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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Dr-PonyfilePosted:

Meh just a name change really tbh, I am glad they are doing updates though.

CHPPosted:

hmm i wonder what else is going to be new

AustraliansPosted:

WWF So does that mean that they are going to stop selling Themes avatar items and Gamerpictures.


Maybe there will be a whole new section for that section perhaps?

AustraliansPosted:

Short and sweet, i like it.

BozzzPosted:

Marketplace sounds better to me tbh

DiniPosted:

Miss Eh don't really care for the change but oh well.


I agree, no one really uses it anyway

Evo8Posted:

Eh don't really care for the change but oh well.

AlmightyHelixPosted:

So does that mean that they are going to stop selling Themes avatar items and Gamerpictures.

SwiftPosted:

BBmodz I liked the word "Marketpace" simply just because they sold much more than games there.

But maybe they will be changing that too.


I was wondering the same thing. They sell themes, avatar items, and gamerpictures.

BoobsonPosted:

I liked the word "Marketpace" simply just because they sold much more than games there.

But maybe they will be changing that too.


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