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Amir0x said:
It's not like it's ever gonna be as good as PS3 BC, they should just get it over with.
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I'd imagine it's almost like having to tell your parents about a bad report card. They're going to find out either from you or from the school. ;)
 
element said:
PS3 BC might actually be worse...IMO of course.
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So you're confirming 99%+ BC on X360? Because uh, Sony confirmed full BC (98%+), so they obviously know how they're getting the job done.
 
VictimOfGrief said:
Think all you want bob, but they aren't joking when they say it will be a "healthly" # of games. It's spreading over IRC right now.
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You don't have any reason not to post it...go ahead.
 
xsarien said:
I'd imagine it's almost like having to tell your parents about a bad report card. They're going to find out either from you or from the school. ;)
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Except the report card is not as bad as expected :)
 
element said:
PS3 BC might actually be worse...IMO of course.
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Yeah I know we're gonna go from 98% compatability to less than 50%.

No, seriously. They already confirmed during E3 with POWERPOINT that PS3 will be BC with "10,000 games", so while it won't be every one I'm counting on a 95% BC rate. You keep hoping/thinking/speculating though, I will too.

If PS3 ruins BC worse than 360 ruined it, I'll be fucking pissed.
 
Oh look, it's oxygen back to his old winky winky ways. I think healthy to him means that it runs Fusion Frenzy.
 
The reason why i think PS3 might not have a high number is that they are going to have to emulate it, and that is just difficult. More power to them if they hit 98%.
 
Amir0x said:
Yeah I know we're gonna go from 98% compatability to less than 50%.

No, seriously. They already confirmed during E3 with POWERPOINT that PS3 will be BC with "10,000 games", so while it won't be every one I'm counting on a 95% BC rate. You keep hoping/thinking/speculating though, I will too.

If PS3 ruins BC worse than 360 ruined it, I'll be fucking pissed.
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Weren't there rumors that there are issues with PS3's backwards compatability not too long ago (like a week or so ago)?
 
hadareud said:
Weren't there rumors that there are issues with PS3's backwards compatability not too long ago (like a week or so ago)?
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I don't honestly know. I'm sure even element knows more about PS3 insides than I do.

I'm only going off from what we know. BC is an extremely important aspect of PlayStation branding, and at E3 they had the powerpoint that said "10,000 games BC with PS3", from PSX/PS2. That implies near 100%.

If there's problems, I can see it being less than 98%. But if it's <85%, I'm going to be pissed.
 
element said:
The reason why i think PS3 might not have a high number is that they are going to have to emulate it, and that is just difficult. More power to them if they hit 98%.
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errr.. isn't that what the Xbox 360 is doing to some extent?
 
I'm going to go with 60 games at launch.

Post your estimates, gentlemen.

Winnar gets a lovely bottle of Mountain Dew MX from my E10M pack.
 
Amir0x said:
I don't honestly know. I'm sure even element knows more about PS3 insides than I do.

I'm only going off from what we know. BC is an extremely important aspect of PlayStation branding, and at E3 they had the powerpoint that said "10,000 games BC with PS3", from PSX/PS2. That implies near 100%.

If there's problems, I can see it being less than 98%. But if it's <85%, I'm going to be pissed.
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I found the link for for the rumor:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=12554

I would be very surprised to see it under 90%, we'll see I guess ...
 
BlueTsunami said:
Thats exactly what its doing....
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emulation of a x86 and DX chip on a RISC and DX chip should be much easier then custom CPU and custom GPU on a RISC and DX chip.
 
hadareud said:
I found the link for for the rumor:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=12554

I would be very surprised to see it under 90%, we'll see I guess ...
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I think it's a matter of focus. Sony simply thinks BC is more important than Microsoft is judging from emphasis, and so they're more likely to work harder to get those 90%+ BC rating. Again, if not, I'd be shocked. If it's less than 85%, I'll just shake my head with SHAME.

Anyway, I'll give it a round number. 160 Xbox games BC with 360.
 
element said:
emulation of a x86 and DX chip on a RISC and DX chip should be much easier then custom CPU and custom GPU on a RISC and DX chip.
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Yup. Sony is going to have a really tough time unless they throw in a full chipset.
 
element said:
PS3 BC might actually be worse...IMO of course.
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So you know how they are going to do it on PS3? (assuming the advantage you are talking about is X360's ability to play supported BC games in 720p and with AA)
 
Why is this such a big, fucking secret?! WE'RE TEN DAYS FROM LAUNCH.

As far as secrecy goes, Microsoft is like Nintendo except minus the logic.
 
Aren't pointless attention whore threads fun.

Give the info or don't post, this is just a giant waste of time.
 
I'll go out on a limb and say that ALL First party Microsoft games ARE BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE with the Xbox 360. Further more, Xbox 1 saves from your HDD will work on the Xbox 360.

Don't really know if I should drop the bombs on the others. Let's just say our favorite Ninja will kick ass in higher definition.
 
VictimOfGrief said:
I'll go out on a limb and say that ALL First party Microsoft games ARE BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE with the Xbox 360. Further more, Xbox 1 saves from your HDD will work on the Xbox 360.

Don't really know if I should drop the bombs on the others. Let's just say our favorite Ninja will kick ass in higher definition.
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How would you transfer them?
 
I guessed 80 a couple weeks ago, but based on the verbal smirks from Element and Blim, I'm now guessing 250 (which I guess is appx 33%).
 
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