Xbox One adds Xbox 360 backwards compatibility

Well I guess this means I'm getting an XB1. I was already leaning to it vs PS4 but this seals it. I'm not sure when, will definitely need to work some things out first, but I will.
 
Syriel said:
If you're in the preview program eligible titles will show up under the Ready to Install section of your games. Just like any other XBO title.

If you're not in the preview program or you don't have any eligible digital titles, then they won't show up.

XBL itself has been slow all day ever since the announcement, so if you don't see anything under your game section just let it sit there for a few minutes.

If you are in the preview program and still aren't seeing anything, make sure you have the latest system update and make sure that Hexic HD is on your account as that is both free and an eligible title.
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Thanks, I see them now.
 
If there're some gaffers that'll play GRAW with me, I'm in. We only really need a dedicated few/several.

Serious:
I'm going to wait to see how the licensing cards fall, but this is huge.

Xboners: where do I vote for Hydro Thunder?
 
gossi said:
No. It is emulation. MS have given press interviews about it - they explicitly call it emulation. I went for a job interview with the guys who created the PowerPC emulation.
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The games have an x64 in the filename which would indicate that either the PowerPC game is packaged into the x64 emulator download or perhaps it just might be an x64 game.
 
If someone could invite me into the Preview, I'd really appreciate it. My gamertag is Lobo Reeves

I hope somehow The Beatles: Rock Band gets added to the list. Music licensing is problematic though.
 
Kinsella said:
I just think it's hilarious how much people want to tell others how this isn't a game changer. Guess what? It is for me.
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I think it's hilarious how you think it being a game changer to you personally somehow contradicts me saying it's not a game changer to their market position. If you have any actual precedent that shows otherwise or perhaps proof that you're the only person purchasing xboxes in North America I'm all ears.
 
Damn is there any way to merge profiles/gamertags?

Once BC was ruled out I started fresh on the XB1. I'd rather not have to switch profiles every time I want to play one of my old 360 titles.
 
because of this I've gone from probably never getting an xboxone to maybe getting one cheap in a few years.

unless the windows 10 integration is cool but who knows
 
That actually changes how I feel about the XboxOne.

And people tried to act like backwards compatibility doesn't matter this gen just because it was taken away.
 
Wow I can't believe it. This is the one thing I said that would sway me towards getting an Xbox One, and they freaking did it.

Awesome move Microsoft, awesome move.
 
BeforeU said:
wait I am in a preview program. How do I do this?
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Go to "MY GAMES AND APPS" and scroll to the far right in the games section. Anything you have bought digitally, and is currently on the BC list, will be listed their with a graphical 360 tag.

If you look at the list on the first page and a disc game you own is there, pop the game in. It'll download the whole game. Once it's done you're good to go.
 
Holy hell this is awesome! Just put in Mass Effect and it still has my old save.

Now I really hope that it still has the ability to import saves when Mass Effect 2 (and 3) finally get added.
 
watership said:
Go to "MY GAMES AND APPS" and scroll to the far right in the games section. Anything you have bought digitally, and is currently on the BC list, will be listed their with a graphical 360 tag.

If you look at the list on the first page and a disc game you own is there, pop the game in. It'll download the whole game. Once it's done you're good to go.
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oh shit that's awesome.

but crap I only have two listed as Xbox 360 title :( Toy soldier and viva piñata. I guess nothing else that I own is compatible.
 
Proper BC that works with your old 360 discs?

Hell froze over then.

I would have put money on BC never returning to consoles after all the remake cash grabbing.

Very very good from microsoft.
 
So this works amazingly. Have tried Banjo Kazooie and Mass Effect (via disk). Suspend to the background, receive Xbone notifications over the top, online play, cloud save, screenshot and video captures, broadcasting. Wow. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought it would be possible make this happen full stop let alone actually want to go through with it.

I hope that they make all BC titles purchasable direct through the Xbox One store interface eventually. And I hope they make the effort to add new 360 Games with Gold to the BC list. Would add some nice value to that program.

My only gripe is that it looks like cloud storage is the only storage option from within the virtual 360, is that right? That's fine by me but for now 360 cloud storage is capped at 500MB and that won't be enough. Here's hoping they make it unlimited like Xbone which would obviously benefit actual 360 consoles as well.
 
So what's preventing them from doing this on Windows 10 on PC?

Also, all you jokers begging for preview invites better actually do the testing and take the surveys if you get in. Most of my friends who wanted in the preview program haven't done many of them and basically just wanted cool stuff early. If I was MS I'd kick those lazy people out of the program. At the least, I bet they are not invited to future betas.
 
sja_626 said:
My only gripe is that it looks like cloud storage is the only storage option from within the virtual 360, is that right? That's fine by me but for now 360 cloud storage is capped at 500MB and that won't be enough. Here's hoping they make it unlimited like Xbone which would obviously benefit actual 360 consoles as well.
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What if I told you the Xbox One only has 512MB of cloud storage for saves, but that the saves are so small nobody has noticed?
 
Can confirm: Gold Family Sharing does not work for Xbox 360 games emulated through the Xbox One.

Kind of a bummer, even though I'm assuming it's a technical limitation.
 
Noobcraft said:
What if I told you the Xbox One only has 512MB of cloud storage for saves, but that the saves are so small nobody has noticed?
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I'm intrigued but I'd certainly be surprised to hear that given that PS4 has 1GB and I filled it within a few months of launch but haven't run into any such issues in a year and a half of Xbone. Surely Minecraft players would have hit the cap on Xbone if there was one?

EDIT: and either way I absolutely have a lot more than 512MB of 360 saves currently so an increase would still be great.
 
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