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[Afro Thunder]

Sorry if old. Looks cool if true.

A QUESTIONNAIRE being taken online by Xbox Live users appears to give the final confirmation that Xbox 360 will be backwards compatible - at least, if you buy it with the optional hard drive.

The questionnaire deals with Xbox Live and says subscribers through the original Xbox will be able to play against gamers on Xbox 2 -- as long as they are playing a current generation Xbox game.

"Xbox Live is an online gaming service that works across both the current Xbox system and the future Xbox 2. You will be able to play online and compete against others across both consoles. If you are playing an Xbox game on Live you will be able to compete against people playing that same game on Xbox 2".

So XBox games will run on "XBox 2".

The hard drive comes in because the original Xbox had one and the games are written to use one.

INQUIRER reader, Epobirs suggests that the hard drive could be used to house an optimisation library of Xbox 360 native binaries to run the first-generation games, thus increasing performance.

This sounds like a pretty good idea to us, and one that has had some use previously, with FX!32 on the DEC Alpha, utilising translations of code it produced previously to optimise the next time an application ran.

It is unlikely that Xbox games running on the Xbox 360 will look any better, although it's possible that they could be anti-aliased using spare graphics power.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22839

 

[harry2020]

Cool...

 

[Mr Gump]

get outta my face.

 

[Redbeard]

http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?t=44804

 

[Afro Thunder]

Thorns were quickier than me. Erase my thread.

 

[Barnimal]

UKERS AM CRY

 

[john tv]

+1 for fact-checking and confirming things before posting a news story!

Again, I weep

This industry is pathetic sometimes

 

[Folder]

+1 for fact-checking and confirming things before posting a news story!

Again, I weep

This industry is pathetic sometimes

Is it the time of the month right now John? You seem a little down.
See: http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?t=44804
Microsoft has never heard of the survey.

 

[john tv]

Is it the time of the month right now John? You seem a little down.
See: http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?t=44804
Microsoft has never heard of the survey.
Though I note KyotoMecca was quick to point a per-click add directed to his site in the thread! Good work! I wish I'd have thought of that...

?

I'm lamenting the fact that these people post this stuff without doing any fact-checking. Because yes, it is fake.

I think we're in agreement? Or maybe I just don't understand your post. It's not that time of the month, but I AM working 14 hours a day right now, so yes, I am REALLY tired...

 

[Jonnyram]

There are so many things known about the 360 that would make B/C impossible, I have no idea why people keep making things up about it. At the very best, if this survey does exist, it likely means that some updates will be released for 360 (such as Halo 2.5, maybe PGR2.5 or other things like that, which will allow Xbox and 360 players to play against each other somehow.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

It's not that time of the month, but I AM working 14 hours a day right now, so yes, I am REALLY tired...

14 hours a day results in productivity tanking. When are employers going to learn that this shit doesn't work?

You are also prone to make FAR more errors as a result when working that many hours a day.

 

[john tv]

14 hours a day results in productivity tanking. When are employers going to learn that this shit doesn't work?

You are also prone to make FAR more errors as a result when working that many hours a day.

What if nobody's making me do this but myself? Should I be mad at me?

 

[Dr_Cogent]

What if nobody's making me do this but myself? Should I be mad at me?

Yes, yes you should.

But then again, you shouldn't really complain about the fact that you are working it, if it is of your own volition.

 

[john tv]

Yes, yes you should.

But then again, you shouldn't really complain about the fact that you are working it, if it is of your own volition.

Did I complain?

 

[Folder]

Did I complain?

See! He's at it again! Spoiling for a fight is John! ;-)

 

[Dr_Cogent]

Did I complain?

Nah, guess not.

Kinda seemed like it, but it could just be bad interpretation is all

The whole "time of the month" in the same sentence as the hours worked lent itself to that.

 

[Blackace]

Pro tip: don't mess with a cranky Italian

 

[Dr_Cogent]

Pro tip: don't mess with a cranky Italian

Who's the cranky Italian though? John?

I have no idea who John is, sorry.

 

[mattx5]

Somebody probably stuck a Star Trek insignia on his shirt again, and that's why he's all riled

 

[Legal Step]

I thought they would just rerelease everthing with a 360 next to the name.

 

[PhatSaqs]

I thought they would just rerelease everthing with a 360 next to the name.

:lol
I guess thats one alternative to BC.

 

[monchi-kun]

What if nobody's making me do this but myself? Should I be mad at me?

yes, please spank yourself silly