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Halo 3: ODST leads to Halo 2 shutting down, bigger friends list

Tuesday 11-Aug-2009 10:02 AM Microsoft explains why one event could well lead to another...

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Microsoft has told G4TV that Halo 2 players are the reason the Xbox Live Friends List is capped at 100.

Original Xbox titles were coded for a 100-player Friends List only, and with Halo 2 still being a prominent name online, it's holding Microsoft back from unleashing a larger Friends List on Xbox Live.

The solution? Microsoft could shut down the Halo 2 servers after Halo 3: ODST's release, as they figure this will leave 360 owners with two Halo games to play (Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST). Yet we can't help but feel some of the hardcore Halo players will be a little put out by this news.

Would you rather Halo 2 lived on or that you had a larger Friends List?

Ryan King