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7/11/2013 3:42:57 PM
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Backwards Compatibility??
Now, obviously Microsoft has said that the Xbone will [i]not[/i] feature any backwards compatibility. However, I had always thought that part of the reason for this was that games just worked differently on the One than the 360, i.e., you have to actually download the game to the HDD to play
Ergo, now that Microsoft has changed that property of the One and games will play just like they do on the 360, would it not be conceivable to have backwards compatibility? Maybe not at launch, but with an update down the road, throw in an emulator?
Or if not, I hereby formally petition someone with any skills to create an Indie/Arcade game for the Xbone marketplace that acts as an emulator.
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1 ReplyThe architecture of the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One are completely different. They'd literally have to put a 360 in the X1 so it would be backwards compatible i.e. the original PS3.
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1 ReplyEdited by Astraeos: 7/11/2013 4:21:41 PMyou can plug* your 360 into One and can play that way.
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2 RepliesNah they just didn't add support for that. Before you could play the games of your competitors; now they can't even play their own games. Meanwhile Wii U is playing Wii and eventually GC games. Not to mention the games from all their previous systems (well from the FAMICOM forward). It's "wasted resources" which is understandable I guess... There's also the matter of architecture. I mean they could if they wanted to but that's dedicated R&D which they obviously felt was better spent doing other stuff.
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I would imagine that down the line they will do something software wise if we bitch enough.
