17th of Aug (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) announced on Thursday that it would close its Xbox 360 online store and marketplace next year as it focuses on its latest consoles and Game Pass subscription service.
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| Microsoft (MSFT.O) announced on Thursday that it would close its Xbox 360 online store and marketplace next year as it focuses on its latest consoles and Game Pass subscription service. |
According to an article on the Xbox website, the Xbox 360 Store and Xbox 360 Marketplace will close on July 29, 2024 and players using their old console will not be able to purchase and download new games.
However, Microsoft allows users to play pre-purchased Xbox 360 games and older titles that are compatible with the console. “A lot has modified because the release of the Xbox 360 in 2005. Technology has evolved, gamer expectations have changed, and we' re working hard to make Xbox Series XS the best place to play now and in the future," Xbox said.
Microsoft discontinued the Xbox 360 in 2016 and a year later launched Xbox Game Pass, a subscription gaming service available on consoles and Windows platforms.
In the last sentence “Movies & The TV app on the old console will also be removed.
Alongside Sony's PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 is one of the best-promoting gaming consoles of all time. Microsoft offered an envisioned eighty four million Xbox 360 gadgets in 2014 whilst the organization stopped reporting income with the discharge of the Xbox One successor.
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