Earlier this week some devoted Xbox 360 customers booted up their getting old consoles to seek out that Microsoft had up to date the house display screen to lastly resolve a problem with field artwork. However along with that repair, a number of customers on Reddit, in addition to Kotaku, have confirmed the replace additionally provides some sizable adverts for the Xbox Collection X|S consoles to the 360’s dashboard, as noticed by TrueAchievements.
Microsoft’s final main replace to the Xbox 360’s dashboard got here shortly after Microsoft shut down the Xbox 360 on-line retailer in July 2024, when it eliminated menus and tiles not wanted. That replace launched a bug inflicting sport thumbnails and field artwork to seem stretched and distorted on the house display screen, however the bug has now been fastened.
What’s much less welcome are Microsoft’s not-so-subtle hints that it is likely to be time for Xbox 360 house owners to improve. The 2 totally different adverts that now seem on the 360’s dashboard embody one that includes a picture of the Xbox Collection X and Xbox Collection S consoles with none textual content, and one that includes a QR code that results in the Xbox web site with textual content encouraging gamers to “Expertise subsequent gen efficiency.”
Clicking both advert does nothing in any respect. You’ll want to tug out your smartphone or seize a pill to go to the URL embedded within the QR code, the place you’ll be additional enticed to improve to the most recent Xbox mannequin.
The Xbox 360 stays Microsoft’s best-selling console thus far, with round 84 million models offered because it launched in 2005. It remained well-liked lengthy after the discharge of the Xbox One, and nonetheless held a large market share in nations like Mexico following the discharge of the Xbox Collection X|S. Microsoft saved its on-line retailer operating for a powerful 19 years, which is an efficient indication of how lengthy it was actively in use by players.
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