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End of the road: The Xbox 360 game marketplace will shut down in 2024 (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, at least Microsoft is invested heavily in backwards compatibility, is still allowing people to download purchases they've made, and are continuing to offer backwards compatible Xbox games for Series X.

I mentioned this in another thread, but this is less Nintendo closing down a store full of games that cannot be found anywhere else, and more like Steam dropping support for Windows 7.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Well put! I also wonder if backwards compatible purchases made after the shutdown will retroactively work on 360. I bought stuff for 360 through the new Microsoft store often and it showed up fine.