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[Sabaku Ika]

Xbox 360 can play original Xbox games only if a downloadable patch is made for each game. Why don't developers making new Xbox games include the extra 360 compatibility stuff on the original disc? Wouldn't this make sense?

 

[LAMBO]

It should be there, it shocks me that all new xbox games aren't forwards compatable(never thougt i'd type that). Maybe it's very hard to make that patch?

 

[GitarooMan]

I heard something about MS only handling the BC and that developers really can't add anything themselves to make it BC. Stupid, I know.

 

[thetrin]

If they did that, games like Burnout Revenge, Gun and American Wasteland wouldn't sell very well on 360, especially when their 360 counterparts don't look that much different than their Xbox brothers, but cost $10 more.

(I'm not counting Revenge in that last statement. So far it looks to improve more than just visuals for the port)

 

[truffleshuffle83]

i thought ms said something about all xbox releases after the 360 released were supposed to be BC

 

[Alien Bob]

that'd be far too logical to be true

 

[jj984jj]

But then what will Activision has left to release on 360?

 

[Musashi Wins!]

i thought ms said something about all xbox releases after the 360 released were supposed to be BC

wouldn't that help sales?

I'm a bit dissapointed that games that are supposed to be bc, like forza and halflife look and run not so good.

 

[VictimOfGrief]

But then what will Activision has left to release on 360?

PORTS BAY!!! UPSCALING FTL!

 

[Rhindle]

It would make sense. On the other hand, I doubt most 360 owners are spending a lot on prior gen titles any more. It would probably be worth the effort only for the very few remaining high-profile titles (e.g. Black).

 

[123rl]

I heard something about MS only handling the BC and that developers really can't add anything themselves to make it BC. Stupid, I know.

Yep, it's stupid but it's true. The devs have little to no say in what Xbox games are made BC for the 360. It's Microsoft's choice

 

[Pedigree Chum]

i thought ms said something about all xbox releases after the 360 released were supposed to be BC

Nah, they never said that. I would be even more pissed if they did.

Black not being BC just fries my bacon.

 

[jedimike]

Call of Cathulhu is/was an example of a forward compatable game. It works flawlessly in the 360. However, after playing Condemed, I lost all desire to play CoC.

 

[FirstInHell]

Black not being BC just fries my bacon.

You'll have the super "special edition" to buy in a few months for only $10 more. :lol

 

[.Abras.]

I want to play Black, widescreen, 720p, 4X AA, on my 360!

 

[LAMBO]

Ms says:

"You don't need those games, this gen is over! Once you play 360 games you won't want to play those old xbox games. Now please go buy Joust."

 

[DenogginizerOS]

Ms says:

"You don't need those games, this gen is over! Once you play 360 games you won't want to play those old xbox games. Now please go buy Joust."

Source??

 

[Pedigree Chum]

You'll have the super "special edition" to buy in a few months for only $10 more. :lol

grr :/

 

[Juice]

i thought ms said something about all xbox releases after the 360 released were supposed to be BC

You aren't mistaken, they did.

They also promised us at E3 in 2001 that we would never ever see patches in games, to try to dissuade the fear that the bad things about PC gaming would haunt its console as well.

Not that Microsoft lying should be that much of a shocker.

I'm still not over the fact that even though Ninja Gaiden Black looks great on my HDTV, it's a fucking slideshow. That game in particular was originally touted (and this was a selling point!) that it was being designed with backwards compatibility in mind. Too bad it never got from the mind to the code.

 

[DCharlie]

hmm... it's something that is somewhat suspicious about the compatibility.

the latest madden doesn't work, but the one before that does? Hmm...

Is it possible that certain games don't work because it's not in the publishers interest for them to work?

 

[Juice]

hmm... it's something that is somewhat suspicious about the compatibility.

the latest madden doesn't work, but the one before that does? Hmm...

Is it possible that certain games don't work because it's not in the publishers interest for them to work?

DCharlie, that is clearly unpossible. Why would a company want to strong-arm a consumer to repurchase a game that they got within the last few months at $10 more, just to play it in HD resolution and without key features that didn't make it in time for launch?

Oh. . .