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    News - The end of an era for Xbox Live - service closes after 8 years

    Microsoft announces that the original Xbox Live servers will close down in April.
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    Re: News - The end of an era for Xbox Live - service closes after 8 years

    Xbox Live's Major Nelson said: "We did not make this decision lightly, but after careful consideration and review we realize that this decision will allow us unprecedented flexibility for future features.
    My translation from PR-speak ...

    "We aren't making enough money from this any more".

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    Re: News - The end of an era for Xbox Live - service closes after 8 years

    Rightly or Wrongly, i wonder if this has anything to do with £ figures since they banned all those modified consoles ?

    makes you wonder, but i would imagine they would have had a massive downturn in turnover on the "Live" feature since this happened.

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    Re: News - The end of an era for Xbox Live - service closes after 8 years

    This also shows you why "buying" a product from one of these services is little more than a short term lease.

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    Re: News - The end of an era for Xbox Live - service closes after 8 years

    Though having said that, with the prices of 360s now, I have no issue with older consoles being replaced/end of line.

    The comparable cost I would have spent on PC upgrades to play the range of games available for the consoles is an order of magnitude higher than I would spend replacing the console once...

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