So the 360 marketplace is closed for good. Now what?

In this video, we look at just some of the homebrew that's been released since the shutdown of the Xbox 360 marketplace.

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Videos Used:
"Expanded OG Xbox Emulation on Xbox 360 RGH/JTAG with Xefu Spoofer!" - MrMario2011

"Xenia Xbox360 Emulator Setup Guide 2024" - UrCasualGamer

"Exploring the Xbox 360 Marketplace before it's gone FOREVER... 😢" - Jacob R

"XENIA Xbox 360 Emulator - Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (2013). OpenGL. Test #1" - Amazing Emulators

"Tony Hawk's Pro Strcpy" - GrimDoesStuff

"Xbox System-Link works across four console generations" - Modern Vintage Gamer

"Revisiting Original Xbox Backward Compatibility on the Xbox 360 - Run ALL Original Xbox Games" - Modern Vintage Gamer

[swttrack]

to be honest i've been using my xbox 360 for years and didn't even know the storefront was shutting down. then again, it hasn't connected to the internet since around 2017 and it still thinks the date is november 2005

[LRFLEW]

Wait, HOLD ON. You're telling me that when an Xbox One runs an OG Xbox game, the x86 CPU emulates a PowerPC CPU which in turn emulates an x86 CPU? That... that can't be the best solution Microsoft could come up with. That just seems WILD to me.

[axelprino]

So they were running the OG Xbox emulator inside the X360 emulator on the X1 compatibility mode of the Series X/S instead of developing a native one? That is so indirect, but it fits with MS's mentality of just dragging along old legacy software hidden inside newer systems for as long as possible.

[MuchWhittering]

"If it were up to me, everything would have a package manager."

You keep your manager off my package.

[LegoWormNoah]

When it finally comes time for Xbox One modding, one big issue I could see is the fact that total game ownership isn't a thing there. Your DVD copy of Forza Horizon 3 is just a shortcut to download the full game from the store, albeit with seemingly a higher priority than digital downloads

[DerfJagged]

Ayy, I appreciate the double spotlight ♥

[idaho]

I don't think anyone actively researched a bug in the 360 hypervisor ever since we got JTAG and RGH, if some active researches were done I think we could find something in a year or two... There's no such thing as flawless code... Afterall nobody thought RGH was possible excpet theoritically until GliGli pulled it off... Softmodding the 360 would be the holy grail, I think the day it happens on recent software revisions, we might see a big boom in the homebrew scene...

[webtwon]

The Tony hawk exploit for the Xbox 360 is better because it doesn't require the patched shader or a burnt disc which would require a flash DVD drive.

If and a big if, there is ever another hypervisor exploit found this may make it easier for people to exploit but would require American wasteland for the Xbox 360 which is not super easy to find.

[PineCone]

I tried Xenia with Skate 2, it was playable but would crash randomly and the sound was staticky at times.

Even though RPCS3 exists, many games don't have the same vibe as they do on the 360.

I don't think the Xbox 360 will die any time soon. I still have the 360 I got on my birthday, and play it to this day.

[PrinsessePeach]

The good news is backwards compatible games and DLC you buy on web or newer consoles, are available to download on Xbox 360.

[JoshuaPeisach]

It's awesome how Homebrew community keeps the games alive.

[Alakadoof]

Can't wait for the Xbox 360 Lego Island port!!!

[BlurXIII]

It's funny when Sony announced the closure of the PS Store for PS3 and Vita, there's a lot of pushback from the community. But when Microsoft announced the 360 store closure, nobody really cared and let it happen.

[jckistan]

Last (and only) thing i did on the Xbox 360 marketplsce was spend about £20 on avatar items.
Completely pointless, the website was dying as I made payments (+ the website was broken so i couldnt authorise with my bank), even the xbox avatar app was dying, but i am now the proud owner of a minecraft cape, cat effect and t shirt

[theactualTVB]

When the world needed him the most
He came back

[maxrichards]

I’m happy you’re covering the closure of the Xbox 360 store. I only got a couple things for my 360 on the last day it was open but I’m still missing a few things but now I might get my 360 modded to get the few things I missed out on

[reid]

Microsoft be doing the "yo dawg" meme unironically with the OG Xbox emulation on Xbox One

[jademonas]

the xbox 360 was my childhood, i have enough games for it to make a cd case tower thats taller than me
i really hope xenia gets better from now on, especially in terms of linux compatibility

[JuanesChiwirosky]

My 360 has been dead for about 6 months, watching this made me get the push that I needed to try to repair it and mod it since still has everything original but there is no much sense of having it original now..

[FarmYardGaming]

3:02 this fact actually hurts my head lmao