Comments on: Microsoft Pulling the Plug on Original Xbox Games on April 15

By: Iceman

Iceman — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:28:48 +0000

@ Sandrock;

In that case, they should do as Smartguy suggested and turn it over to the community as long as they were willing to support it (if that is at all possible).

-M

By: Sandrock323

Sandrock323 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:55:34 +0000

@Iceman
Microsoft is refunding anyone who has paid for any months beyond April. they aren’t shafting anyone out of their money and the intent was to eliminate any limits on the new(er) Live that were being caused by the old(er) Live.

By: Smartguy

Smartguy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:47:29 +0000

@iceman
I agree. There comes a time when the server doesn’t have enough money to support it but then a dev/pub should open it up and let the community run it.

By: Iceman

Iceman — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:07:39 +0000

I think that if people still log on to the servers and play the game, they should support it. Sure there are plenty of old online games that have nothing but tumbleweeds blowing in the online dust and those games should be put down permanently, but if there are a few hundred people or more that still play an online game (and pay for the service, no less) they (Microsoft) should listen to their customers and keep them happy for as long as that may be. The longevity of a game has a direct correlation with the quality of a game. You shouldn’t pull the plug on something like that since it is a very rare and amazing occurrence. Those games should become a beacon, or a historical monument, if you will to other gamers and developers everywhere for as long as people play it. Don’t snuff its light out.

-M

By: bsukenyan

bsukenyan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:46:46 +0000

@sandrock. Yeah that’s news to me. Lol. I do not know a whole lot about either of those games.

By: Sandrock323

Sandrock323 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:35:36 +0000

@bsukenyan
Both of the ones I named are.

By: bsukenyan

bsukenyan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:30:28 +0000

@sandrock. Sone games refuse to die, I just don’t know of any xbox1games that are stll played online other than halo 2.

By: Sandrock323

Sandrock323 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:24:30 +0000

@bsukenyan
Some of those games are still great. I still play SW: Battlefront 2 on my PC and Counter Strike will never die apparently.

By: bsukenyan

bsukenyan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:31:04 +0000

Well I’m not surprised. For the helll of it I tried return to castle wolfenstein online once and it was dead. I can’t believe games other than halo 2 are still played online from the xbox v1 era. Lol.

By: Shockwave562

Shockwave562 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:22:59 +0000

I’ll just reiterate my comments from yesterday’s coffee talk

-well past-due on their part. I don’t even know why Sony supports the PS2 still. I think it hurt initial PS3 sales personally-