Xbox Live is an important platform for Microsoft, as it represents strong gains in the gaming department of the company. Today it has become an important announcement affecting millions of players, as has officially decided to quit Xbox Live support for older games designed for the first Xbox, such as Halo 2.

Marc Whitten, Microsoft employee said in a post, that this movement has been carefully planned, understanding the consequences that will arise. In the interest of the development of the service, and optimization for the Xbox 360, it was decided that the platform for online play to stop working in the first version of the console, which came to compete with the PlayStation 2.

With this, the company based in Washington state, makes it clear that their services will focus on the latest products, perhaps anticipating what will happen with interesting concepts such as Project Natal, which is expected to arrive later this year. Microsoft should follow this course of action in other products and departments, such as Internet Explorer, which despite being old, still operational until now.

Vía: CNet