Submitted 1 year ago by simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/17/23835636/microsoft-xbox-360-store-closure-july-2024
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.
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.
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?
The scene begs to get to work and “archive” what’s least since it will be gone forever
It’s already been archived. Pretty much every single 360 retail and arcade game is out there to download.
I could expect no less from archiving/emulation teams.
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.
Rest in Peace
I’ll miss my download of Lost Cities and Lode Runner 3D
stappern@lemmy.one 1 year ago
remember you are only renting games
kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Physical>emulation/backups>digital purchase.
This should be the path always in order to get games, it is for me.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Physical isn’t much good if you can’t pop it in and play, lots of games need day one updates to be playable.