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> While you’ll no longer be able to make purchases in the Xbox 360 Store or the Xbox 360 Marketplace (marketplace.xbox.com) after July 29, 2024, you’ll still be able to make purchases for Xbox 360 and Original Xbox backward compatible content on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and xbox.com

So from the sound of it you can still buy content. Just not directly on the 360 system

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Ah nice - I still only have an Xbox 360 so I wasn't sure what backwards compatibility was like on the newer consoles.

A subset of original Xbox and 360 games are backwards compatible and remain available (including Perfect Dark), but the ones that are 360 only will no longer be available to download

That doesn't seem to be the case. From the text of the site, the only thing that's seemingly going away is the ability to purchase things on the Xbox 360. The site even states that you can still download things on the 360 that are purchased on the Xbox One.

Yes, but only backwards compatible games are available in the Xbox One store.

657 360 games are backwards compatible.

https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/backward-compatibility?cat=...

They've done a pretty good job, although in effect it redownloads the whole game and just uses a disc as a license (if you have one rather than buying digital)

As a Rare / Microsoft game, I'm sure Perfect Dark is on the BC list. Phil Spencer has suggested that licensing is the biggest issue for heavily-desired games that are missing, like Jet Set Radio Future.

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