Neowin News Feed for: Backwards

April '07 Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility Update

Todd Tanner — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:43:44 +0000

April showers have yielded us a Back Compat update The latest backwards compatibility update is now available over Xbox Live (or will be very soon.) This free update brings the complete list of original Xbox... Read more...

EU PS3 Backwards Compatibility List Now Online

Joe Cashman — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:22:45 +0000

A few days earlier than originally announced, the list of backwards compatible titles on the EU PS3 has now been released. The Sony site details games on a three tier basis, giving results for titles... Read more...

Sony Promises 1,000 Backwards Compatible PS2 Games

Joe Cashman — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:29:37 +0000

Phil Harrison, President for Sony Worldwide Studios this week revealed that over 1,000 PS2 titles will be backwards compatible with the new spec PS3, which will be released throughout Europe on March 23rd. Speaking with... Read more...

Sony Warns About European PS3 Backwards Compatibility

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:49:49 +0000

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe said that backwards compatibility with PlayStations 2 games of the PlayStation 3 console, slated to be released in PAL regions in about a month, will not be as good as that... Read more...

Sony's PS3 Has Some Backwards Compatibility Problems

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:09:01 +0000

Sony said on Tuesday its new video game console, the PlayStation 3, does not run about 200 PlayStation and PlayStation 2 software titles properly, the latest problem the electronics maker has run into in its... Read more...

A further 39 Xbox games backwards compatible

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:17:32 +0000

Microsoft today announced that they have just updated their backwards compatibility list with a further 39 games on offer, and 9 titles updated. The total amount of Xbox games playable on Microsoft's latest console, Xbox... Read more...

21 new titles for Xbox 360 backwards compatibility

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:35:23 +0000

Microsoft has released a new update for the Xbox 360 console, providing support for an additional 21 Xbox titles and reinforcing Peter Moore's comments that backwards compatibility is important to the firm.The new update, which... Read more...

Backwards Compatibility Not A Priority For Microsoft

giga — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:25:20 +0000

Microsoft's head of the Interactive Entertainment business, Peter Moore, typically chooses his words carefully, and rarely makes the kind of outlandish statements that Sony's Ken Kutaragi seems to provide on a regular basis. However, in... Read more...

Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility In Japan

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:43:10 +0000

After some xbox owners were disgruntled by the lack of backwards support on the 360 for classics such as Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and well over 300 others can take some solace from the fact... Read more...

Xbox 360 Buys Backwards Compatibility Rights From Nvidia

Joe Cashman — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:19:22 +0000

After E3 Microsoft left gamers wondering if they would be able to play their Xbox games on their Xbox360 after refusing to answer questions on it. They did announce though that "the best selling" Xbox... Read more...

PS3 to Use BD-ROMS, Working Towards Backwards Compatibility

Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:39:06 +0000

Sony officially confirmed that the PlayStation 3 will use Blu-ray discs at the PlayStation Business Briefing held in Japan today. In addition, the company is working towards making the platform compatible with PlayStation 2 and... Read more...

New Options For Xbox Backwards Compatibility?

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:40:58 +0000

In news that may have implications for the hot topic of backwards compatibility in Microsoft's next console, Wired News today reports on a new software development that may solve that problem. California startup Transitive Software... Read more...

No backwards compatibility for X-Box 2?

Todd Tanner — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:11:43 +0000

Magoo - There had been speculation that MS would use the tech aquired via its purchase of Virtual PC, a popular piece of emulation software. I'd be surprised and dissapointed if Microsoft didn't maintain support... Read more...

N5 Backwards Compatibility

Marcel Klum — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:25:09 +0000

According to Iwata-San the N5 (Nintendo's codename for the next console) will be able to play GameCube games. In an interview with Famitsu, the head of Nintendo Satoru Iwata has stated the N5... Read more...

Users militate to make Xbox2 backwards compatible

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:18:14 +0000

GROUNDSWELL of revolt -- OK, the beginnings of a groundswell of revolt against Microsoft making its next console adventure non compatible with the Xbox has started on the world wide web. Twenty months ago, the... Read more...