Xbox LIVE Discontinued for Original Xbox

[Passerby]

Assuming the goldsrc community wasn't still a decent size and Valve was the one hosting the game instances or some part of it, then this would be the case. Since dedicated servers exists this isn't a problem

and agree w/ second part. That'd piss so many people off.

yes but there still is the dedicated server registering themselves with the master server so they show up in the server browser and vac.

but more or less thing still work with out valve on these just a bit more cumbersome.

 

[Passerby]

yes but there still is the dedicated server registering themselves with the master server so they show up in the server browser and vac.

but more or less thing still work with out valve on these just a bit more cumbersome.

but also i noticed in the console world new game seem to completely take over from old ones example very few people who have halo3 mp play halo 2 mp.

but this is different with pc games still play tfc even know i have tf2 and i play l4d1 and l4d2 as there are one game and just choose which one for the levels i want to play.

 

[shake_n_bake]

Yep. Shame that a few bad eggs can spoil a thread.

cut chemist was making a point and he is right, he wasnt flaming consoles either, he has a opinion yes, but he wasnt flaming. And how does cutting it support the 360 live community other than the way chemist said? and dont just copy and paste quotes because those mean nothing. What does natal have to do with this?

 

[Spitfire'd]

Back to the original point: It has nothing to do with selling original XBOX games!!!!! They don't care about that, in fact they offer several of them for purchase on XBOX live and they are not stopping that. All they said is they were dropping multiplayer support for those games. You will still be able to buy them you just won't be able to play them online. Again, considering that there are literally only 4 or 5 people playing anyone of those games online this is understandable.

It's not like on the PC where as long as 4-5 people pay for their own server they can still play a classic game. Live is the only venue for playing anything on consoles.

So cutting multiplayer support for original games just frees up some stuff to better support the rest of what they do enable on xbox 360.

As for what Natal has to do with this, that's just the interviewee trying to stir up some excitement about what they are about to release. It has nothing to do with anything lol.

I hope that clears up the confusion and clarifies what is actually happening with this.

 

[Cut Chem!st]

Actually, no chemist wasn't completely right. He doesn't like consoles, I get that but that's not what this thread is about.
Also, It is unfair to judge people who play console games. They are playing them, you are not and that's ok. Nothing more needs to be said of it.

Back to the original point: It has nothing to do with selling original XBOX games!!!!! They don't care about that, in fact they offer several of them for purchase on XBOX live and they are not stopping that. All they said is they were dropping multiplayer support for those games. You will still be able to buy them you just won't be able to play them online. Again, considering that there are literally only 4 or 5 people playing anyone of those games online this is understandable.

It's not like on the PC where as long as 4-5 people pay for their own server they can still play a classic game. Live is the only venue for playing anything on consoles.

So cutting multiplayer support for original games just frees up some stuff to better support the rest of what they do enable on xbox 360.

As for what Natal has to do with this, that's just the interviewee trying to stir up some excitement about what they are about to release. It has nothing to do with anything lol.

I hope that clears up the confusion and clarifies what is actually happening with this.

How'd you get that I didn't like consoles out of what I typed? I like consoles, I just don't own one. I've owned many consoles, just not this gen. I got a great amount of enjoyment out of them. My point was aimed at microsoft, supporting consoles, not bashing them.

The Ahh.. console gaming comment was neutral, just used as an opener to go into the comparsion of what I think it's equivelent to. Guess I should have used t differently.

 

[Spitfire'd]

Point well taken sir, my post has been modified. My apologies for misinterpreting your comments.