Backwards Compatibility Not A Priority For Microsoft
Posted by giga on 02 June 2006 - 15:25 · 13 comments & 3082 views
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#1 Posted by PureLegend on 02 Jun 2006 - 15:46
- Boo! Hiss! Boo!
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#2 Posted by werejag on 02 Jun 2006 - 18:47
- ok now ill look thru the old thread when microsoft said they was doing 100% compaitiblity so i can get some of the fanboys to apoligize when i said it wasnt going to happen.
i won
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#3 Posted by mx3 on 02 Jun 2006 - 18:55
- Here's a gold star *
(I was all out of blue ribbons today)
SMeK-
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#5 Posted by cryptic on 02 Jun 2006 - 19:08
- Wow....Im sorry, thats all I can say.....
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#6 Posted by DodgeViper on 02 Jun 2006 - 22:59
- What's so bad about losing out on backwards compat, it's not as if the new games won't make it to the 360.
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#7 Posted by Ad_Enuff on 03 Jun 2006 - 12:10
- When you can't give your loyal fanbase of XB owners something, tell them your not bothered about it....
Great idea MS!
Mmmm....those Sour Grapes must taste real sour.....well they do for us XB owners....
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#8 Posted by illz55 on 03 Jun 2006 - 23:44
- This is perfectly fine. Please don't tell me you bought an XBOX 360 and are now buying old XBOX games and want them to work on your new console. If you own an XBOX already and some of your older games aren't backwards compatible, juse use the old XBOX you have you morons. I'd rather Microsoft concentrate on getting Vista right and getting more amazing, wonderful games out for the XBOX 360. Don't act like your life will be over because a few games aren't backwards compatible; the best games are/will be anyway.
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#9 Posted by dangel666 on 05 Jun 2006 - 13:08
- I agree - I couldn't give a stuff about playing old games and neither (i'd warrant) does 99% of '360 owners either..
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#10 Posted by 2xSilverKnight on 05 Jun 2006 - 20:27
- stinky whiners.
"Nobody is concerned anymore about backwards compatibility. We under promised and over delivered on that. It's a very complicated thing... very complex work. I'm just stunned that we have hundreds of games that are backwards compatible," he said.
Initially MS only promised that "top selling" Xbox titles would be playable on 360, but as time went on MS reps have stated that the ultimate goal would be to provide full backwards compatibility—something that competitor Sony seems to strive for in each console generation.
Moore's comments shouldn't be misunderstood. MS will be adding to its backwards compatibility list, but it hardly seems like a priority now that the 360 is hitting its stride and the original Xbox is getting less and less support. Moore added, "More [updates] are coming, but at some point, you just go, there's enough, let's move on, or people aren't as worried about a game being backwards compatible - and I like to think we've upheld our end of the bargain in making at least two or maybe three hundred games backwards compatible."