Damn, the would really suck. There's still some great stuff that aren't BC on modern Xbox systems but can still be bought digitally on the Xbox 360 Marketplace.
BC Xbox 360/OG Xbox games that are still listed but can only be bought on the online Marketplace or on a Xbox 360.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood** Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag* Assassin's Creed Liberation HD** Blood of the Werewolf Castle Crashers* Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare* Counter Strike: GO Dark Souls* Darksiders II* Daytona USA Defense Grid: The Awakening Final Fight: Double Impact Iron Brigade...www.resetera.com
I saw them shutting it down in 2025 to give the 360 a 20 year run. I expect with the backlash this will bring it probably will end up being 2025 anyway.
Someone is going to have to make a list of all the digital only Xbox games with no new version.
This is sadly not true. Hoping they address this before the shutdownIf they are part of the BC program they're still on the Xbox store.
Moments like this make me wonder why people are so eager to have a fully digital console.
Unironically yes. It's been proven time and time again that the best attempt to stop companies from doing shit is to hit them with a ton of backlash.
This is not always true.
Not every BC game is available through the new store.
Moments like this make me wonder why people are so eager to have a fully digital console.
Good to know.
That's kind of surprising. Can't you purchase Xbox 360 games through the same store the newer platforms use and the web store? Unlike PSN where you've got to buy them through the old store on the platform itself.
So MS seemed like they had things together on this front. Coupled with the way they've promoted backwards compatibility, just seems like a really odd decision.
For me personally I don't see a situation where I'd have waited 20 years to buy a game I really wanted to try. But to each their own.Moments like this make me wonder why people are so eager to have a fully digital console.
Yet. At some point one of these companies will cut off downloads to older digital content. It's not a matter of if but when and who will be the first. Anybody thinking otherwise is being foolish.
I mean, Im finding about games from the 80s I had no idea even existed, and buying them. Its hardly that hard to imagine that there's something on the 360 store Ive missed all these years. Thinking about it... I never did get 'Splosion Man or the Dishwater Samurai...For me personally I don't see a situation where I'd have waited 20 years to buy a game I really wanted to try. But to each their own.
No, but they're closing your ability to purchase anything new. Thankfully there are tons of games on disc out there, but the same can't be said for dlc or download only games. People are still out here buying games for 30 year old consoles, so it will be a damn shame when the day comes that someone puts out a digital only system that will inevitably meet the same fate, but without the ability to get actual discs to play those games.
Because if a platform holder has a unified storefront like Steam (which it seems MS has now for One/Series) then there would be no issue -- beyond licensing issues and publisher drive delistings.Moments like this make me wonder why people are so eager to have a fully digital console.
Moments like this make me wonder why people are so eager to have a fully digital console.
Big "IF" there though. Sadly nothing comes close to what Steam has achieved yet.Because if a platform holder has a unified storefront like Steam (which it seems MS has now for One/Series) then there would be no issue -- beyond licensing issues and publisher drive delistings.
That's not the full list….
Because I am sure there are more titles (already purchased the ones on that list I didn't have)
Yet. At some point one of these companies will cut off downloads to older digital content. It's not a matter of if but when and who will be the first. Anybody thinking otherwise is being foolish.
I think it's more a thing that there'll be games/content which will be lost to time, rather than a 'if you wanted to play it, you'd have played it already' thing, especially as more and more of these online stores close down.For me personally I don't see a situation where I'd have waited 20 years to buy a game I really wanted to try. But to each their own.
I mean.. but they do. MS's stores are unified now because they're now architected to be that way. Steam relies on Microsoft to maintain Windows for compatibility. So does Xbox.Big "IF" there though. Sadly nothing comes close to what Steam has achieved yet.
I mean. I guess. But we're talking about the purchase side of things. You can still play your old 360 disks, but you can't buy them at Walmart anymore. You can find alternate ways to acquire your 360 disks, but MS isn't selling them directly anymore. And there may be alternate ways of acquiring 360 digitally (and probably for a lot longer and more easily and cheaply than physically), just not directly from MS.I think it's more a thing that there'll be games/content which will be lost to time, rather than a 'if you wanted to play it, you'd have played it already' thing, especially as more and more of these online stores close down.
- Spencer, whose own platform has some of these issues, still sees a path forward. "I think in the end, if we said, 'Hey, anybody should be able to buy any game, or own any game and continue to play,' that seems like a great North Star for us as an industry."
My guess is because almost no one is out there buying games on their Xbox 360 console.
At least MS has put in the work to get a huge chunk of the 360 library working on newer hardware. Wasn't it close to 60% of the 360 library? It would still suck to lose access to that 40% but it wouldn't be nearly as ridiculous as Sony closing the PS3 store when they've done virtually nothing to ensure that those games can be purchased elsewhere.Yes, though Sony had planned to close it in 2021 before reversing it due to backlash.