Well, it’s official. As of April 15th, Microsoft will be discontinuing the online Xbox Live service for the original Xbox. My first response: Really? People still play games on the first Xbox? In a message on the official Xbox blog, Marc Whitten wrote: There’s no greater example of the power of the Xbox LIVE community [...]

Let’s look at some of the arguments from both sides. Ready? Go! The case for “Heck yes, it is” -You can have profiles Xbox Live requires you to have a unique handle, or GamerTag (mine is Situation3), to exist on their network. With this profile you can choose an avatar, and edit your name, location, [...]