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niceguygameplayer said: To be honest, I don't care much about gaming online. I disliked MS for pushing online so hard. However, I can see that it matters to you and others. Point taken. But, regarding the original Xbox, I remember reading that MS forced 3rd parties to switch from it to 360 development immediately. I don't feel that's fair. The original owners could still have gotten more money's worth. [...] |
From Wikipedia:
original Xbox "Retail availability NA: November 15, 2001"
Xbox 360 "Retail availability November 22, 2005"
"The last game released on the Xbox was Madden NFL 09, on August 12, 2008."
original Xbox "Discontinued NA: March 2, 2009"
Support for the original Xbox on Xbox Live "was finally disconnected on May 11, 2010"
Nothing in the above suggests a quick abandonment, and commercial software still being released for it until 2009 suggests against your assertion that third-parties were being forced to abandon it.
