#Forward of the Xbox 360 retailer shutdown, Microsoft is making as lots of its video games as low cost as doable – Destructoid

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Forward of the Xbox 360 retailer shutdown, Microsoft is making as lots of its video games as low cost as doable – Destructoid
In simply a few months, the Xbox 360 retailer will lastly be retired. Whereas disappointing, it was solely a matter of time contemplating the console’s age. Nonetheless, Microsoft is easing the sting a bit of bit by discounting a bunch of Xbox 360 video games.
In a Could 14 Xbox Wire weblog publish, Microsoft explains, “To have a good time the legacy of Xbox 360, we’re working with our superb publishing companions to deliver you as many value reductions from our on-line retailer or from the Xbox 360 Retailer on the console.” Presently, 61 video games have been discounted, however Microsoft intends to replace this checklist in two waves; one on June 18 and one other on July 16. It hasn’t mentioned how precisely what number of extra video games will see reductions, although.

The shop itself will shut down on July 29, in order that’s sufficient time to scour Microsoft’s presents, particularly because the chosen video games are so low cost. Some are going for as little as a greenback. The present checklist additionally fortunately consists of some digital Xbox 360 exclusives, similar to Alien Rage and Cloudberry Kingdom, which you’ll be able to’t purchase anyplace else and will likely be misplaced eternally as soon as the shop closes. So, anybody who has a selected curiosity in online game preservation will wish to snap these up.
The Xbox Wire publish has a full checklist of discounted video games together with hyperlinks to every of their listings on the Xbox 360 retailer, so I strongly advocate trying by it and grabbing something that catches your eye. Hopefully, extra digital-only video games will see reductions so extra individuals can obtain them. In keeping with VGC, over 220 video games will turn into inaccessible after the shop shutdown, although their checklist does embrace video games which have seen up to date re-releases or ports. For instance, whereas the Xbox 360 model of the primary Life is Unusual will likely be de-listed, that recreation has a remaster that’s available on trendy platforms.
It will probably irritating from a preservationist’s perspective to see Microsoft shut down considered one of its digital storefronts, however the unhappy actuality is that most individuals may have lengthy moved onto extra trendy Xbox consoles. I can’t think about many Xbox followers commonly play on their Xbox 360, so it doesn’t make a lot sense from a enterprise perspective to maintain the shop operating.
Microsoft isn’t the one firm responsible of this both. Earlier this yr, Nintendo ended on-line assist for each the 3DS and Wii U, shutting down their respective storefronts too. Sony, in the meantime, tried to do the identical for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita shops again in 2021, however there was sufficient of a backlash that the corporate backtracked on it. Though that didn’t cease it from shutting down the PlayStation Moveable’s digital storefront.