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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.
The advtage that MS has over Sony and Nintendo is that they own their CDN, so they dont pay as much as their competition would for the same service.
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.
I suppose you could buy another 360? There's a lot still out there.
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
That definitely sounds like something I should look into, especially since I play on PC as well. Also sounds good for a couple older Xbox games I love that never got ported to PC. Thanks for the suggestion!
360s are in their golden age of cheapness right now. They're outdated, but not yet retro. Buy a couple extras and toss them in the closet for when you need spare parts.
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...
I have only played GTA SA in my PS2 and almost a full playthrough in my iPhone 6s 😂
I agree that the Xbox version is the best one (not sure about the PC version though), which is weird that this statement remains valid as of today lol.
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It's already been archived.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.
I could expect no less from archiving/emulation teams.
Nice. Thank goodness
Now we wait for XBLIG/XNA emulation...
Will we be able to still access the games already on the HDD?
From the article:
If you already own a bunch of Xbox 360 digital games, they’ll continue to be playable. You just won’t be able to purchase new games or DLC from an Xbox 360 console.
That... actually doesn't answer it. If the games I paid for only exist on my hard drive and not on any store... what happens when the drive eventually fails?
They stated that you will still be able to redownload games you’ve already purchased. You just won’t be able to make new purchases. It’s kind of weird that the original article left that part out considering it’s what most people would care about.
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/xbox-360/store/view-download-history
It's not weird. People being angry and not getting the whole story is how their article gets shared and generated clicks.
Just out of curiosity, where's emulation at with the x360 these days?
Xenia has gotten really good. A friend of mine played through Red Dead Redemption on it without issues. You still need a good CPU, though.
I'll miss my download of Lost Cities and Lode Runner 3D
Rest in Peace
It's still open?