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Do you think they will cancel xbox live service for xbox 360 games when xbox one comes out?

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Dingo69
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They did this to xbox original games like halo 2 and crimson skies a few years after xbox 360 was out, and i worry that they are going to do it again once xbox one comes out just like they did with the old xbox original games
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homestar
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Yes they will. There is a point when it's not worth the money they are putting into it. Not for quite a while though. I expect it will take longer than it did for the Xbox.
12 years ago
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Dingo69
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!
12 years ago
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youngdtay
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Canceling Halo 2 for Xbox live was the worst mistake any company could've ever made.
12 years ago
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Dingo69
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I agree. Fuck microsoft
12 years ago
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oil.
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i remember reading somewhere that microsoft will continue xbox 360 live and support for as much as 5 years after xbox 1's release. couldn't cite it though
12 years ago
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GayWolf420
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They will do every trick in the book to get you to buy that piece of shit one. Its cool that game companies are releasing huge titles like GTA 5 and BF4 on the 360 but I'd give it maybe a year before microsoft jews us 360 guys hard. If not, I am totally okay with logging days into GTA 5.
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fujarome
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it'll be up for awhile. original xbox was up for quite awhile and that was back when hardly anyone played online. Now it's one of their biggest products. No way they'll cancel it for at least 5 years. They're probably expecting the xbox360 itself to give out before they cancel your live account.
12 years ago
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Masta_Baka
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this
12 years ago
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Holte
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They'll slowly cancel on a game by game basis.
12 years ago
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Laurent.
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I think I could contest that and say that Excite who passed on Google for $750.000 is a much larger mistake any company could've made.

Yes it sad but it was sort of necessary, also it wasn't just Halo it was all of the original Xbox live.
The original xbox live was holding back the new xbox live. And from a company standpoint it was understandable.
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JzD.
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They won't for a long time I think, as a lot of people won't be getting the Xbox one until big titles come out, at least my two cents
12 years ago
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LiquorLanch
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Or they need to...I'm not getting one because my 360 still works fine and it is primamrily used for netflix and movies now
12 years ago
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JzD.
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Exactly, there will be a large 360 population for a while. Canceling live for the 360 will be about as stupid as their E3 conference
12 years ago
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Dingo69
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I hope they give like a month warning so i can go back and play sweet sweet call of duty 2 one last time
12 years ago
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EricCartman
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No they're not, Live is still going to be running on 360, i have it on insider information.
12 years ago
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broto
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Xbox One is not about discontinuing the Xbox 360. Some sites are saying support will continue for up to 5 years

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/05/25/microsoft-won-39-t-abandon-the-xbox-360-for-at-least-five-years.aspx

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/xbox-360-and-ps3-support-to-continue-until-2017-despite-xbox-one-and-ps4-unveilings

http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/microsoft-announces-updated-xbox-360-and-vows-to-maintain-gamer-support-through-the-xbox-one-launch/

http://mashable.com/2013/06/10/xbox-360-updated/

http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/05/27/microsoft-to-continue-360-support-grow-market-with-xbox-one/

Lewis’ words about the upcoming console generation sound a bit like an attempt to replicate Nintendo’s success with the Wii:

“This generation 7 that we’re in right now, it’s 50 per cent bigger than generation 6 and I think double the size of generation 5. Our anticipation is that generation 8 will be at least 30 per cent bigger still.”

Lewis also suggested that the longer console cycle consumers experienced for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 was beneficial to everyone. Microsoft’s partners enjoyed the longer cycle (likely as manufacturing costs decreased and the red ring debacle became less of a problem), retailers liked the higher attach rate of games to consoles, and developers got better at tweaking games for the platform. Reticence toward the new consoles makes me think gamers have been pretty happy with it as well.

Lewis also hinted that the Xbox 360 won’t disappear as quickly as the original Xbox did. GamesIndustry International make an apt comparison to Sony’s transition from PlayStation 2 to PlayStation 3, where the massive install base guaranteed good business despite the fresh new console on shelves. The original Xbox, on the other hand, was Microsoft’s first effort and a bit of an also-ran.

Lewis said that he expects third-party publishers to continue to bring content to the Xbox 360 for some time, saying that the system “will continue for another multiple-year time frame,” and that Microsoft has Xbox 360-focused marketing plans for at least the next year. This should be good news for gamers left cold by Tuesday’s press conference.

Lewis’ statements about the coming generation feel a bit like hubris after the strange, confused messaging of that conference and the Q&A that followed it, but E3 and Gamescom will both be huge chances for Microsoft to rewrite that misstep.



do any of you even do any research?
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*ninja*
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just get a ps3 i love mine. free free free
12 years ago
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Bateman
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Agreed, same way EA fucked up skate 1 and 2 by removing their online gameplays
12 years ago
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Dingo69
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Does anyone know if cod 2 still has online service? Not mw2, cod2
12 years ago
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BlakeG
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Fuck Microsoft
12 years ago
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