Xbox Live Marketplace rebranded as Xbox Games Store

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The Xbox Live Marketplace has a new name to go with its brand new console: the Xbox Games Store. As visible on the Xbox homepage, the Xbox 360's online marketplace was rebranded this week ahead of the Xbox One's launch in November.

When approached to confirm the rebranding, a Microsoft spokesperson told Joystiq, "That's right, [Xbox Live Marketplace] is now called the Xbox Games Store, and will sit alongside the Xbox Music Store and Xbox Video Store. This is to make it easier for consumers to find content both on Xbox 360 today and Xbox One when it launches in November."

Given all the pre-Xbox One streamlining going on, including the switch to real-world currency on Xbox Live, a new moniker for the Xbox 360's online marketplace (and soon to be the Xbox One's) is not a big surprise and maybe not the biggest news either. Still, it does mean after nearly eight years we have to say sayonara to Xbox Live Marketplace, a name that sort of rolled off the tongue in an after-eight-years-it-really-should way.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/30/xbox-live-marketplace-rebranded-as-xbox-games-store/

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BoarPosted:

ThyHolyOne
Miiles i swear to god they just do this because they have nothing else to do.


Yes,it's quite strange how they are just pointlessly renaming some of their services.


Well it has to be done I think, although still seems odd indeed.

BoarPosted:

I much preferred Marketplace to be honest :/

ThyHolyOnePosted:

Miiles i swear to god they just do this because they have nothing else to do.


Yes,it's quite strange how they are just pointlessly renaming some of their services.

CanidaePosted:

It's a slow day today, let's change the name of something real Xbox gamers will still call the Marketplace.

LairPosted:

i swear to god they just do this because they have nothing else to do.

RabiesPosted:

Katsumi marketplace sounds so much better in my opinion, it's probably because i have gotten so used to it over the years though

I agree most of us are used to the marketplace but this isn't a big change.

MonokumaPosted:

I really don't see the point in this

AustraliansPosted:

Katsumi marketplace sounds so much better in my opinion, it's probably because i have gotten so used to it over the years though


I'm sure this new brand will be stuck in our heads after a while, cant help but say i will also miss the current one D:

KatsumiPosted:

marketplace sounds so much better in my opinion, it's probably because i have gotten so used to it over the years though

EtaPosted:

Good to see they're going to use sections. Makes stuff a lot easier to find.


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