But players will still be able to play games purchased at the Xbox 360 Store, as well as purchase backward compatible titles.
According to VGC, Microsoft has announced that the company will close the Xbox 360 Store next year. In a new post on the official Xbox Wire blog, the company said that the ability to purchase new games, DLC, and other entertainment from the Xbox 360 Store will end on July 29, 2024.
The move will directly impact the purchase of content directly through the Xbox 360 console, as well as the ability to purchase content from the Xbox 360 Marketplace website. However, the ability to purchase Xbox 360 games that support backward compatibility and DLC on the Xbox One or Xbox Series X/S stores will not be affected
Microsoft has emphasized that although the Xbox 360 Store will close next year, players using Xbox 360 consoles after that time will still be able to use all the Xbox 360 games and DLC they have purchased. buy money in advance. Even if a player has deleted the game they purchased, they can still re-download it.
Players will still be able to play these games online (as long as their online servers are still supported by the publisher) and still be able to save their game progress to the cloud.
Additionally, Microsoft indicates that the Microsoft Movies & TV app will no longer work on Xbox 360 on July 29, 2024, meaning movies and TV shows purchased through the service will no longer be available. However, this entertainment will remain part of the user’s library and will be viewable on the Microsoft Movies & TV app on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X /S.
While hundreds of backwards-compatible Xbox 360 games will remain available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S stores, this closure still affects some digital Xbox 360 games that do not support the feature. ability to play on new systems, making them disappear forever. More than 220 digital Xbox 360 games are expected to be wiped out