Xbox Live's Major Nelson

Will Xbox Originals have Achievements?

I have gotten quite a few questions about yesterday’s Xbox Originals announcement. Specifically, folks want to know if these games will have additional functionality like Achievements and Gamer score. The answer is no. “These are the original games that were created before Xbox 360. In order to preserve the integrity of the original gaming experience they provide, they will have the features available at the time of their initial release.”  I hope that clears that up.

Edit:
(I posted the following in the comments, but I wanted to make sure you all saw it)
I know it's probably not what you wanted to hear, but I thought it would be best to get clear up an misunderstanding up right up front. I'll talk more about it on my show this week. Would it have been cool? Sure it would ...but as many folks have noted, for a variety of reasons it's just not possible. :(

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Soo...there will be Live MP?

November 14, 2007 12:37 PM [Direct Link]
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no online play or achievements? that would've been huge.

sorry, i don't see myself buying any of these games.

November 14, 2007 12:40 PM [Direct Link]
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This is nice in a way! Just like CoD4 doesnt have any online achievements.

But I would like some achievements, but this is okay how it is in the moment.

November 14, 2007 12:40 PM [Direct Link]
Anon 1

I guess I'll be the first to lament the idea of Halo 1.5 once again!

November 14, 2007 12:41 PM [Direct Link]
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Oh well. That would have been cool though.

November 14, 2007 12:41 PM [Direct Link]
Anon 2

I guess I'll be the first to lament the idea of Halo 1.5 one last time...

November 14, 2007 12:41 PM [Direct Link]
Anon 3

This will be a good way on playing some of the games that i should have played on the Xbox. I just hope that it will be able to have the guide like xbox 360 games. It will make that portion great...

November 14, 2007 12:42 PM [Direct Link]
Anon 4

Well that's a HUGE missed opportunity. It wouldn't really take that much to write a program that ran on top of the original game to award achievements.

Now we know for sure that there is no advantage to buying these games online over buying them on disc. I'll take one copy of Halo at $5 please, Gamestop.

November 14, 2007 12:42 PM [Direct Link]
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That means no live play on Halo and no HD? That kinda sucks.

November 14, 2007 12:42 PM [Direct Link]
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Great, thanks Major. You just saved me money.

November 14, 2007 12:43 PM [Direct Link]
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