• CharlesReed@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Man, I knew this day would come, but I hate now that it actually has a date. My 360 is still going strong, and I’m dreading the day it gives out. Yeah, I could just move everything over to my Xbox One, but I’m not even sure all the 360 games I own are backwards compatible.

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      1 year ago

      You can still play/download games you own, just cannot buy new ones from their digital store.

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        1 year ago

        Not if my 360 quits on me and they’re not backwards compatible or available with my Xbox One.

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          1 year ago

          Xbox emulation looks underdeveloped compared to PlayStation and Wii, but from what I can tell Xenia has come a long way in the last couple of years. If you’re willing to give it a go, you could try ripping the games off your discs and just play on PC

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            1 year ago

            That definitely sounds like something I should look into, especially since I play on PC as well. Also sounds good for a couple older Xbox games I love that never got ported to PC. Thanks for the suggestion!

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      1 year ago

      360s are in their golden age of cheapness right now. They’re outdated, but not yet retro. Buy a couple extras and toss them in the closet for when you need spare parts.

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      1 year ago

      Everything’s technically a rental. Nothing lasts forever. That console probably will stop working eventually.

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      1 year ago

      Physical>emulation/backups>digital purchase.

      This should be the path always in order to get games, it is for me.

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        1 year ago

        Physical isn’t much good if you can’t pop it in and play, lots of games need day one updates to be playable.

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    1 year ago

    Okay, thanks! You’re right, that’s the main thing I care about. The far-superior Original Xbox version of GTA: San Andreas (among others) can only be played on Xbox and Xbox 360…

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      1 year ago

      I have only played GTA SA in my PS2 and almost a full playthrough in my iPhone 6s 😂

      I agree that the Xbox version is the best one (not sure about the PC version though), which is weird that this statement remains valid as of today lol.

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      1 year ago

      Xenia has gotten really good. A friend of mine played through Red Dead Redemption on it without issues. You still need a good CPU, though.

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      1 year ago

      From the article:

      If you already own a bunch of Xbox 360 digital games, they’ll continue to be playable. You just won’t be able to purchase new games or DLC from an Xbox 360 console.

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        1 year ago

        That… actually doesn’t answer it. If the games I paid for only exist on my hard drive and not on any store… what happens when the drive eventually fails?