All good thing come to an end. Halo 2 down to just one final player.

[Jereel Hunter]

jlauro said:

Jereel Hunter said:

jlauro said:
What, you have to pay for an online service and they don't even support their games for long???

huh? This was an original Xbox game. I'd say 4 years past the system being sunsetted (more than 6 years after it's release) is pretty good.

This came out right near the time of the 360, and plays on the 360.  It's barely over 5 years old.

I have games on my PC over 10 years old that I can still play online.  I wouldn't both mentioning it if it wasn't for the fact that you have to pay for xbox live.  They should be able to support a game as popular as halo 2 more than 5 years if you are paying for online service, otherwise what's the point of having to pay for online?

5 years is a long time in console gaming. Games have a much shorter life span, part of why sequels coem out so much more often, and 90% of lifetime sales are generally within the first month or two. (vs PC games, which have slow trickle sales over many years)  It's a different market. For a 5.5 year old game from a last generation system, quite frankly I'm surprised they waited this long to pull the plug.