Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues on the way! CTOnews.com August 17, Microsoft Xbox announced today that Xbox Xbox online game mall (Xbox Marketplace, Xbox 360Game Market) will be officially closed on July 29, 2024, which means that the store, which will celebrate its 18th birthday in November this year, will end its mission in a year's time.

▲ source Microsoft Xbox official news due to the Xbox One and subsequent models Xbox Series "incomplete downward compatibility strategy", some Xbox 360s and Xbox initial games have stores on current Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles, so players can still buy "downward compatible" Xbox 360s and early Xbox games in these stores. CTOnews.com has learned that after the Xbox 360 store closes in July next year, these backward compatible old games and their DLC can still be bought and played through the mall of the current generation of consoles.

However, Xbox360 or original Xbox games that are not on the "down compatibility list" will not be purchased again after July 29 next year, but even if the mall closes, players will still be free to download and play purchased games and DLC content.

▲ source Microsoft Xbox 360 "game bazaar" and whether multiplayer games can continue to play depends on the strategy of game developers and has nothing to do with store outages. For example, R Star shut down the "GTAOL" servers on PS3 and Xbox 360platforms as early as December 16 the year before last.

In the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii (Wii U) generation, Sony announced that it would close the PS3 platform PlayStation Store (PS3 Game Store) as early as April 2021, but eventually announced the cancellation of the store closure due to widespread opposition from players, while Nintendo announced the official closure of the 3DS and Wii U stores on March 28 this year. Microsoft's current move could lead Sony to follow suit and announce the formal closure of the PS3 game store in the future.

Welcome to subscribe "Shulou Technology Information " to get latest news, interesting things and hot topics in the IT industry, and controls the hottest and latest Internet news, technology news and IT industry trends.