cannedtuna@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoRetro Gaming in 2026lemmy.worldimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1374file-text
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minus-squarebrandon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoXbox Live started with the original Xbox
minus-squareDupaCycki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoBut it wasn’t strictly paid on the original Xbox, was it? Or am I misremembering?
minus-squareJestzer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-233 minutes agoXbox Live was always a paid service. https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/01/09/xbox-live-through-the-years https://news.microsoft.com/source/2002/08/13/xbox-live-to-launch-on-one-year-anniversary-of-console-launch/
minus-squarebrandon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI am pretty sure my parents had to pay $10/mo or whatever for me to lose all those matches in MechAssault.
Xbox Live started with the original Xbox
But it wasn’t strictly paid on the original Xbox, was it? Or am I misremembering?
Xbox Live was always a paid service.
https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/01/09/xbox-live-through-the-years
https://news.microsoft.com/source/2002/08/13/xbox-live-to-launch-on-one-year-anniversary-of-console-launch/
I am pretty sure my parents had to pay $10/mo or whatever for me to lose all those matches in MechAssault.