End of the road: The Xbox 360 game marketplace will shut down in 2024

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/08/the-xbox-360s-online-store-will-shut-down-next-year/

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freebread@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Hate to see any digital stores go but there isn't much left that can't be found on other consoles or the One/SeriesSX Microsoft store. Had a lot of fun panic buying when the Wii U eShop closed- enjoyed the community discussion and the thrill of finding all the hidden gems. It just seems most of the good stuff on the 360 store has been delisted for years. :/

Stovetop@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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freebread@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y

Well put! I also wonder if backwards compatible purchases made after the shutdown will retroactively work on 360. I bought stuff for 360 through the new Microsoft store often and it showed up fine.

Tischkante@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

If only someone would replace it with something else har.

Hypx@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

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Eggyhead@kbin.social · -1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I wonder if this was spurred on by the fact that 360 backwards compatibility hamstrung their ability to profit from a lazy port of RDR being sold at a full $60 on other platforms. Best just remove people’s ability to buy anything from that generation in case it happens again.

kbity@kbin.social · 8 pts · 3y

Backward-compatible Xbox 360 games will still be available for purchase on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S stores, Microsoft says.

So no, presumably Microsoft just doesn't want to deal with the tangle of close to 20-year-old code that holds up the Xbox 360's store interfaces.