Report: Halo 2 Blamed for Xbox Live 100 Friend Limit |
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According to G4TV, because Halo 2 fans are still at it in the original XBL, Microsoft just can't go and upgrade the friends cap for the new XBL. Not getting the connection? Here's the thing: the original XBL really can't handle having more than 100 friends; it just wasn't built that way. The new XBL can, though. The "technical obstacle" that Microsoft was referring to when they explained why the new XBL is capped at 100 friends would actually be Halo 2.
For them to up the friends cap on the new XBL, Microsoft would have to ditch support for Halo 2 online. And seeing how popular the game remains to be, it's just bad business call to dump something that many people are obviously enjoying, and thereby raking in profits for the company. Why not just release a patch for it? Well it's not that simple either, cos if it were the only problem, MS would have most likely released one already.
G4TV's insider source also said that there is no definite time as to when MS will disable support for Halo 2, but it could probably happen after the release of Halo 3: ODST. If you want to expedite and ensure this, however, you need to voice out what you want.
I sense an Online Petition coming on then. At least now you know what's the real reason for the cap, and knowing is always half the battle.
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How long did it take them to pull that one out of their ass?
Why don't they just make it so you can't expand your friends list over 100 when you're playing Halo 2. :)
Better yet, why not just show the people who are online. I doubt anyone has a friends list with all 100 people online at one time.
Make Halo 2 players only able to play online if they have 100 friends or less.
Make the update optional ?! for everyone that way if your not playing halo 2 then u can get the new features . y punish every1?
wtf qj... 101st
i try to control my grammar freak tendencies, but damn sometimes you guys don't make it easy...
I don't think I'd use a over-100 FL, but I'm sure many people would. If Halo 2 and all original XBL games are holding that back they should probably just cut support, I don't think the few thousand that still play original XBL games should keep that from happening.
BTW to all the people wondering why they can't just do both, I saw some post from an MS employee explaining the technical bits. I can try to find it again, but the gist of it was, Since both consoles connect to the same service, and they'd need to update XBL to support over 100 friends, this would make all original XBL games incompatible with XBL. If they wanted to do it while keeping Halo 2 and others online, they'd essentially have to create a separate XBL for original games, and that would cost much more money than the 10k people who still play the games are worth. And even then it'd only work for people who only play original Xbox games, you could not use your 360 account on original games since your profile with the updated FL would be incompatible
I haven't got a 360, so this doesn't concern me, but MS should create a downloadable version of original Xbox games, that support an increased friends list size.
Maybe a proof-of-purchase (receipt or something), could be used to get the game for free.
On the face of it, it would seem MS would be doing all this for free, but improving XBL could only be a good thing for them (and its users).
Disable Xbox Live access for original Xbox games and create a virtual LAN app for those who want to continue playing their XBOX games online. Problem solved.
Simple release an update for the 100 friend limit
make The full halo 2 game downloadable for free because lets not kid ourselves here u aint gonna make much more money off halo 2.
The downloadable version has a bugfix already implemented for the 100 friend limit
everyone is *****ing happy
esp those who have not played halo2
Out of the thousands of people who still play this game I wonder how many play fairly..Without using glitches hacks and other mods to completely ruin the game online.
Last time I played I think I got cheated in more than half of my matchmade games, even the unranked ones. lulz