They seem to be stingy with the 360 FFXIII Trilogy - but they do go on sale. I remember waiting a long time for a sale - but it did happen.
Well lets say next gen starts in a year or 2, but Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, decide that their next console is a PC hybrid console and it's only going to have the Windows version of the Xbox store... How would 1 play an older 360 game on these consoles natively IF Microsoft decide to go this route? And if they do go this route, why buy these games that will be stuck on these consoles forever?
To play them today ?
Play them today but, like I repeated on the other post I wrote, I'm talking about taking these games with you onto the next console and beyond... If there is no guarantee why waste money here?
I'm talking future consoles. But you're clearly being obtuse for the sake of it. Re-read what I originally wrote and then understand I am not talking about the current console generation. Buy them for today's Xbox. That's fine. But if there is no guarantee of taking them onto the next Xbox console, why waste the money today on digital goods if they're stuck on this gens consoles?
Because not everyone treats buying games like a serious stock market investment, they just play them for a while and forget about them.
Excellent. You do you. I'd like to know that what i'm buying today will come with me when I upgrade to the next generation of consoles.
It's not wasted money if you get enjoyment out of it now. There isn't a guarantee about anything but the company who has made BC one of their core principles probably isn't gonna abandon it. Even if they did, you buy the games you want to play. Then play them. It isn't that big of a deal.
And that is fine. Clearly Xbox isn't for you then if you care about it that much. I don't get what the big deal is.
Yeah spot on- only buy play anywhere games even if you don't want them and want the other games that are strictly tied to your console...
Seriously.
who hurt you bro? you got some issues it seems.
Can you play all old Sony OR Nintendo games on current consoles?
Yep, it's terrible
Considering there have been recent MS job postings for engineers that specifically address this concern, it seems more likely that you are going to be able to play these titles on future "Xbox" platforms. In other words, while it is a possibility they could go down the route you describe, it seems probable that they will not.
Well, let's just say you're trolling and looking for utter bullshit excuses
even play anywhere PC stuff, might probably break. I have no idea how many Dos and Win95 games run on Windows 11. Maybe with compatibility modes, maybe via Dosbox and ScummVM or in an actual Virtualbox / VMware / Parallels virtual machine. Very old games getting an official patch to run on an OS that did not exist at game release is rather rare.
Why would I be trolling when Microsoft themselves seem to be the major party trying to push this idea that whatever you buy now you can take with you wherever you go? I mean, that is until you buy something on a console that is seemingly tied to that console and will never move from there... So if I buy something from this sale, I'd like to know whether it'll transfer across to other devices. I don't think that is too much to ask...
Yep, Singularity would be good. There are a ton of 360 and OG Xbox games they could have brought but nah, that would require effort.Same, I think I've just about exhausted the X360 BC games I wanted either digitally or physically at the moment.
Wish they would add more stuff like Singularity
