Microsoft lost.

 PrivateWHudson wrote:

For $5 they managed to give me Doom on the harddrive with achievements and multiplayer.  Why they cant do that for Halo at $15 boggles the mind.  How hard could it be to turn LAN support into WAN support?

Not sure if anyone replied to this because I didn't feel like looking through everything but..

Its actually incredibly hard.
All the packets being sent in Halo: CE are massive, thats why even doing 2v2 on XBC would often lag.
They would have to completely rebuild the multiplayer.
Its not as easy as it seems.

I don't check the forums, so I won't see any replies.
But those are the facts.

All I have to say is Psychonauts.

I lent it out to my friend along time ago and he ended taking it to the UK when he moved. Now I can download it instead of flighting out there to get it back. I wonder if Phantom Dust is getting released... god I love that game.

 

Well, aparently MS doesn't realize that this online service already exists and sells its games for WAY cheaper....its called Ebay!!!!  This is such a joke and a waste of time.  Its bad enough they get $50 a year from me, Ill be damned if Im gonna give them another 1200 points worth for stuff I ALREADY own with no improvements.  They "improve" gaylo 2 and gaylo 3 by adding map packs.  Why not give people what they want, and put Halo 1 on Live?  You could make a lot of money, and make a lot of people happy.  But, I guess thats too much to ask.

All they need to do is at least put online coop on some of the games and maybe 200 points they did it for contra and countless other old school games.  oh well not getting money from me

There making all these games for the 360 Right But they wont even update the bk The last update was July of 2007
My friends and me have wrote The backwards combatibility team and got no reply or any updates I Like to play Still life but it is not on the list or alot of the other games I refuse to pay for the original games when I already
have them and cant play them already on the 360 Kinda suck if you ask me Im starting to think they fired the bk team or just being lazy. I love my 360 but Microsoft is the only team I have trouble with but i guess I cant complain to much they released Resident Evil 5 and Rainbow 6 Vegas huh lol If anybody would like to play Rainbow six my Gamertag Is Anthony3162002 later

Then why not just use the Halo that gearbox helped bungie make when they were doing Halo 2. It'd make more sence to use something that already exists than not. Halo PC was a realy great game when ran on an uper class PC and with Highspeed internet. They wouldnt realy have to do much else than contact gamespy and use its port like the PC version did. Achivements wouldnt take much work either since they'd just have to have the Xbox do what it already does and watch the code and when the player finishes a level give them some gamer score and a little picture.

 

Seriously Microsoft...we want multiplayer...

i really wish that halo 1 CE for download would have online multiplayer

if this game had online MP, then it would be insane better than alot of the games out there even for 360.

and about 20 other million people would as well.

by the way.......

 

canadian dollar is worth more than the usd and yea.... we pay less than we used to..... since our dollar is just a little bit above the usd our prices are very similar (ours are less)

 

HALO 1 FOR XBOXLIVE !

by the way... 50 dollars/a year is nothing.............

 

unless your dirt poor or something

if you buy even one game a year, you can afford xboxlive

WHAT THE POINT OF WASTING YOUR TIME IF THEY DONT HAVE ACHIEVEMENTS THATS DUMB THEY SHOULD PUT ACHIEVMENT AD I'LL PLAY

seams to  me that ''MS'' is trying to copy ''Sony'' here!!!! by being able to download full games to the system!!!

how ever i think it will  fale,and not many will buy these games over on xbox live, if there is no update's and achievments to obtain!!! i for one will buy the box versions @ gamestop aka eb games.....i would onily guess

that most will be doing the same ,since there is no update,and achievments for the older games!!! i would be nice though for them to include this ,other wise its copying ''sony''

ghost6691

 

I wonder why she's not answering...

I think Xbox Originals is a great idea, but what could make it better than Nintendo's Virtual Console and also top Sony's idea, is to bring Dreamcast classics to Xbox Originals. (Although they'd need a name change). I'm sure a lot more people would jump on the band-wagon for this idea. You could play classics like: Shenmue, Jet Set Radio etc. many games which sequel's ended up on the Original Xbox. Most people didn't get to play the originals and this would offer them the chance to. So in conclusion, Microsoft please create Xbox/Dreamcast Originals!

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microsoft u guys are soo kwl ( lets release all these old game with no update or achievements and make $15 on each $ )  WHEN U CAN GET THEM AT GAME STORES FOR $5 TO $15 ITS A RIP OF IF NO ACHIEVEMENTS SO I NOT BUYING !!!

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Can anyone explain to me why my Crash The Wrath of Cortex does not play?  I have received a message that says "This original Xbox game is not supported on your Xbox 360 console. an udate to support this game may be available." How do I find the Xbox 360 update for version 1.0 when my system has a higher version than 1.0? Help!

If they added achievements to games like halo and fable that would make me go out and buy a stupid 30$ microsoft points card, i dont really care about multiplayer since i have halo 3 .if they dont add anything new i wont be buying any classics...sorry microsoft.

 

My 360 got th three red lights....if it doesnt get fixed or replaced microsoft suck and i will convert..

lol gatorxxx u have alot of gamer points..just wondering do you have a life?...(no insult meant)

 ShazBo wrote:

All I have to say is Psychonauts.

I lent it out to my friend along time ago and he ended taking it to the UK when he moved. Now I can download it instead of flighting out there to get it back. I wonder if Phantom Dust is getting released... god I love that game.

 

I agree with ShazBo.  I will be forking up 1200 points for Psychonauts on Dec 4th.  Average selling price with shipping for a used copy on eBay is around $15.  This is a game I've always wanted to play, but never got around to purchasing a copy.

I can also see this being a nice benefit for some of the other titles that are hard to come by that are on the BC list.  Marvel vs. Capcom 2 generally sells for about $50 on eBay.  I love the idea of being able to download it for $15.

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 CannedRell wrote:

Can anyone explain to me why my Crash The Wrath of Cortex does not play?  I have received a message that says "This original Xbox game is not supported on your Xbox 360 console. an udate to support this game may be available." How do I find the Xbox 360 update for version 1.0 when my system has a higher version than 1.0? Help!

 

Download the image here:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardscompatibilityredirect.htm

 

Burn it to disc and then put that disc into the 360.  That should fix the issue you're having.

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i wonder if they will ever make my favorite game, Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition a xbox original, and the other thing, is xbox originals on xbox live only release games that were on xbox ONLY?

well thats too bad that another $15 dollars they could have had out of my pocket what a waste of something that has no online or achievements. what a joke all hyped up to find out they didnt update it. o well there is always xbc with my halo 1 disk

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awww, i want halo 1 xbl!!!

Microsoft has something going here. It's a good idea (as can be seen by its success in other areas) but Microsoft needs to add that little kick by going back and improving upon those old games. Add guide functionality (probably already doing that), give us widescreen and HD support, implement achievements, give us online play for multiplayer hits such as Halo: CE, and maybe add a couple new levels for multiplayer in old games.

If Microsoft simply added achievements, they'd boost sales ten-fold I assume and by adding online multiplayer to old games such as Halo: CE, sales would probably be out the roof. So far, not a bad idea but needs major improvement, especially since they've had a long time since July to get out this next update.

WE WANT ACHIEVEMENTS AND ONLINE MULTIPLAYER!!!

I agree entirely with NeoRatt.  I would easily fork over the dough if Microsoft threw in achievements for some of my old favorites.  It would be a great reason to replay some classics.  If the only benefit is not having "to mess with a disc," I'll pass.

 ShazBo wrote:

All I have to say is Psychonauts.

I lent it out to my friend along time ago and he ended taking it to the UK when he moved. Now I can download it instead of flighting out there to get it back. I wonder if Phantom Dust is getting released... god I love that game.

Phantom Dust is my favorite original Xbox game of all time, but even I would have trouble justifying 1200 points for it when it's available at almost every GameStop in America for $4.99.

Insert obligatory, "No Live, no purchase!" post here.

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Please will Microsoft team do something about making rest of the Prince of Persia series (i.e. Warrior Within and The Two Thrones) available for XBO360. Sony is already providing full support for this classic series on its PS3. Now its time for Microsoft to do the same. I hope in December 4's upgradation we will be getting full support for this epic classic.  

 Joriarty wrote:

What sort of file size will these be? Will there be any performance improvements over the previous Backwards Compatibility versions? (ie Halo has framerate issues, especially in splitscreen mode).

This service is definitely a very nice, unexpected surprise, and the pricing is nicely modest too, which is good. Fable and Psychonauts are my definite purchases at the moment... I heard Fahrenheit mentioned on another website too. I hope that comes :)

Thanks

Yea, thats what im wondering too. I could only about 9 GB of free space if i delete all my demos..I dont have a fancy new 120 GB hard drive.