[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DaProgramma Well this is just a preview of what to expect. Eventually you won't be able to play halo 3 anymore. But it is really a preview of the much bigger picture. That is you won't be able to play any old games any more at some point. In 10 years (if that long) your halo 3 disc might still work, your 360 too (doubtful), but what about your downloaded maps? title updates? I don't doubt we will see a Halo2 port to xbox live arcade, but is that really what we want? I see a vision and the vision is microsoft (or game companies really) trying to do what the music and movie publishers have done for so long, namely, getting consumers to buy the same content over and over and over again. There are actually already doing it now.[/quote] Absolutely agree with everything you said. How many years until Halo 3, ODST, and Reach are no longer playable online? Frankly after Reach I don't plan to buy any more Xbox products. I'm -blam!- done with Microsoft. Knowing that these amazing games will never be playable with friends after a few years makes me so angry.