fanboys on Sankaku either so you arguement for even posting the article in the first place has no justification.
Well, I think XBox is a great console. Not pretty well on par with the others if it wasn't for the XBox Live.
And now, they are terminating what I concider the best in the market, the internet service?
I have always set the consoles like this.
XBox - Best in internet
PS3 - Grahpic, interactions and possibilities
Wii - Gameplay and party fun for the family
And now it's like, gone?
Past experience indicates nobody really cares about Monster Hunter. We did report on the PS3 losing FF13 exclusivity so your argument could use some work.
No, Japan is just being xenophobic again and thinks they are gaijin consoles.
Right because the logic is:
Americans buying American products = Patriotism
Japanese buying Japanese products = Xenophobic
I can't reply to the anon. above because there is no reply comment, so I'll just use this instead and quote it so there's no confusion:
"No, Japan is just being xenophobic again and thinks they are gaijin consoles."
This has nothing to do with xenophobia, despite what people on 2ch may be like and other places, not all gamers in japan are idiotic racists just because they don't like the xbox 360. If anything it's probably due to the fact that the xbox was designed so poorly that every year or so it'd fry itself and would cause the owner to go out and buy a new system.. to say it's because of "xenophobia" is just showing that you may not have a proper grasp and may prove that you're more than a little biased for the xbox itself.
well the xbox does suck hard wang-doodle so I can see why Japan doesn't want to associate with it.
The 360 is a failure as a console. A game system that fails that often shouldn't even be allowed on the market.