Q: Because i was going to by one but you never know because they quit making games for xbox.
A: They didn't just choose to abandon the original Xbox, they didn't have the manufacturing rights to the Nvidia Gpu that was used in the Xbox, so when Nvidia ceased manufacturing that pretty much stopped all manufacturing of the Xbox. The Xbox 360 is very profitable for Microsoft and they own the rights to the Ati video card as well as the IBM Cpu allowing them to choose who they want to manufacture the console and it's components which there are three different companies that manufacture the Xbox 360. Also with the new price drop of all Xbox 360's and and new Dash board coming out this year you can rest assured that the console is still going and will be for another 3-4 years as the console is mid way in it's life cycle and is turning 3 years on Nov.22nd this year.