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

[HEXUS]

Microsoft announces that the original Xbox Live servers will close down in April.

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[Saracen]

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".

[Steve A]

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.

[oolon]

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

[dave87]

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...