Okay, so, man the panic stations - we're literally five days away from the Xbox 360 store closure that's been planned since last year. Yep, the aging console's marketplace is going offline for good on July 29th. However, we're seeing folks panic about things that won't change come the end of the month, so here's some reassurances for when the store closes its doors.
One topic we're seeing a lot of relates to the actual Xbox 360 servers. Fear not, Xbox 360 servers will not shut down this month - the system will still connect to Xbox Live and any games that still support multiplayer will remain online. You simply won't be able to browse the store and buy games after the 29th of this month - everything else will remain as-is.
Another topic of discussion we're seeing often is about backwards compatible games. This month's Xbox 360 store closure is only relevant for non-backwards compatible games that are stuck on the 360 storefront. Everything that Microsoft has brought over to work with the modern Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S store will remain live and available to purchase beyond the end of the month. Do not panic!
In terms of the content on the Xbox 360 store, Microsoft is doing its best to soften the blow of it all disappearing this month. We have a big bunch of games discounted from now until the shutdown date - and three more games actually cropped up this week after Microsoft said it was finished updating the list. They're all on sale until July 29.
Anyway, we'll be keeping an eye on things over the next few days in case any more surprises are thrown our way, but for now, we'll drop that final, updated Xbox 360 discount list down below.
Will you still use Xbox 360 after the store closes? Tell us what you've been picking up and playing down below.
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Thanks for the clarification. Still debating if I wanted to hook up my 360 or not.
I confess my introduction to online gaming was with the Dreamcast (Quake 3, PSO) and then with the GameCube (PSO 1&2) however the Live service of the Xbox 360 marked a new era for me.
it was amazing: like spending time with friends in a pub, chatting, joking while playing online.
so many fond memories: thanks MicroSoft.
"The online won't end this month." That's not reassuring from Microsoft, they could shut it down on the first of the next month. This is the same company that uses 'for the foreseeable future' for less than 3 months. Seriously, just say the when instead of using weasel words since the when is always so soon.
360 servers should absolutely shut down. 360 users are known to still use exploits and that distrups current BC games. The 360 should die already or just be limited to that use group. Why should users of the current 2 gens suffer because 360 users can exploit multiplayer games.
Anyone else not able to login to Xbox live on an actual 360 or playing a backward compatible game on Xbox One and newer? It has been going on for like a week now.
@ZYDIO I have been using my 360 and playing Samurai Warriors 2. So not an online game. But I bought it digitally and I have been playing for the last few days with no issues.
Happy that the Xbox 360 servers are still going to be online. Lucky enough it’s not like the PS3 where most first party servers have been shut down.
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