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.

[RRW359]

Originally posted by Mathius:

Originally posted by 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.

Originally posted by 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.

Originally posted by 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.

Originally posted by 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.

We absolutely know what will happen when Steam shuts down. Did W98 users get to keep their games when Steam stopped working? XP? Vista? Do you think 7/8 users will? If they can't give you the games you bought when Valve is this powerful why would they be able to if Valve is dying and isn't in a position to renegotiate their licenses and give them to people DRM-free?

[GlaceonChireiden]

Originally posted by Mathius:

Originally posted by 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.

I probably just worded that weirdly, sorry. My main point was that the gap between the two isn't really as large as it used to be.

[Fishie]

Originally posted by Monument of TRethehedgehog:

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

That only for Xbox series X/S and not all games from them consoles are backwards compatible.

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backward-compatibility

[RRW359]

Originally posted by Fish:

Originally posted by Monument of TRethehedgehog:

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

That only for Xbox series X/S and not all games from them consoles are backwards compatible.

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backward-compatibility

It's for all Xbox 1 models and a small handful I'd better then none. Even some normal Xbox games work.

[Fishie]

Originally posted by RRW359:

Originally posted by Fish:

That only for Xbox series X/S and not all games from them consoles are backwards compatible.

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backward-compatibility

It's for all Xbox 1 models and a small handful I'd better then none. Even some normal Xbox games work.

The games aren't the point; people like the console and how it looks, the dashboard, and more.

I hope one day they make a console that has the Xbox logo on the front and on the sides but the sides glow green with a RGB control setting to turn it off or on and a midnight black case, but honestly, I don't care the 360 store is going away; I'm used to Xbox, Ubisoft, and Playstation doing this; it's nothing new.

Also, some of those games don't have online support because the developers don't plan to add it back to games that were once dead.

[Fishie]

Originally posted by Mathius:

Originally posted by 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.

People just don't want to change the batteries. Do you know how annoying it was to buy batteries each time? So people found a trick to make it wired by just using the long charger cable, which works for all Xbox consoles. Rechargeable batteries are better, and it's better not to take them out because if you get game rage, the batteries can fall out.

[RRW359]

Originally posted by Fish:

Originally posted by Mathius:

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.

People just don't want to change the batteries. Do you know how annoying it was to buy batteries each time? So people found a trick to make it wired by just using the long charger cable, which works for all Xbox consoles. Rechargeable batteries are better, and it's better not to take them out because if you get game rage, the batteries can fall out.

How many decades have rechargeable AA's existed and people still don't know about them? Imagine the battery running out so you instantly get another set and charge the old set, then when they run out do the same.

[mesabuild]

damn, although i was fairly late to the 360 party i still had a few memories

[Fishie]

Originally posted by RRW359:

Originally posted by Fish:

People just don't want to change the batteries. Do you know how annoying it was to buy batteries each time? So people found a trick to make it wired by just using the long charger cable, which works for all Xbox consoles. Rechargeable batteries are better, and it's better not to take them out because if you get game rage, the batteries can fall out.

How many decades have rechargeable AA's existed and people still don't know about them? Imagine the battery running out so you instantly get another set and charge the old set, then when they run out do the same.

If the controller doesn't have a battery pack and needs a cord to be charged, I'm pretty sure they know about them. Playstation and Xbox have rechargeable battery packs with batteries you can't take out as well. All I'm saying is that rechargeable battery packs are better but everyone's opinion is different.

[Fishie]

Originally posted by average scott the woz fan:

damn, although i was fairly late to the 360 party i still had a few memories

Welcome to the party (:

[Fishie]

Originally posted by pwadvisor1:

Originally posted by Lilly:

What does this mean for all the junk you bought on there? Gone forever?

It’s still there I think you just can’t buy more

Yeah, however, if the game is online only and they shut down the 360 online network, then you won't be able to play that game anymore, but according to this post, they are only shutting down the 360 store to buy games and stuff digitally. I'm not sure why the OP didn't include the link, but here it is.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/08/17/xbox-360-store-will-close-july-2024/

[RRW359]

Originally posted by Fish:

Originally posted by RRW359:

How many decades have rechargeable AA's existed and people still don't know about them? Imagine the battery running out so you instantly get another set and charge the old set, then when they run out do the same.

If the controller doesn't have a battery pack and needs a cord to be charged, I'm pretty sure they know about them. Playstation and Xbox have rechargeable battery packs with batteries you can't take out as well. All I'm saying is that rechargeable battery packs are better but everyone's opinion is different.

Well you can always take out the rechargeable Xbox packs without a ton of technical knowledge but I'm talking about actual rechargeable AA's, the ones that work on all devices that use AA's. You seem to think AA has to mean non-rechargeable.

[Pierce Dalton]

Tbh I'm surprised it still exists. All things come to an end, good or bad ones.

[I^IUHhHHhhHhHhHH² ^B]

Fish is right about PS3 store

I made a post on Reddit about this, and one guy was surprised about there not being enough backlash like the PS3 store

Looking at the marketplace now, it just isn’t how it used to be. Hell Microsoft doesn’t even sell the OG halo games. There are also games that you can’t buy anymore, due to licenses or some other reason.

Sony probably still sells all their exclusives on the PS3 store and it without a doubt draws in more money.

Most of the 360 games I care about are backwards compatible anyways, and I don’t even have a 360 because my brother sold it to my cousins instead of my parents.

But the PS3 store is only accessible using a PS3 so I can’t fact check

[I^IUHhHHhhHhHhHH² ^B]

They should bring back buyable or unlockable gamer pics for the newer Xbox consoles tho