Earlier this month,Microsoft announced that several titles of the Xbox 360 Marketplace would no longer be available but would remain in the Microsoft Store and could be purchased and downloaded on the Xbox One console family thanks to its backward compatibility. However, an erroneous message on the Xbox support website set off alarm bells, since it stated that the Xbox 360 Marketplace was set to close in May 2023. We’ll tell you what happened just below:
No, the Xbox 360 bazaar will not close in May 2023 according to Microsoft
Popular Twitter user Wario64 echoed a Reddit thread in which a rather alarming message was displayed. According to the Xbox Support search page itself, the Marketplace was set to be closed over the next year, and encouraged users to buy any 360 games or DLC before May of this year.
However, when you clicked on said update you would be taken to the news of a list of games that are leaving the digital store, but that would instead be available on Xbox One through the Microsoft Store. There’s no mention of a total closure of the Marketplace anywhere.
According to Gematsu, a Microsoft representative has confirmed that the Xbox 360 marketplace will not close in May 2023, and that this message "was posted in error."
The Xbox 360 marketplace will not close in May 2023, a Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed to Gematsu. A listing stating it would close, which appears when searching for "Xbox 360 Markteplace" on the Xbox Support website, was posted in error. pic.twitter.com/NYL41C0pW5
List of Xbox 360 games that are no longer available in the marketplace on February 7
At the beginning of February 2023, Microsoft warned on the Xbox support website that several Xbox 360 titles will no longer be available on the Xbox 360 Marketplace as of February 7, 2023. As it happens, this list is different depending on your region, so you can find your respective list through this link. In the United States, the following games will no longer be available:
Aegis Wing
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Assassin's Creed® III
Assassin's Creed® IV
Assassin's Creed® Liberation HD
Blood of the Werewolf
Blue Dragon
Breakdown
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Castle Crashers
Cloning Clyde
Counter-Strike: GO
Dark Souls™
Darksiders II
DAYTONA USA
Defense Grid
Eets: Chowdown
Far Cry® 2
Final Fight: DblImpact
Iron Brigade
Jeremy McGrath's Offroad
Jet Set Radio
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
LIMBO
Lost Odyssey
Mass Effect 2
MONOPOLY DEAL
Mutant Blobs Attack
N+
Outpost Kaloki X
Peggle ® 2
Phantom Breaker:Battle Grounds
Prince of Persia
R.U.S.E.
Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.
Skate 2
South Park™: The Stick of Truth™
Spelunky
SplinterCellConviction
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars KOTOR 2
The Orange Box
The Raven Episode 1
The Witcher 2
If you already own or purchase any of these titles before February 7, you'll be able to downnload them at any time after they disappear from the store.
Check here for the known game issues that we're currently tracking and find out what you can do about them. The Xbox 360 Store and the Xbox 360 Marketplace (marketplace.xbox.com) will be retired on July 29, 2024.
It's the end of an era. Seven years after it discontinued production for the Xbox 360 video game console, Microsoft announced Thursday that it will shut down the system's digital storefront on July 29, 2024.
Upgrade today to play thousands of games from four generations of Xbox with the next-gen console that best fits your playstyle. Starting July 29th, 2024, we will no longer support the Microsoft Store on Xbox 360 and on marketplace.xbox.com.
Highly doubtful that will happen anytime soon. Many game developers and publishers still support the Xbox One range of consoles. It certainly won't be shutdown yet.
Microsoft announced the successor to the Xbox 360, the Xbox One, on May 21, 2013. On April 20, 2016, Microsoft announced the end of production of new Xbox 360 hardware, though the company will continue to provide hardware and software support for the platform as selected Xbox 360 games are playable on Xbox One.
If your Xbox console is unexpectedly shutting down, it may be because it's not getting enough ventilation, or there may be a problem with the power supply. Try the following solutions.
The seven EA games getting shut down on March 21, 2024 are F1 2011, F1 2012, F1 2013, F1 2014, F1 Race Stars, Micromachines World Series, and Rocket Arena. The vast majority of these games are racing games, so fans of the genre may be particularly disappointed to see them go.
While you'll no longer be able to make purchases in the Xbox 360 Store or the Xbox 360 Marketplace (marketplace.xbox.com) after July 29, 2024, you'll still be able to make purchases for Xbox 360 and Original Xbox backward compatible content on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and xbox.com,.
Connection issues with the Xbox 360 can be caused by: Mismatched Wi-Fi security settings between the console and your wireless router. Network conflicts with other wireless devices. Too much distance between the router and the console.
General Hardware Failure errors. Three flashing red lights around the Xbox 360 power button instead of the one to four green lights indicating normal operation represent an internal problem that requires service. This error was soon nicknamed the "Red Ring of Death", echoing Windows' Blue Screen of Death error.
Last year, during its court battle with the Federal Trade Commission over its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft said in a court filing that Xbox had “lost the console wars” and “has consistently ranked third (of three) behind PlayStation and Nintendo in sales."
Prior to working at PCMag, I was a foreign correspondent in Beijing for over five years, covering the tech scene in Asia. Microsoft plans on bringing four Xbox games to the Nintendo Switch and Sony's PlayStation 5. It still plans on producing exclusive titles for the Xbox — but maybe not as many as before.
The Xbox Series X has a slight edge when it comes to raw power, design and backward compatibility, but the PS5 is the leader in arguably the most important category of all as it boasts a game library that Xbox simply cannot match at present.
If you already have an active Facebook account, you have access to Facebook Marketplace. On the left-hand side of your Facebook homepage, you should see a “Marketplace” tab. If not, search for “Marketplace” in the search bar and it'll come up. If you don't have a Facebook account, it's easy to set one up.
Xbox Games Store (formerly Xbox Live Marketplace) is a digital distribution platform currently used by Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console and formerly by the Xbox One.
On your console, sign in to Xbox Live. Go to Games, and then select Browse Games or Search Games. Browse or search for the game, add-on, or game demo you want, and then select the item that you want to download. Select Confirm Download.
We may restrict which Facebook accounts can access Marketplace. If you can't access or no longer have access to Marketplace, it may be because you: Aren't an adult based on the laws in your country (example: at least 18 years old in the United States or at least 20 years old in Thailand).
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