Microsoft should make all of their Microsoft studio games available that they no longer want to host, but they can’t force other studios to do the same anymore than Valve can force studios to do a sale/give away games on steam.
Legally they can’t do it, but we need a legal solution for the quick obsolescence of digital media. Digital media can’t be reasonably expected to last “120 years from the date of creation” like books can. By then not only servers are sure to be down, but every single XBox 360 will have turned into piles of rust. Even movies struggle to last this long.
The key thing is, their license model and walled garden policies are what created the problem. Wringing their hands when something they knew would happen happens isn’t admirable.
Oh no doubt. Believe me I have no sympathy for M$. I’m just reiterating the fact that it’s not as simple as it sounds, even if it’s because of their own decisions lol
Microsoft should make all of their Microsoft studio games available that they no longer want to host, but they can’t force other studios to do the same anymore than Valve can force studios to do a sale/give away games on steam.
Legally they can’t do it, but we need a legal solution for the quick obsolescence of digital media. Digital media can’t be reasonably expected to last “120 years from the date of creation” like books can. By then not only servers are sure to be down, but every single XBox 360 will have turned into piles of rust. Even movies struggle to last this long.
The key thing is, their license model and walled garden policies are what created the problem. Wringing their hands when something they knew would happen happens isn’t admirable.
Oh no doubt. Believe me I have no sympathy for M$. I’m just reiterating the fact that it’s not as simple as it sounds, even if it’s because of their own decisions lol
They way it was written passed me the impression the titles were all MS proprietary.
Aside from games where the lisences have expired like Forza, most first party games are back cat on the series S/X aren’t they?
The list of backwards compatible 360 games is pretty lengthy but it is not 100% covered
First party are largely covered though right. It’s third party they can’t get the rights to repackage that cause the issue.
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