Microsoft to end original Xbox game support

For a while now, Microsoft has allowed people to purchase and download original Xbox games (appropriately named Xbox Originals) on Xbox Live, in order for them to be played on their Xbox 360 console. As you'd imagine, this support could only go so far, and now it's official – according to The Gamerscore Blog, Microsoft will be ending support for the originals, beginning April 15.

What this means is that you'll no longer be able to purchase and play some of the games that made the Xbox famous, such as Halo, via Xbox Live; it also means that you'll no longer be able to play multiplayer original Xbox games over the Internet, as the online support is ending. If you have the game disk, you won't be able to compete against others on Xbox Live, though services such as system link will, of course, be just fine. Microsoft employee Marc Whitten has stated that there'll be some additional details regarding this coming soon, as well as some "opportunities," (whatever that may mean) as the company views users as 'partners' in this situation.

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