You’ll still be able to play games you already own.
  • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • simple@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      132·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • Dudewitbow@lemmy.mlEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        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.

  • CharlesReed@kbin.social
    151·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • verysoft@kbin.social
      5·
      1 year ago

      You can still play/download games you own, just cannot buy new ones from their digital store.

      • CharlesReed@kbin.social
        32·
        1 year ago

        Not if my 360 quits on me and they’re not backwards compatible or available with my Xbox One.

        • BlemboTheThird@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          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

          • CharlesReed@kbin.social
            1·
            1 year ago

            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!

    • Zoidsberg@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      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 They’re outdated, but not yet retro.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.

    • Boxtifer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Everything’s technically a rental. Nothing lasts forever. That console probably will stop working eventually.

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      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.worldEnglish
        21·
        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.

  • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    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…

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      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.

    • simple@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
        33·
        1 year ago

        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?

    • simple@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      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.