Microsoft has stated that a support message warning players that the Xbox 360 Marketplace would be closing soon was an error.
Reddit userGpro2005spotted that when searchingXbox‘s support pages for news on the Marketplace, one of the search results showed a message warning that it was closing down soon.
“We will be closing theXbox 360Marketplace over the next year,” it read, “so we encourage you to purchase any 360 games or DLC by May 2023.”
Clicking on the article would reportedly take playersto a different messageinforming of the planned removal of certain digital Xbox 360 games, as confirmed byMicrosoftearlier this week.
However, Microsoft has since claimed that the message was an error.
Xbox global product marketing manager Bree Adams toldThe Verge: “This message was posted in error and we can confirm the Xbox 360 marketplace will not close in May 2023.
“As a reminder, beginning on June 25, 2025, a limited set of games, add-ons, and in-game content will no longer be purchasable in select markets via the Xbox 360 Store.”
On Tuesday,Microsoft announced plans to delist various gamesand associated DLC from the Xbox 360 marketplace this month.
Games set to be removed from the digital marketplace include entries in theAssassin’s Creed, Call of Duty,Dark Souls,Far Cry, Left 4 Dead, Mass Effect, Prince of Persia, Skate,Splinter Celland Witcher series.
Further reading
Microsoft has noted that once purchased, players can always redownload games from their Xbox 360 Download History.
It also confirmed that these titles would only be removed from the Xbox 360 Marketplace, and that any titles currently available to buy on theXbox OneandXbox Series X/Sstores would remain on sale.
However, as not every Xbox 360 game is backwards compatible (and therefore not all of them are on the current gen Xbox store), some will no longer be available for purchase anywhere.
