http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/11/26/fall-dash-update-coming-next-week-dec-4th.aspx
The site being hammered so hard it's down is just confirmation. 
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Y.O.T.C attempted to be funny by writing:
it means i wont log into x box live for a week while they hammer out last minute bugs. It's Microsoft and they have a good track record for the dashboard, but its still microsoft.
what
all they're doing is fucking around with the friends' list
don't make yourself look stupid
Also adding new media playing user interface.
First off, all of them are BC, and almost all of them are big hit titles (relatively) so there's a huge portion of people who already own them. Let's take a closer look.
Fable - 8 bucks at Gamestop.
Halo - Outdated, and no online multiplayer.
Psychonauts - This is pretty much the only cool one, but it's still 13 bucks used.
Burnout 3 - Who plays old Burnout games? Another outdated classic.
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex - Crash games are worthless after the first one or two.
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge - You can get this for 2 bucks at Gamestop.
Since none of them have multiplayer online or achievements, why not just go buy a hard copy of the game? None of them are rare, and none of them are expensive. Half of them aren't even good.
Do you need any further reason?
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Zair stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
So what is the obvious reasoning I'm not seeing that is stopping them from adding acheivements to these old xbox games, something that would probably drive some who are on the fence to go ahead and download?
It wouldn't be massive, but they would have to recode every game. As is they can just slam the image into an emulator and Bob's your uncle.
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Peanut butter ass Shaq Zair booooze lime pole over bench lick:
So what is the obvious reasoning I'm not seeing that is stopping them from adding acheivements to these old xbox games, something that would probably drive some who are on the fence to go ahead and download?
Same reason they didn't add the fucking extra levels from the Saturn version of SoTN 
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Maradon! got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Same reason they didn't add the fucking extra levels from the Saturn version of SoTN
Because they weren't good?
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A sleep deprived Maradon! stammered:
Same reason they didn't add the fucking extra levels from the Saturn version of SoTN
Yeah.. but they did add Achievements to SoTN.
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A sleep deprived Skaw stammered:
Yeah.. but they did add Achievements to SoTN.
They should patch Maria mode into it from the Drac X Chronicles.
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Alaan must think they're pretty smart:
It wouldn't be massive, but they would have to recode every game. As is they can just slam the image into an emulator and Bob's your uncle.
Recode? No. Add a few lines of code here and there to fire off an event to the 360? Yes.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Blindy. was all like:
Recode? No. Add a few lines of code here and there to fire off an event to the 360? Yes.
It's probably just because it's more work than sending an ISO to the client
