Microsoft confirmed earlier that they will officially close the online store for their classic console Xbox 360 on July 29, 2024. According to the analysis information provided by the VGC website, such a decision may eventually lead to more than a hundred models. The digital-only Xbox 360 games disappeared forever, and even though players who had already purchased them could still reinstall them on the console for a short time thereafter, they could no longer buy them directly from the console’s store, or the Xbox 360. 360 Marketplace website to purchase any new games or DLC.
As far as some of the games are concerned, although players still have the opportunity to find them through other platforms or channels, after the closure of the Xbox 360 online store, more than 220 digital games will disappear together. At present, there are nearly 500 digital games in the “Games on Demand” category of the Xbox 360 online store, and more than half of them have released physical versions simultaneously.
Although purely digital games will disappear permanently with the closure of the Xbox 360 mall, some games can still be purchased in the digital mall of the Xbox One or Xbox Series X/S platform, but only if these games must support the Xbox compatible function. As for those games that do not support this feature, players still have the opportunity to play through the physical version. Therefore, for now, this type of game will not be regarded as truly “disappeared”, but players have one less choice of playing channels.
However, those games included in the Xbox Live Arcade category are most likely to be at risk of disappearing. After all, these games have not released physical versions, although some digital games are still available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/Xbox through backward compatibility. S, but not all purely digital games support backward compatibility.
Take the Xbox 360 store in North America as an example, 619 games are included in the Xbox Live Arcade platform. Only a small number of games can support backward compatibility, and many of them have been removed from the shelves, but for some reason they are still available on the market. seen on the platform. After deducting backward compatibility support and games that have already been removed from the shelves, the VGC website counts a total of 220 games that will basically “disappear” after the closure of the Xbox 360 online store, and can no longer be purchased.
But it is worth noting that among these 220 games, there are still some works that have lost less than others, and many of them can be played on other different consoles, and even released enhanced Later versions, works such as “Hearts of Valor: The Great War”, “Brothers: A Legend of Two Sons” and “Life is Amazing” have all launched Xbox One remakes.
However, many players may argue that the so-called “game saving” process should not be such a selective process, and that each version of the game should receive equal attention in the development history.Players who are interested in knowing the complete list of these 220 games can also go to VGC websiteThe report understands.
