[Definitive] Xbox 360 Thread

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i apologize if this has been brought up before, but is xbox 360 backwards compatible with xbox games? i've searched only to find conflicting answers and i've been told in person that it isn't. so, yes or no? and if it is, will it require the harddrive? the only game i want to play is ssx: on tour. i currently do not own any console and i must have this game, but it just doesn't make sense to get xbox now when xbox 360 is coming out so soon.

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i apologize if this has been brought up before, but is xbox 360 backwards compatible with xbox games?

Yes it is, if you have the hard drive. It may not be compatible with 100% of games though.

There should be an initial list of games in the coming weeks. After the Xbox 360 ships, additional Xbox games will be supported via free updates downloaded via Xbox Live.

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okay good cause i was reading there was going to be an update to media center to support the streaming and stuff. i wasn't sure

but nice

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You can stream Music and Photos from any XP machine.

To get Video and TV you need a Media Center.

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Would it be possible, through 3rd party software, to stream video to the 360 without WMC?

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That's impossible to say at this point. It would be interesting to see if anyone comes up with a way to do that (without modifying the Xbox 360 console itself).

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Alright, I have one question (which no one can probably answer yet, but never hurts to ask) ... can I install Mac OS X on it? :p

I'm just curious because no one would ever want to spend the huge sums of money on an Apple computer if they could buy this and install Mac OS X on it.

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That's impossible to say at this point.  It would be interesting to see if anyone comes up with a way to do that (without modifying the Xbox 360 console itself).

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So basically I can't view my recorded TV Episodes on my PC... but I can music? That don't make no sense. :( Being able to watch live TV I could understand, but not prerecorded stuff. :\

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Would it be possible, through 3rd party software, to stream video to the 360 without WMC?

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I sure as hell hope so... As far as I know, they haven't really been specific on what you can and what you cannot stream with whatever system you have... I'd say that chances are you can't stream video natively but using some third party software it could be possible. Who knows though. I definately wouldn't mod my 360 just for that purpose though. What a waste, you could just burn the video to a VCD or DVD just as easily.

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I hope so, too. It's not the reason I'll probably purchase a 360, but everything counts. Being able to stream all multimedia to your console - and hence to your TV/stereo system - is just more icing on the cake. I think it's something that Sony and Nintendo should take into consideration, as well. And this should be a very cost-effective bonus to customers.

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