Today, The XBox goes offline for good

[Tyloric]

Today, The XBox goes offline for good

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It's April 14. If you own an old Xbox and play online with it, or still play original Xbox games on Xbox Live via your 360, you should know this is the last day you'll ever be able to do so.​

As Microsoft promised earlier in the year, at the end of the day the plug will be pulled on the world's first truly successful online gaming service for consoles, which first set up shop on the original Xbox all the way back in 2002.
While Xbox Live itself will obviously live on for the Xbox 360, the games that got the service its start - those for the original Xbox - will tomorrow no longer be supported, nor will online play via the original Xbox console.
The move paves the way for a brighter future for the Xbox 360, one where friends lists aren't capped at 100 people, but the celebrations for the future will be marred by tears for the dearly departed, as today we bid farewell to clasic multiplayer titles like Battlefront 2, Crimson Skies and of course the original online juggernaut, Halo 2 (though with its singleplayer campaign it's at least still useful).
Will any of you be marking the occasion with one last game, for old time's sake? I might dust off Halo and Battlefront, send them off in style.

 

[Aions]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

tomorrow

(filler)

 

[Tyloric]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

Today is the last day its' online, so at midnight it's gone. Don't play semantics with me; I always win.

 

[Tsuyu]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

 

[Jasontated]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

It's like a piece of my child hood is being taken away

Spoiler

 

[Evan]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

^please tell me thats not you.

 

[Jasontated]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

sorry m8 wish I could.

 

[Firis]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

^Secy, I am spending my last moments playing Halo 2 with a dear friend.

 

[Jasontated]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

^sounds fun and kinda kinky, is it weird that i find playing halo wit a friend kinky because honestly idk?

 

[underdogwill]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

so are they just shutting off online or will all the consoles just die.

 

[Jasontated]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

Online the online service for all original Xbox games

 

[underdogwill]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

Online the online service for all original Xbox games

good i never had online play for original xbox anyway

 

[Aions]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

Today is the last day its' online, so at midnight it's gone. Don't play semantics with me; I always win.

well is the 15th and im still playing halo 2 on line SUKA!

http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#cid25612

 

[Skotekal]

Re: Today, The XBox goes offline for good

He didn't specify which part of the day it was going offline, only that is was going offline that day.