xbox 360 store closing

[Jellyfish]

i just got an email from xbox telling me that the xbox 360 store will shut down on july 29th 2024.

"Starting on July 29, 2024, the Microsoft store on Xbox 360 and on (link to random Microsoft website) will no longer be supporting purchases. this includes games, trials, add-ons, avatar items, apps, gamerpics, game trailers, and videos. it also includes purchases like gamertag changes on Xbox 360, Xbox live gold subscriptions, in-games purchases, and Movies & TV."

we only have 1 year until this happens, this is very sad.

EDIT: you will still be able to play games on 360, you just cant buy anymore.

[Fishie]

Publicado originalmente por RRW359:

Publicado originalmente por Fish:

It only happens when they think they aren't making money if you get a lot of people to show them; otherwise, they would properly reopen it like Playstation did with PS3. But everyone on Xbox isn't like Playstation gamers; they always buy the new console, buy the newer games, and never look back to the old. Not everyone remembers the original Xbox; when you mention it, they say 360.

Honestly, PS3 should have kept it closed, or at least shut down the network for online games, so there would be no modders stealing accounts or getting you banned. 

Xbox should do the same thing, and then the problem would be solved. But Xbox always shuts down old consoles just like ubisoft shuts down games online services after so long.

And it shuts down the option of having a 16-letter gamertag when the store goes down unless you create a whole new account. But most likely, Xbox will shut down the entire service at some point.

Xbox has backwards compatibility and CD playback, I wouldn't say users don't play older games. Even the 360 kept it after Sony tried to remove it in the PS3.

When Sony adds backwards compatibility, that will be the day.

Xbox users may play old games, but they are few, not a majority like Playstation users. If Xbox users were the majority, they wouldn't get the 360 store shut down due to no one buying. They may be buying disks, but digitally, they aren't doing it.

Or simply, Xbox doesn't care and would rather not deal with paying to keep the store up, so they shut it down, and then the online services come later.

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Publicado originalmente por Fish:

Publicado originalmente por Channel_04:

Still more valuable than anything the xbox brand has released in these past 10 years

True, somewhere along the line Xbox lost its way. I miss the 360 dashboard.

The 360 will always be one of my favorite consoles, so many great games.

[Fishie]

Publicado originalmente por RRW359:

Publicado originalmente por Fish:

Oh, you forgot the war! The war began long ago; consoles thought they were better, but PC won, and then it was Playstation vs. Xbox, and Playstation won Supreme because Xbox has very stupid rules.

Playstation has adult rules, while Xbox is like, "No, you can't cuss, and no, you can't have devil in your name, even though we claim you can," and the name changer is like, "Sorry, this gamertag isn't allowed."

So you have to add a number or something to it, but we allow heaven and Jesus. At least Playstation has more freedom, and they still wonder why they lose everything to Playstation.

It's hilarious; they blame it on games, but really the problem lies with their platform's rules, and then they have ambassadors on the Xbox platform. If you see one, just run; they are known as snitches and will do everything in their power to ban people for no reason.

Well nowadays Playstation treats their people like children by saying they can't remove the HDD, can't replace the controller batteries, and haven't been around long enough to care about backwards compatibility or the ability to play music CD's. Also PC isn't perfect either since at least if you download Console games you get to keep them after the store shuts down; if you are running an OS 4 or even 7 years younger then the 360 Steam won't let you use the stuff you already bought and downloaded in a couple months, plus if you don't use multiplayer Consoles really can be cheaper.

No one wants to change a battery. It easier to have it built in and just charge the controller. As for music cds no one's use cds anymore. It all about digital.

[Fishie]

Publicado originalmente por Channel_04:

Publicado originalmente por Fish:

True, somewhere along the line Xbox lost its way. I miss the 360 dashboard.

The 360 will always be one of my favorite consoles, so many great games.

In the future maybe they will make 360 legacy console and have a cool eye catching design to it.

[RRW359]

Publicado originalmente por Fish:

Publicado originalmente por RRW359:

Well nowadays Playstation treats their people like children by saying they can't remove the HDD, can't replace the controller batteries, and haven't been around long enough to care about backwards compatibility or the ability to play music CD's. Also PC isn't perfect either since at least if you download Console games you get to keep them after the store shuts down; if you are running an OS 4 or even 7 years younger then the 360 Steam won't let you use the stuff you already bought and downloaded in a couple months, plus if you don't use multiplayer Consoles really can be cheaper.

No one wants to change a battery. It easier to have it built in and just charge the controller. As for music cds no one's use cds anymore. It all about digital.

Nobody wants to replace the battery in a controller until 20 years from now when Xbox controllers are still being sold with compatibility with new NiMh/Li-Ion AA's while original PS4/5 controllers require expensive referbishment.

[MinionJoe]

Publicado originalmente por Fish:

It easier to have it built in and just charge the controller.

And when it dies, because most rechargeables are only good for a 1,000 cycles or so, you just buy a new $200 controller instead of a $15 battery. Easy peasy!

[GlaceonChireiden]

Publicado originalmente por Fish:

Publicado originalmente por JustSomeLego:

You could argue PC isn't much different considering you still have to upgrade your specs in order to keep up after a certain point (unless you're willing to compromise graphics/functions).
Especially since some of those components can cost more than just buying a new console to begin with.

Also, what war lol. Consoles and PC both serve different purposes and are targeted to different crowds. There is no "war" and there never has been.

Oh, you forgot the war! The war began long ago; consoles thought they were better, but PC won, and then it was Playstation vs. Xbox, and Playstation won Supreme because Xbox has very stupid rules.

Maybe way back then there was a comparable difference in game quality between consoles and PC, but nowadays that gap is much MUCH smaller to an almost unnoticeable extent.

One is better for ease of use and not having to fiddle with stuff like specs or compatibility issues (consoles) and the other is for having a bit more control over your system and games, at the cost of nothing being a guarantee (PC)

[Mathius]

Publicado originalmente por Fish:

But everyone on Xbox isn't like Playstation gamers; they always buy the new console, buy the newer games, and never look back to the old. Not everyone remembers the original Xbox; when you mention it, they say 360.

Speak for yourself. I have a Playstation 2, 3, and an XBox 360. I have a gamecube as well.

I have not played my 360 in about 2-3 years, so if I lose some games I probably won't get mad about it, but it still sucks.

Publicado originalmente por RRW359:

Well nowadays Playstation treats their people like children by saying they can't remove the HDD, can't replace the controller batteries, and haven't been around long enough to care about backwards compatibility or the ability to play music CD's.

This has always been the case, it's not "nowadays." Hell, the PS2's had a sticker on them that said you void your warranty if you open the panel the sticker was on. At least the first playstation you could mod with a spring and a swap disc.

Publicado originalmente por RRW359:

Also PC isn't perfect either since at least if you download Console games you get to keep them after the store shuts down; if you are running an OS 4 or even 7 years younger then the 360 Steam won't let you use the stuff you already bought and downloaded in a couple months, plus if you don't use multiplayer Consoles really can be cheaper.

Let's not pretend there's a standard here. Nobody knows what will happen if Steam ever shut down.

Most of the games that aren't available anymore on Steam aren't available because of the devs. Not Steam.

The Devs control almost everything related to their content, including their individual message boards, prices, etc.

Activision is famous for putting out licensed games and then not renewing the license so you can't get the game anymore, like their Transformer line of games, and Deadpool.

Of course what you're really crying about is Windows 7, which you should have moved on from long ago. Either way, OS is irrelevant with consoles, which makes it a totally different issue.

Publicado originalmente por Fish:

No one wants to change a battery. It easier to have it built in and just charge the controller. As for music cds no one's use cds anymore. It all about digital.

I have yet to see a rechargeable battery that lasts as long as a regular set of AA batteries. At least in the aforementioned consoles.

[Mathius]

Publicado originalmente por JustSomeLego:

Maybe way back then there was a comparable difference in game quality between consoles and PC, but nowadays that gap is much MUCH smaller to an almost unnoticeable extent.

That's a bit disingenuous, don't you think?

The gap is small because most cross-platform devs are developing FOR consoles and then porting to PC's.

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Nothing lasts forever

360 servers lasted a hell a lot longer than any Nintendo console’s

PS3 will be next, and then it’s the end of an era

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I have yet to receive this fateful message tho

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Well we can still at least buy backward compatible 360 games, and play 360 games online, it’s just the store shutting down for 360 consoles

I need to buy all the gamerpic and avatar items I wanted so brb

[Fishie]

Publicado originalmente por Monument of TRethehedgehog:

Nothing lasts forever

360 servers lasted a hell a lot longer than any Nintendo console’s

PS3 will be next, and then it’s the end of an era

Sony already shut down the PS3 store a long time ago, but they brought it back because they made money from it and a lot of people complained.

A lot of consumers still buy and play the PS3, unlike the 360.

The PS3 network won't be shut down because they would have to create a new network for newer PlayStation models. which they haven't done, but on the PS3 network, just like the 360 network, there is high risk when playing online games, and the companies won't think twice when you get banned because someone modded you in the game.

Microsoft shut down the original Xbox because it created a new network system. Playstation hasn't created a new PlayStation network to shut down PS3. If they tried shutting down the PS3 network, it would also shut down PS4, PS5, and PS3.

But that doesn't mean Sony won't shut it down at some point, just the online portion, and add a warning saying online games are no longer working; do not buy online-only games, or simply remove all online games from the store.

Or shut it down completely if they can update the network for PS4, PS5 to a newer PlayStation network.

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O yea, I didn’t realize that

Except for the game banning part, I knew that

[Fishie]

Publicado originalmente por Monument of TRethehedgehog:

O yea, I didn’t realize that

Except for the game banning part, I knew that

As long as you don't play online games on the PS3 or 360, you will be fine, but if you do and you get modded, you will be banned the same day, weeks, years, or years later and they won't unban you.