The Xbox 360 store won’t be closing down, despite what an Xbox support page says

Microsoft is not going to be closing down the Xbox 360 Market, the corporate tells The Verge, though textual content on an official Xbox help web page indicated that was the plan.

Earlier this week, Microsoft stated that it might be pulling many beloved video games like Jet Set Radio and The Orange Field from the 360 retailer on February 7th. That was disappointing sufficient, however then, thanks to a tweet from Wario64, we noticed that textual content on a help web page stated the corporate deliberate to shutter the Xbox 360 Market “over the following yr” and that it inspired gamers to “buy any 360 video games or DLC by Might 2023.” As of this writing, you possibly can nonetheless see the message here by scrolling down just a little bit.

This message was a mistake, in accordance with Xbox international product advertising and marketing supervisor Bree Adams. “This message was posted in error and we will verify the Xbox 360 market is not going to shut in Might 2023,” Adams stated in an announcement. “As a reminder, starting on February 7, 2023, a restricted set of video games, add-ons, and in-game content material will not be purchasable in choose markets through the Xbox 360 Retailer.”

Nonetheless, even the trace of a shutdown highlights the finally ephemeral nature of digital marketplaces; in the event you don’t purchase a sport earlier than a platform maker decides to take away it or shut down the shop, you’ll have to seek out one other technique to play.

That stated, we’ll nonetheless be dropping a basic market quickly: the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS eShops will likely be closing down on March 27th, which means gamers have just some weeks to verify they snag any copies of digital video games on these platforms that they could wish to have sooner or later.