I bought a Xbox 360

[Wman1996]

BraLoD said:

Wman1996 said:

I got an Xbox 360 for myself in 2023 after playing some of its family member's consoles before.
I haven't fired mine up in 2026 yet but online should still be available for some games. It's a pretty small list though, considering. Online features and logins frequently struggle.
Basically, if you want to play offline single player and multiplayer games you are covered. If you're set on syncing achievements to Xbox Live easily or playing more than a handful of major games online, you're out of luck.
If you enjoy your Xbox 360 enough, get an Xbox One eventually. That's what I did. Tons of quality 360 games to play on there too.

So the achievements won't sync to the account?

I'm looking into the One X, some used get priced quite decently with some luck, but the Series X would make it quire redundant, right? With a Series X and a 360 most games from the 4 gens would be convered, even as only Forza 8 would be unplayable going with the One instead.

Depends how into the Xbox ecosystem you end up. Yes, Series X is the most powerful Xbox to date and has 2 generations of games plus the same backwards compatibility of Xbox One. 

But Series X is crazy overpriced now in most regions and harder to find. And having a PS5 makes one very redundant for a lot of games. 

See how you enjoy the Xbox 360 and see after if a One S or One X is worth it (maybe a "VCR" One if you get it dirt cheap in good condition). Series seems like a tough sell at this point even for Series S.

And the achievements might have trouble syncing to your account if you can't connect online. Every one of my achievements on Xbox 360 (both natively on the console and 360 games on Xbox One) have synced to my Xbox account. However, 2-step verification and errors from the old 360 infrastructure make connecting to online a pain for myself and many players. The last time I booted up my 360 in late 2025, it refused to connect to Xbox Live. And that's at least the second time, if not the third. 

As for some games you can't play on later Xbox consoles

-SoulCalibur IV and V

-Project Gotham Racing 3 and 4

About half of the original Xbox games are playable on Xbox 360. But by comparison only about 6% of original Xbox games are playable on Xbox One.

List of Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360 - Wikipedia