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[Kleegamefan]

http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/microsoft-xbox/595060p1.html

Question: Will Xenon have backwards compatibility?
Answer: This is, by far, the most common question that you guys have been asking. The short answer is that it's still being determined.

From what I've heard (and what several outlets have been reporting already), the original plans were for the system not to have backwards compatibility. From a numbers standpoint, it makes sense. More than a few publishers have told me that the feature isn't nearly as important as enthusiasts think; publishers feel that it's vital for the first year of the console's lifespan at best and only if the launch lineup is weak.

Sources tell me that Microsoft is now considering a backwards compatibility solution, mostly because of the marketing hit the system would take for not having it. It's almost not worth the trouble to omit the feature.

Personally, I think it would be smart of MS to include BC....

 

[golem]

sounds more hopeful than confirmed, but with ps3 and revolution now having BC, i guess its a bullet point worth having on the features list.

 

[dorio]

I thought you meant the game. I could care less about backwards compatibility personally.

 

[Hellraizah]

The day that they annonce backward compatibility for Xenon will be the day I trade Street Fighter : Anniversary Collection for PS2 since I also got it for Xbox.

 

[jedimike]

a few developers pulled me aside to tell me that they think Microsoft is upping the RAM to 512 MB.

Would satisfy the naysayers.

 

[Lhadatt]

Nintendo has gone backwards compatible. If MS does not, then they will look like jerks.

Oh, and Gamespy doesn't have Got Next. It's on my server.