GDC: Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility soon to be forgotten

[gdf]

i never had an xbox 1 so this doesn't affect me. i was thinking of buying halo 1 and 2 and some other games though, like conker. man that game owns!

[BrooksyX]

Hello:

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If Microsoft stops to update the Xbox compatibility emulation, its library of games will be reduced. And I'm sure many people wants to see their favorite game running on a better high definition that the one the original console delivers.

Well Technically the 360's library is already reduced because these games were never supported. So with every BC update the library of games on the 360 has grown. Most of the good Xbox 1 games work on the 360 anyways, there are just a few good ones that are not compatible. But I am expecting M$ to stop BC on a bang and add support to a lot of games for the last release.

Plus with all the great games coming out later this year, who cares about playing your old, non HD xbox games.

-Halo 3
-Half-Life 2 Orange Box
-Guitar Hero 2
-Unreal Tournament 3
-Oblivion: Shivering Isles

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[gdf]

Looking forward to HL2 as i never played it before and this is the complete package! sadly i won't be able to afford guitar hero 2 for a while.

[Cloudhunter]

Well, I can't see why Sony is decreasing backwards compatibility... Maybe initially, but it will improve. IIRC, the Playstation driver on the PS1 was software.

Software backwards compatibility will offer the PS2 advantages such as upscaling to HD.

Cloudy

[Uchuu]

meh, i personally don't care much for BC. I never really played PS1 games on my PS2....and now I don't even play Xbox games on my 360, or PS2/PS1 games on my PS3.

When i get a new console, I want to play the newest games, since they just look that much better. Plus i'm not the type that plays a game over and over......unless theres online that is.