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Worst: Xbox 360 Store Closing

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Sure Kinect was dumb, the Facebook app on Xbox 360 sucked, and hard drives for the console were overly expensive. But worse than all of that is the recent closing of the Xbox 360’s digital store.

So many games, demos, and paid expansions are now legally impossible to purchase and play. As video game companies and consoles become more and more digital, the Xbox 360 store closing is a grim reminder that these digital goods are only useful and accessible for as long as the corporations in charge feel like. And once they decide to move on, history is lost and consumers’ faith in digital stores is shaken.

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