Xbox live ending on 360 in 2016?

Daft Badger · Feb 1, 2016

Of course the 360 servers are used for backwards compatibility,not sure why you think they aren't.

Halo 2 used to run on the original xbox servers so of course the online shut down when live shut down for the original xbox.

CHAD TPRUITT · Feb 3, 2016

Yes...i did not word my post right. For some reason people think if a 360 game is bc, its' servers will continue even after the 360's servers themselves are shut down. It won't happen. Once the the 360 servers are gone, all 360 titles, bc or not, will
lose their online components. Individual developers could create their own tho.

eber3 · Feb 3, 2016

Yeah, but the point is that since they have made BC 360 games for the X1, the 360 servers will stay up a lot longer then they would have without it. In fact, it's possible the 360 servers may stay up for the life of the X1 just so the X1 retains the BC feature.

XBOX BLACKSTAR · Oct 31, 2018

I have a good feeling that the 360 servers will continue the lifespan of the XB1. Now that they have been giving away all of the 360 games for Games With Gold it would be highly contested if they shut the servers off and everyone loses all those games they
paid for with their Gold subscription.

The backwards compatibility is basically running emulation in the XB1 environment. That is why you can play online with 360 users, and all of the menu systems (friends, achievements) work just like a 360 when you are in the game.

eber3

Yeah, but the point is that since they have made BC 360 games for the X1, the 360 servers will stay up a lot longer then they would have without it. In fact, it's possible the 360 servers may stay up for the life of the X1 just so the X1 retains the BC feature.

Kine Jester

I hope so, I figured without an official statement, they would run it for at least another year before they even make an announcement about it as a possibility. Glad that seems to be the consensus.

CHAD TPRUITT

Yes...i did not word my post right. For some reason people think if a 360 game is bc, its' servers will continue even after the 360's servers themselves are shut down. It won't happen. Once the the 360 servers are gone, all 360 titles, bc or not, will
lose their online components. Individual developers could create their own tho.

eber3

"No..servers are not needed for BC."

Yes they are. They specifically set up the backwards compatible games for the X1 to run off the 360 servers.

Smwutches

The Microsoft person who made the comment just suggested that it would run for at least 3 more years. It was not an official statement that it would end. At the time, backwards compatibility was not available and didn't look like it was coming at all. With
backwards compatibility available, the 360 servers will probably be running for quite a while.

Xbox live ending on 360 in 2016?