31st July 2024, 5:40 AM
Well, it's down, and this is by far the BIGGEST online store to go down yet. The XBox 360 store was, frankly, massive, encompassing basically every single game ever released on the very popular system. Indeed, the 360 is the most popular console Microsoft has ever had. This was simply a huge takedown. Now, near as I can tell online services still remain. Voice chat, parties, and multiplayer for (most) games are still functional, for now. It's rather surprising to see the store go down BEFORE the other online services, considering the normal order of events we've seen from Nintendo. Indeed, the original XBox took down the store and online functions at the exact same time back in the day.
Soon enough, Sony is going to pull the trigger I'm sure. They meant to a few years ago but pushed it back due to customer demand.
I'm unsure whether to hack my 360 now or wait until the online services go down entirely. One thing DID change. All those ads all over the current 360 interface? They're gone. It's purely utilitarian function now, plus the feature to redownload content you've already downloaded. I also noticed that the listing of registered consoles on my Microsoft account no longer shows any 360 hardware, and the function to "move" my digital purchases to another console are now gone. I'm glad I finally moved everything to the most stable version of the XBox 360 S last year, before the option to do so vanished entirely.
Soon enough, Sony is going to pull the trigger I'm sure. They meant to a few years ago but pushed it back due to customer demand.
I'm unsure whether to hack my 360 now or wait until the online services go down entirely. One thing DID change. All those ads all over the current 360 interface? They're gone. It's purely utilitarian function now, plus the feature to redownload content you've already downloaded. I also noticed that the listing of registered consoles on my Microsoft account no longer shows any 360 hardware, and the function to "move" my digital purchases to another console are now gone. I'm glad I finally moved everything to the most stable version of the XBox 360 S last year, before the option to do so vanished entirely.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)