Much to the dismay of many, the Xbox 360 digital marketplace will be 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:sunsetted on July 29. Dozens of games will be lost to history, and 168澳洲🅷幸运5开奖网:hundreds more hꦍave had their prices slashed before the store's imminent shutdown.

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While many are opting to splash their cash on the console's digital sale, others have decided to pick up physical copies to ensure their games are safe forever. However, this has meant that as the prices of Xbox 360 digital games come down, the cost of a typical physical copy has gone up. With Microsoft 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:𒊎announcing the closure almost a year ago, we decided to take a look at how the prices of physical 360 games have changed over this period aꦡs the end approaches.

TheGamer's Research

As part of our research, we looked at 35 different Xbox 360 titles. These games were randomly chosen by 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:TheGamer's editorial team to minimize any selection bias. We then used ꧟tool to analyze the UK prices of these games over the last 90-day, six-month, and one-year periods.

We found, that of the 35 games we analyzed, 30 of them had increased in price over the past 12 months. That means 85% of the games we checked saw an increase. Only Crackdown, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Red Dead Redemption, Saints Row 2, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:SoulCalibur 4 saw their prices decrease over that period. 26 of these games increased in price at some point over the last six months.

The average price increase across the 30 games is just over 14 percent. If we factor in the other five games that saw their prices decrease, the cost of physical Xbox 360 games has still risen by roughly ten percent.

Artoon's Vampire Rain saw the highest percentage increase, rising by over 39 percent over the space of a year, while 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Saints Row 2 saw the 𒆙biggest decrease, losing 35 percent of its value in that same time period.

In terms of a pound increase, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Lollipop Chainsaw jumped by almost £11 in 12 months, a 34 percent rise. Once again, S⭕aints Row 2 was the biggest loser, seeing its value fall by a little over £2.

Interestingly, whether a game was on 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Game Pass or not seemed to have no bearing. While Crackdown did see a 5% decrease, other games available on Microsoft's subscription service all saw increases. This included Viva Pinata, Brutal Legend, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Fallout 3, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Fable Anniversary, as well as 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Age: Origins and Skate 3, which are available through EA Play. When separated, these six gameꦅs jumped by the overall survey average of 10 percent.

For parity, we also looked at the 21 games from our list that had a PS3 version. Only 11 of these 21 games saw a price increase over the last 12 months (52 percent), and the average increase was much lower, at 4 percent, versus the 14 percent seen by Xbox 360 games. This further indicates that the closure of the Xbox 360 marketplace is having a significant impact on the prices of Xbox 360 games.

The Full Xbox 360 Data

Below, you can s🌜ee the full data we used for our analysis:

To avoid clog𒀰ging the page with tables, here is a used for the PS3 analysis.

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🍒 Proprietary, Windows-based

Storage

𒉰 20 GB Detachable HDD (original)

VR Support

No

Resolution

480iꩲ - 1080p

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The Xbox 360 initially launched in 2005, with two fur⛄ther revisio💟ns following in 2010 and 2013. A popular console, it expanded upon the Xbox Live service, and was positioned as a multimedia device.

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