XBOX 360 to NOT be backwards compatible!!

You got a source for that?

 

Couldn't they just recompile the executables and what not, and keep the same graphics and sound assets? If thats the case, I could just see it being a downloadable context on the HD. Like that rumour going around about a copy of Halo 2 being on the HD. You'd run that recompiled executable with your original game disc in the machine.

 

I doubt that they would even consider that as it potentially opens a "backdoor" to running unauthorized code on the X360.

 

That's such a gyp. I knew something was up when it was announced that 'some top' xbox titles would be backwards compatible..but this is a joke! I guess MS have been looking at Nintendo's continual flogging of older horses and thought £$£$£$.

 

Wow, thats pathetic. Both PS3 and Revolution have backwords compatibility, but Microsoft with its huge stockpile of money can't come up with a backwords compatible console-on-a-chip or emulator.

I doubt the problem is the different component manufacturers as they have stated, its more like they don't want to end up getting sued for copying the technology, or pay the vendors royalties for the re-vamped and shrunk technology that would be needed.

 

Who cares about that backwards-compatibility anyway ? Just keep your old console and your old games.

I'd be better off with a cool new feature than with retro support.

 

For all we know Halo & Halo 2 might come with the xbox...

 

And when you count all the games that will suck or that will be pushed back...

 

* Regarding backwards compatibility, it seems like that’s going to be on a kind of a selective basis from what we gather—is that correct?
We are working very hard to get compatibility. Of course the prioritization in our technical work is in the leading selling games from the first generation, just like the PS2 didn’t run all PS1 games, it is unlikely we’ll ever be able to say the 360 will run all Xbox 1 games. I think there are some games if we get them to run that means many, many other games will run, and I think rather than give some statement that is either too conservative (because the engineers can do better), or a bold statement we can’t live up to, we thought we’d make our strategy clear that as we get further down the road and as our engineers do more work, the execution will speak for itself.

 

It's a waste of time. If you ave to buy new versions then it is not backwards compatible. I really don't see any company doing something so dumb.

 

That quote is interesting as it suggests emulation again - "I think there are some games if we get them to run that means many, many other games will run". Doesn't sound like new discs or single patched executables to me.

 

That's pathetic. In other words it's not backwards compatible if you have to buy a new versions of an old game just to run it. That was a really dub idea no matter how you look at it.

Yakumo

 

I think this is an insane move by Microsoft. They're leaving themselves open to loss of already converted customers. They spent a whole generation trying to draw customers away from Sony and Nintendo and, had they made a backwards compatible 360, they would have brought many of those customers forward (i.e. xbox owners buying xbox 360s) But now those people will be able to look at the three consoles equally and say "I have a whole bunch of xbox games that none of these three consoles will be able to play so I guess I'll just choose the best one." Now, there's a good chance they'll buy the 360 because it has franchises they're familiar with from their xbox but my point is that there's a greater chance they'll choose another console.

 

They're idiots. Both competitors have backwards compatibility and they don't. Regardless of the particulars of the situation, that just doesn't look good, especially with parents who will be making lots of the purchasing decisions.

 

360 just lost my money. Sure there is still the fact it will be great for 360 games, but for me getting my xblock out from my room replaced by something more compact yet play all the same stuff and more was a nice selling point. I'll still pick 1 up, maybe in 2 - 3 years when it drops to £100

 

120% Correct. What a fucking twist of words. If the Xbox was the size of the Gamecube, I could see hanging on to it. The only thing going for the Xbox 360 for me was a smaller thing to play my 5 Xbox games on. Bad move Microsoft...bad move.

 

There's like only 15 games or so that don't work, on a list of more than 5.000 games (U/C + JAP + PAL).

So the PS2 run 99,9% of all PS1 games. M$ is just trying to explain their incompetence with something that isn't true.

And you say Sony is the one who likes to charge for everything, right? :-D