Aug 17 (Reuters) – Microsoft stated on Thursday it will pull the plug on Xbox 360’s on-line retailer and market subsequent 12 months, because it focuses on its newest consoles and subscription service Recreation Cross.
Xbox 360 Retailer and Xbox 360 Market can be shut on July 29, 2024, and avid gamers utilizing the outdated console will be unable to buy and obtain new video games, in response to a publish on Xbox’s web site.
Microsoft is, nonetheless, permitting customers to play with their already bought Xbox 360 video games and older titles which can be suitable with the console.
“Quite a bit has modified for the reason that Xbox 360 launched in 2005. Know-how has developed, expectations from gamers have shifted, and we’re centered on making Xbox Collection X|S one of the best place to play now and sooner or later,” Xbox stated.
Microsoft stopped the manufacturing of Xbox 360 in 2016 and a 12 months later launched Xbox Recreation Cross, a subscription gaming service that may be accessed on consoles and Home windows platforms.
As a part of its newest transfer, the Motion pictures & TV app on the older console can even be eliminated.
Xbox 360 is thought to be one of many best-selling gaming consoles of all time, proper up towards Sony’s PlayStation 3. Microsoft had bought about 84 million items of Xbox 360 until 2014, which is when it stopped reporting its gross sales due to the launch of the successor Xbox One.
(Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru)
