supporting xbox 360

BootlessLemur25 · Aug 22, 2016

hi.i'm from iran.i wanna buy xbox .but i can't buy xbox one,because its so expensive.i can buy xbox 360,but i wanna know how much microsoft support that?xbox 360 release in 2005.is it good to buy it now?

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crazymonkey2022 · Aug 22, 2016

i didn't think microsoft supported xbox 360 anymore

I thought Microsoft was done supporting the xbox 360

OTA xCoDexReDx · Aug 22, 2016

is xbox live ending for 360

I read an article about Microsoft, and there future plans for the 360. Their was a direct quotation from a Microsoft employee, stating that Microsoft plans on supporting the Xbox 360 with games until 2016. So I would presume that Microsoft would stop supporting
Xbox Live on the 360 around that time. Anyways by that time most people would have moved to next gen, and their wouldn't really be any point on supporting the 360 with XBL updates and patches

Irixion · Aug 22, 2016

Game support is good. You should buy it if an Xbox One is out of your budget.

QuickMythril · Oct 31, 2018

i think he's actually asking how much longer they are going to support the system, rather than a relative description of "good".

they stopped production of the 360 earlier this year. when the xbox one first came out, they said they will support it until 2016. so i expect to see less and less support available as time goes on.

i did find this in a more recent article though:

Microsoft will also continue to support Xbox 360 hardware while allowing those who upgrade to the Xbox One to play backwards-compatible Xbox 360 games at no charge. It's unknown how long Microsoft will continue to support its older hardware, but for the
foreseeable future Xbox 360 owners won't notice any difference.

i don't think they have officially stated anywhere when they will fully stop support, or maybe i just couldn't find the information. hope that helps you make a decision.

Mark Sherwood

Your best bet would be to provide your feedback on the below website(s).

www.halowaypoint.com

or

feedback.xbox.com

I hope that helps.

Many thanks,

Cloud

James Bullard

I understand where you are coming from, but i do not understand why this has to be limited just to the Xbox 1. In the past, games have been released for both versions, and now Halo 5 is coming out for only one verison. Who and how can I express my dislikes
with the higher up? I am looking for someone that might care to listen to me and others, as well as maybe do something about it.

Mark Sherwood

Thank you for the response

Again I do understand why you're upset, but this is how things have been in gaming for a long while now. It isn't just the Xbox, this happens on any platform at some time or another. Console exclusive titles eventually move forward to the next gen without
cross releasing on the last gen console.

Halo 3 wasn't on Xbox Original upon launch, it's just the way things work. If you look at the grand scheme of things, the 360 had a great amount of Halo content if you take into consideration all of the Halo branded games (both canon and non canon) that
was released for it.

It is entirely your choice what you do with your future of gaming, I just want to be clear that this does happen on all platforms. Some games release cross gen, some do not. It mostly falls down to the developer and their decisions on how to proceed with
their projects.

I wish you all the best.

Many thanks,

Cloud

James Bullard

This is not good. The Xbox 360 is still being sold in the stores today, but the games coming out today cannot be played on the 360 and the Xbox 1 cannot play the 360's games. I understand that the games are being improved with better graphics and so on.
But at the same time, it is requiring coustomers to buy newer systems and maintain the older one also, in order for them to play the older games. You know, I mentioned in my first message, I have already bought 2 systems, first one RRD while in Iraq, not even
a 4 months old, the second one, still in like new condition, and now I am being told in order to play Halo 5, I am going to be required to buy another system. Far Cry 4 was just released 18 Nov 2014, and I pre-ordered it for the Xbox 360 and got it on 18 Nov
2014. I look back into 2014, and I see about 50 different releases for the Xbox 360 and many of them were also released for the Xbox 1. Now how can this happen and Halo 5 cannot? Also, it might be different if if a decent trade in value for the for the older
systems and games were offered. I am seriously thinking about canceling my Xbox Live and unplugging the Xbox and maybe starting over with a PS4, at least I will not have to buy games for a second time, and I can just say good-bye to Halo. WoW.....

Mark Sherwood

BULLARDJH hey there

I understand your frustration but I am sure you can appreciate that as games get better and better, the equipment they run off also needs to eventually get better. I am going to use Dead Rising 3 as an example here. That game couldn't physically work on
the Xbox 360 as it was too advanced in some respects, so it was put to Xbox One. Halo 5 will be the same, it is too advanced to be put on Xbox 360. Maybe they could make a watered down version (if that's a fair phrase to use) of the game for the Xbox 360 but
that would take time and cost extra money and although I can't speak for the developer, my best guess is that they want to utilize most of their resource into the next gen.

You are of course free to air your opinions over on the feedback site but please do note that the Xbox 360 is still being supported, and will likely continue to be supported for a good while longer.

feedback.xbox.com

I hope this helps.

Many thanks,

Cloud

supporting xbox 360