It sucks to lose access to digital content on the original console, but I am at least glad that they are continuing to offer access to digital Xbox 360 games/DLC that are backwards compatible on Series X, and that folks can still download content they own.
This is akin to Steam declaring that it will no longer support Windows 7. Which is actually happening at the end of this year.
I agree, posts like this are more of a heads up. It was nice of MS to support Xbox 360 for this long anyways, it’s almost 18 years old now.
Man, I knew this day would come, but I hate now that it actually has a date. My 360 is still going strong, and I’m dreading the day it gives out. Yeah, I could just move everything over to my Xbox One, but I’m not even sure all the 360 games I own are backwards compatible.
You can still play/download games you own, just cannot buy new ones from their digital store.
Not if my 360 quits on me and they’re not backwards compatible or available with my Xbox One.
Xbox emulation looks underdeveloped compared to PlayStation and Wii, but from what I can tell Xenia has come a long way in the last couple of years. If you’re willing to give it a go, you could try ripping the games off your discs and just play on PC
Everything’s technically a rental. Nothing lasts forever. That console probably will stop working eventually.
Physical>emulation/backups>digital purchase.
This should be the path always in order to get games, it is for me.
Physical isn’t much good if you can’t pop it in and play, lots of games need day one updates to be playable.
Okay, thanks! You’re right, that’s the main thing I care about. The far-superior Original Xbox version of GTA: San Andreas (among others) can only be played on Xbox and Xbox 360…
The scene needs to get to work and “archive” what’s left since it will be gone forever
It’s already been archived. Pretty much every single 360 retail, indie and arcade game is out there to download.
