The public show floor is each company's chance to go all out and impress the public. Or, if you're Microsoft, it's the opportunity to put people in little glass cubes and have them pretend to be excited about playing a game all day long. That was pretty much the highlight of an otherwise underwhelming Microsoft booth at this year's German Games Convention.
The theme for the booth this year is "Xbox 360 Summer of Music." The whole booth is setup to promote music rhythm titles first and foremost, while most of the other games are relegated to the sidelines. There is a center stage with bean bag chairs in front of it, in case you want to sit awkwardly while watching the show. IGN thinks the actual show might be saved for public days, since the stage didn't have much more than a Guitar Hero World Tour setup on it and some people milling about.
Xbox 360 launched 18 years ago and was a generation-defining console that invited many people to jump into gaming for the first time and connect with friends around the world. We’re thrilled people continue playing their favorite Xbox 360 games on Xbox 360, or on newer consoles via Backward Compatibility for supported titles.
"we believe in game preservation"
Remember the media reaction when PlayStation wanted to shut down the PS3 store (but then kept it open)... where is that reaction here?
RIP Xbox 360 digital store and all its games.
It really grinds my gears that they are waiting till 10 days before closing to give the best discounts and the list as of now is 100 or less titles from the massive 360 library
I should have enough points by the weekend to get £25 credit off MS, (hardly ever spend money on xb1), might look at a few of these.
The Xbox 360 store was one of the only advantages the Xbox Series consoles had over the PS5. When I got my series X, I spent more playing Xbox 360 games vs current-gen Xbox games since that was the golden era for Xbox and several titles had enhancements such as 4k resolution and fps boost.
Closing this store will now only benefit the competition.
Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.
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Underwhelming and disappointing. So this is how you plan to win Europe?