{"id":1563,"date":"2010-04-14T15:52:01","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T21:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2010-04-14T15:52:01","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T21:52:01","slug":"end-of-the-online-for-the-original-xbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1563","title":{"rendered":"End of the (on)line for the original Xbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is D day for playing games online with the original Xbox. <\/p>\n

According to Neowin<\/a>, “as of April 15, all active servers for original Xbox Live subscribers will be shut off. This means that all multiplayer components of original Xbox games, including those available through the Xbox 360\u2018s Xbox Originals program, will no longer be accessible. ”<\/p>\n

I still have my original Xbox somewhere, and I haven’t played it in years, but I do remember wasting tons of time online with Halo 2. <\/p>\n

With everyone playing online with the latest gen consoles, this shutdown isn’t too big of a surprise. Going back and playing a previous generation console after getting used to the most recent games is really only for nostalgia.<\/p>\n

Here’s the link to the story on Neowin.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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