Microsoft could consider the idea of unlocking Xbox 360 once its lifecycle and developers support officially ends, according to Xbox Head Phil Spencer. The news comes as Spencer himself answered a question by a fan, hinting this could be a proper option for the future of the platform.
Even though Spencer didn't offer an "official answer", he said Microsoft will have to think about it in the future "to state our plan", as you can see in the tweet below.
Unlocking Xbox 360 would allow people to turn their consoles in emulators and put them into custom cabinets, for example, but this is just one example from the many things you could do with an unlocked system.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
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What a great idea. Besides what is mentioned above, what else could be done with an 'unlocked' 360?
They're basically saying it's now okay in the eyes of the company to do what hackers have been doing for the last decade and a half to consoles. I remember having friends in high school that had their original Xboxes loaded up with emulators and ROMS. Pretty sweet, and not something I'm aware of that you can easily do on a Sony console.
What an excellent way to send off a console
That would be great, but I don't see it happening because there's simply nothing in it for Microsoft. But once it stops getting updates, I'm sure it will be hacked wide open anyway.
Decent idea. It will keep many people alligned to the ms brand. This and other plans will keep 360 punters on the xb1 track, and make many 360 to ps4 players want an xb1. The gloves are off. The more ps4 sells, the better the deals for xb1 players.