2y ago

Xbox 360 digital store will close next July

Weird to think how the Xbox 360 will turn 18 in November this year.

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wow, 18 years of service. That's quite impressive.
Time to download everything for perservation reasons.
- 18 years and Microsoft kicks them out of the house. The worst kind of parents.
Being able to still download old purchases is my biggest thing. I'm glad they aren't removing that
- This is my biggest reason for not buying the latest gen consoles. They lean heavily towards digital downloads, and I want to be able to unpack the console in 20 years for nostalgia and play a game without worrying if the game store is still available to download it.
  There are physical disc versions, but I get the feeling even there the games won't work out of the box without and internet connection to the online server/store
  
  in my experience the "physical" copy of a game now, only gives access to installing a game. But I dont really use consoles so maybe I am misunderstanding how it works.
Good to know my copy of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World on the Xbox 360 will still be available to me, I guess?
It's wild to me to think that many of these are still in service. I went through several RRODs.
- If you can, rip the files and post them to the internet, so that access to that game isn't lost when the store is shut down.
Honestly, I'm surprised the 360 store was still up and running. At least purchases can still be downloaded and backward compatibility means most of these games will still be accessible.

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