Xbox Backwards Compatibility - 76 games added, 37 games get FPS boost (p96)

Rog wrote:If you've still got the games then it is great but I'd much rather keep my collection on steam and have them past this generation of consoles. Plus I can make them look a bit better.

Rog, what has that got to do with Xbox 360 compatibiity? This is an interesting new feature for Xbox 360 / XBO owners. Why bring PC (or Mac / Linux) into it?

NickSCFC

Well the next-gen consoles should also be x86, so Id expect BC.

PostRe: Xbox One backwards compatibility by **Rog** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:42 pm

jawafour wrote:
Rog wrote:If you've still got the games then it is great but I'd much rather keep my collection on steam and have them past this generation of consoles. Plus I can make them look a bit better.

Rog, what has that got to do with Xbox 360 compatibiity? This is an interesting new feature for Xbox 360 / XBO owners. Why bring PC (or Mac / Linux) into it?

It's my personal opinion on the news. Comparisons with other services is going to happen. Like it already did in the thread with PS2 for instance. Lots of Sony mentions and yet your problem is with me, OK.

Completely unexpected but very welcome announcement!

bear wrote:
SchminkyPinky wrote:I have 300+ physical and 200+ digital 360 games so it's a big feature for me. Admittedly I was always going to buy an Xbox One at some point but this will mean I probably buy one sooner rather than later. The one niggling doubt I have is that they are going to update it piece by piece. They did that on the 360 with original Xbox games and we saw how that turned out.

This talk that you have to download a game even if you have the disc makes me think that they have created some way to recompile 360 games and create a native Xboxone game kinda like the way they showed porting iOS apps to Windows 10 at build. I'm assuming that's why the original developer needs to approve bringing the game to Xboxone. What this means for titles from companies that went bust is unclear.

Yeah there could be some real issues with games from defunct publishers or with games that were removed because of licensing issues (eg. Marvel vs Capcom 3, Outrun 2 etc.) It's tempered my excitement a bit but we'll see how it all plays out. The good news is that it does seem to be native and potentially works with every single game.

This (along with Fallout 4 mods) was the highlight of the MS show for me. I really hope they can get it to work, and it doesn't end up being a half-arsed effort like it was on 360.

I'm just glad I'll be able to play Lost Odyssey again.

PsychicSykes wrote:For hoarders it's good news, especially considering the patchy record of 360 hardware. I traded all my stuff in before this gen kicked off though, so it's not of much interest to me. I don't plan on getting one and this announcement is going to have no bearing on that.

You might not be interested in the new Rainbow Six game, but it might become a model for other games.

In case you missed it, if you buy the game on Xbox One you get the 360 versions of Rainbow Six Vegas 1&2 for free.

NickSCFC wrote:is this feature important now?

if it lets me play my countless numbers of arcade tittles, then yes... important.

_/\_YUNGSTAR_/\_ wrote:
NickSCFC wrote:is this feature important now?

if it lets me play my countless numbers of arcade tittles, then yes... important.

This. Plus all the Games with Gold I've been stockpiling.

SugarDave wrote:I'm just glad I'll be able to play Lost Odyssey again.

Oh god yes

Fantastic feature and it is tempting as there are a few xbox 360 games I missed out on, however with limited spare time I had best stay away from adding another console to my roster! Really nice they have done this though.

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It's Xbox Originals all over again. Really should have been announced in 2013, now it's probably going to be a bit of a damp squib since I doubt Microsoft is going to get many publishers to bother rubber-stamping their approval. Especially if they're planning remasters (note last of Halo 3, for example)

Meh not a major feature for me now to be honest with the Halo collection already out. It means the missus can still play Skyrim though when I eventually upgrade.

Rog wrote:If you've still got the games then it is great but I'd much rather keep my collection on steam and have them past this generation of consoles. Plus I can make them look a bit better.

I would definitely prefer to have Banjo, Conker, Perfect Dark and Jet Force Gemini on Steam but it looks like this is the best thing that I'll have that isn't an emulator. Hopefully it gets some renewed interest in Perfect Dark online.

Please let this be the end of the remakes :dread:

PostRe: Xbox One backwards compatibility by **Rog** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:17 pm

Dark Dragon 64 wrote:
Rog wrote:If you've still got the games then it is great but I'd much rather keep my collection on steam and have them past this generation of consoles. Plus I can make them look a bit better.
I would definitely prefer to have Banjo, Conker, Perfect Dark and Jet Force Gemini on Steam but it looks like this is the best thing that I'll have that isn't an emulator. Hopefully it gets some renewed interest in Perfect Dark online.

I can't see communities being revived off the back of this. With all these games at once and a current catalogue to be played everyone will be spread thin.

Frank wrote:Please let this be the end of the remakes

And yet they are doing a Gears of War HD remaster so I doubt it.

Frank wrote:Please let this be the end of the remakes

Just wait until next-gen rolls around and we can buy them all over again.

Nice to see plenty of XBLA games in that initial list for preview members :cool:

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