NEWS - Saturday, February 28, 2009
Microsoft ends original Xbox support
On March 2, Microsoft will no longer offer repair support to users of the original Xbox console.
Owners who (somehow) still have an Xbox console under warranty from Microsoft will be able to participate in an upgrade offer to an Xbox 360 -- terms of which are not detailed online. Microsoft recently ended support for the big black box in Japan. Pour out a portion of that Forty folks, the Xbox is no longer supported by Microsoft. Sure, most will tell you Microsoft stopped supporting the original beast on November 22, 2005, but those people would be ... no, theyd be completely right.
Source: http://xbox.joystiq.com