TheXbox 360was a part of the seventh generation of video game consoles and was the console that saw Xbox really hit its stride. This generation saw the first budding releases of many franchise giants that are still major titles today. TheXbox 360itself had many exclusive titles now rightfully considered classics by the players that can bear to acknowledge that they came out well over a decade ago.
With so many titles being released at the time, it’s understandable thatsome Xbox 360 games went under players' radars, or they had to hold off on purchases while waiting for another title to come out. In recent years Xbox have done a lot to make many of these classic Xbox and Xbox 360 titles backwards compatible in digital form on its newer consoles.
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Now is the perfect time then for Xbox players to look through the end of February sales, whether to pick up an old favorite for cheap or to finally get to aclassic Xbox 360 game they always meant to play. The sales aren’t lacking in quality games, with titles likeSplinter Cell BlacklistandPrince of Persia The Forgotten Sandsboth discounted by 70%.
Fans dipping backintoCyberpunk 2077after its recent 1.5 updatemay want to take a trip back through CD Projekt Red’s history and pick up the excellent but often overshadowedThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Editionfor only $3. The originalGears of Wartrilogy is also part of the sales for any fans of the newer games that want to go back and experience where the franchise started, though the games aren’t bundled together.
Classic Xbox 360 games being included in sales like this is a good thing. In an agewhere still serviceable Xbox 360 gamesonly a decade old receive HD remasters and are then re-released at full price, original versions of these games can get buried in, or sometimes even removed from digital marketplaces. But at the same time, many players don’t want to pay full price for old game that would definitely be found in a bargain bin in a physical store. These cut-price sales are good for both the seller and the customer, and Xbox usually has at least one on the go, whether it’s a publisher sale or seasonal offers. A 50% discount on a classic title might just be the difference between a player buying a game they’ve always wondered about or not. Xbox gets the sale it wouldn’t have gotten otherwise, and the player gets to experience a classic game for cheap.
Digital marketplace sales also mean there is no physical side to worry about, just selling the data for the game means large sales on these older games can still happen. There is no way for a physical game store to hold a fixed price sale on games that came out 14 years ago, as only individual copies could be found at prices decided by the store.
