So they close the store, yet keep up all the servers that host the software for people that need to re-download their titles. Eliminate about 70% of their 360 catalogue for everyone since only a small portion is BC (while talking how important software preservation is for them, right phil?) which makes u wonder, why not keep up the store in the first place and still make some money, which is better than no money at all, and/or integrate it in the microsoft store.
This is a 1000 trillion dollar company that shuts u off from buying digital software, while keeping all the servers in the air that host the games. (well for legal reasons obviously, im quite sure they would kill off all those servers if they could)
which shows me how much they actually care about their own legacy and it makes my brain hurt, this goes for sony and nintendo aswell deleting their digital legacies, which in the end no company seems to care about at all.
Not a single bit of trust in digital only games, this is why i have a jtag 360, softmodded ps3 and wii/wiiu and not a single bit of regret. They dont care, why should i. Coz i want to buy my games and own them. But thats impossible soon.
So i just went to the marketplace to buy Soul Calibur 1 on the 360, to play on my xbox one, since its BC, but its no longer there, its already delisted without warning 2 years ago ... great.
Im also quite aware theres a lot of legal bullcrap regarding licences and different companies no longer existing or whatever, but have u ever seen record companies destroy their own stores and delete their catalogues, movie companies burn all their shot footage or museums throw paintings in the trash coz there isnt a high enough percentage listening/watching those ? i can watch a 150 year old painting in a museum but i cannot download a game created 5 years ago. F that.
end of digital rant.
