![Microsoft Corp. Xbox 360 video game console and controller are pictured in Los Angeles November 18, 2005. [Microsoft hopes to gain an advantage over rivals Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd.] by being first to launch a next-generation video game console when its Xbox 360 debuts November 22, 2005 in the United States.](https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/Ic.oqkU7W26R8uaC1axeqg--~B/Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTQyMTtweW9mZj0wO3c9NjQwO2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2023-08/f1673690-3d08-11ee-bd9f-611c12ab3b0c.cf.jpg)
The Xbox 360 store will close in July 2024
You'll still be able to buy backwards compatible games on the Xbox One and Series X/S.
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