[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Grunt Chietain Why would they do this?[/quote] Microsoft's reasons fro this are black & white, They are pushing the community to move on with the Technology. 2010 will be a great push for the Xbox community with the new games and not to mention Project Natal. I understand how this is effect the public because sadly I have a friend who is still using the Original Xbox and was crushed by the fact that she will no long be able to game in Halo2 Online via Xbox. [url=http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/02/05/xbox-live-being-discontinued-for-original-xbox-consoles-and-games.aspx]More intel here[/url]