Xbox One adds Xbox 360 backwards compatibility
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Bah, I thought you could just throw in a 360 disc and play... Hype super deflated.
lovely ladies
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I have Hexic HD!!!
Conor_Fool
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Hell yeah, gonna have to play some Viva Piñata
EventHorizon
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Then you don't have any old 360 games to play to play so what is the point? The only thing I can think of that could interest you is that since you haven't bought a 360 yet, you somehow want to play 360 games now more than you did all of last gen.
That is not going to be a common occurrence. Very few people would sell the console while keeping the games for that console. Like I said, this is a nice-to-have feature. There is no doubt about that. But a lot of the reactions I'm seeing about this being the best announcement of the conference, or that it's a shot across the bow to Sony simply doesn't make sense. As was pointed out by someone else earlier in the thread, Sony had backward compatibility last gen and valued it so little that they removed it. It's simply not a feature that is going to move consoles.
sono
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Wow. And here was I thinking it was the best thing at their conference this year. I must be backwards too.
Gnome Scat
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Based Phil delivers again.
uncledonnie
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Not worried about the size of the list yet, ffs this is just in preview.
Funny that they both don't work for Microsoft any more too.
Voysa Reezun
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Assuming that most of the games are available for BC, I'll just buy an XB1 when my 360 finally dies. This is really nice and gives me another reason to get an XB1 outside of Crackdown,
Cthulhu_Steev
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We don't even know how this works yet - and I'm not convinced it isn't streaming and/or will be very, very limited in scope. If we see RezHD become compatible I'll eat my liquorice flavoured hat.
He also said Tomb Raider was exclusive that one time.
Hell, Nintendo has had BC all gen coming off of one of the best selling consoles of all time (and their highest selling non-handheld) and look at how much it helped them.
I believe I heard that there will be more info during the 4pm PDT show with Major Nelson.
rokkerkory
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Alas the Don Mattrick era is truly gone!
thanks based Spencer
thanks based Spencer
Caayn
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Better that they take back their words with actions then to stubbornly try to keep that word.
If this means that MS lied two years ago? So be it, give me this BC. Nintendo and Microsoft are on board, Sony follow the lead.
Dreams-Visions
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it always interests me when people feel compelled to provide a qualifier. Like, just say what you have to say. Nobody gives a shit what platforms you like.
Diablohead
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mass effext 360 was always dropping frames, could be that but its been a while since I played the game.
fluffydelusions
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It didn't look to hot on 360 either though
Daffy Duck
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So when does this land for preview members?
This was the biggest surprise of the show which also got a huge response (loudest?) from the crowd. Having said that it's not such a big incentive for me personally but I can see it being huge for those who still have a sizeable 360 collection.
Hopefully this means the 360 is dead and Microsoft can move on.
Hopefully this means the 360 is dead and Microsoft can move on.
I wouldn't be worried either if it wasn't for MS dropping adding to the 360 BC list last time.
fluffydelusions
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Didn't they say it's up to the dev/publisher so that is probably why
dodgykebaab
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I thought this was a megaton at first but I have issues with the details.
First of all this seems like the same thing as Original Xbox games on the 360 in that you have to wait for MS to convert the game you want.
Games are not actually running from a disc, you use the disc to acquire the licence to download a converted version. It seems like the disc is no longer used after that beyond authentication.
MS's history with converting games to work on 360 was pretty poor and they gave up after a while.
First of all this seems like the same thing as Original Xbox games on the 360 in that you have to wait for MS to convert the game you want.
Games are not actually running from a disc, you use the disc to acquire the licence to download a converted version. It seems like the disc is no longer used after that beyond authentication.
MS's history with converting games to work on 360 was pretty poor and they gave up after a while.
Publishers needing to approve is BS.
However, this is a solid megaton for the hardcore audience like us. It will help a lot of X360 owners still unsure about upgrading to PS4 vs. Xbox One lean XB1 if they care about their old stashes.
Nicely done. Hopefully there are no smoke and mirrors involved and it works as advertised.
The "you can trade but you can't"....routine.
However, this is a solid megaton for the hardcore audience like us. It will help a lot of X360 owners still unsure about upgrading to PS4 vs. Xbox One lean XB1 if they care about their old stashes.
Nicely done. Hopefully there are no smoke and mirrors involved and it works as advertised.
The "you can trade but you can't"....routine.
lifeexpectancy
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I think he said "all your digitally purchased games will be available and won't need to be repurchased".
Could be semantics, but it sure seems like they're trying to support all of them, although if it's individually-done then that would be a big hill to climb.
Software. Less than 100 titles.
jinxthejiv
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anyone willing to give me a preview invite lol
BolognaSoup
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Wow. Might buy a Xbox now just for Viva Piñata.
Yeah I thought you could just play 360 game on Xbox One if you had the disc, but turns out it isn't the case, meh.
Mass Effect was a fun game, but on the technical side it was a bit of a mess. The framerate was atrocious at times on the 360.
brokenbeans
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Time to clean up the older COD servers.
lifeexpectancy
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Supposedly TODAY. Xbox Live is going haywire for me so that could be the preview rolling out.
DeepEnigma
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The BC thing is a smart move. I am sure their data shows a lot of people that have yet to jump in to current gen from the 360. Now the BB trade in deal ala Gamestop to help persuade those to jump in.
(Though they should have waited a little for at least games to actually be on it first, then again, the deal screams a move that they probably felt helped with the April NPD)
I would love to revisit this BC a year from now, since most devs may not be bothered to even do a thing about it for those who can run out and buy $14 used games they see zero revenue from.
(Though they should have waited a little for at least games to actually be on it first, then again, the deal screams a move that they probably felt helped with the April NPD)
I would love to revisit this BC a year from now, since most devs may not be bothered to even do a thing about it for those who can run out and buy $14 used games they see zero revenue from.
secretanchitman
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So if I bought Perfect Dark HD on 360 (digital only), will that work on Xbone when the backwards compatibility comes out? That's pretty awesome if true.
If they made UMVC3 available...oh man. That would tempt me but this is Capcom after all so I'm not holding my breath.
If they made UMVC3 available...oh man. That would tempt me but this is Capcom after all so I'm not holding my breath.