Backwards Compatible?

[Detox]

Hi guys - newbie here :)

Will the Xbox 360 be backwards compatible with current Xbox games?

Cheers

[Justin Buser]

AFAIK it will be compatible at least with the current top selling Xbox games

[bennyboo03]

yep and there will be more top selling games in the next year

[pApA SmerF01]

yep and there will be more top selling games in the next year

definitely. and since nCrappia finally signed a contract with ms, we won't really have to worry about whether or not anymore.

[X-B-O-X Lover]

You know what guys
i have xbox and ps2, xbox is way better than ps2.
but serious opinion here, about Backwards Compatible with tops sellings games???
that's mean that we dont have much game to play on xbox360??
look at ps3 can play ton ton ton of thier library on ps2
what if i want to play 2001 xbox games??

[Grindstone]

I never play old games on new consoles. This point was never an issue with me. With the nVidia deal, I thought all games were backwards compatible now... anyone have a link with that info? Are you plannig to sell all you old stuff for the new console or not. If so, you don't need backwards compatibility, if not, then you already have a system to play those games on.
Seriously, how often do you play those old games? Once a year, maybe, if you're really bored? Pointless.

[bennyboo03]

lol i dont think i have played one ps1 game on my ps2 ever fr 2 years

[citizen X]

I never play old games on new consoles. This point was never an issue with me. With the nVidia deal, I thought all games were backwards compatible now... anyone have a link with that info? Are you plannig to sell all you old stuff for the new console or not. If so, you don't need backwards compatibility, if not, then you already have a system to play those games on.
Seriously, how often do you play those old games? Once a year, maybe, if you're really bored? Pointless.

I agree

How many people play ALL their PS1 games on their ps2, what 10% the most?

All I play now is halo 2 on line, and that’s pretty much it for me, I’m not buying any more games till Xbox 360 comes out.

[Grindstone]

All I play now is halo 2 on line, and that’s pretty much it for me, I’m not buying any more games till Xbox 360 comes out.

I made that same resolution after buying SP:CT- no more gaming stuff until Xbox 360. I plan to have about $500 saved up by then, and I'll get enough stuff to last me til Spring break of `06.

[Cybergig1]

its not just abouting them having a deal with nvidia, if you remember reading what ATI said there are issues where the developers made specific code for the nvidia chipset and where they just did quote unquote "wacky things" to get certain aspects of their games to work. From what microsoft said they were doing a lot of emulation to get the older games to work. And something about how more patches would come out and go onto your harddrive to make more and more of the older games work. Which I guess is fine but whichever, so long as it plays the older games I still wanna play :\

[citizen X]

its not just abouting them having a deal with nvidia, if you remember reading what ATI said there are issues where the developers made specific code for the nvidia chipset and where they just did quote unquote "wacky things" to get certain aspects of their games to work. From what microsoft said they were doing a lot of emulation to get the older games to work. And something about how more patches would come out and go onto your harddrive to make more and more of the older games work. Which I guess is fine but whichever, so long as it plays the older games I still wanna play :\

Didn’t they say that eventually all the old games will come to xbox360, by means of downloading all the emulators vie Xbox live?

I didn’t hear anything about them changing their minds on the plan, but I could be wrong.

[Real Maximo]

I often go back to old ps1 games on my ps2.
Yeah may not look great but the gameplay is damb fine :D
Nothing better than playing Silent Hill 1, Resi Directors cut and many other games.

SO i will be playing Xbox games on the 360 no doubt about it.

[citizen X]

I often go back to old ps1 games on my ps2.
Yeah may not look great but the gameplay is damb fine :D
Nothing better than playing Silent Hill 1, Resi Directors cut and many other games.

SO i will be playing Xbox games on the 360 no doubt about it.

Yeah well their u go, your part of the 10% ;)

One question: is that game one of the top sellers on the PS1? :D

[DeadOneWalking]

When I had my PS2, I played all my PS1 games on the PS2. Mainly because I never had a PS1. But the same thing is going to happen with the 360, I never got a X-Box, so I hope that the few games on X-Box I wan will work on the 360. Biggest one being Conker Live and Reloaded!

[Grumpy Old Fart]

To be honest I probably won't play any xbox titles on my new 360. There's just so much new stuff to play on and off line I can't see myself getting the chance to play the older Xbox titles.

[Real Maximo]

Haven't microsoft confirmed that it is 100% fully backward compatibiltiy which will run on emulation on one of the 3.2GHZ chip?

[Grumpy Old Fart]

Haven't microsoft confirmed that it is 100% fully backward compatibiltiy which will run on emulation on one of the 3.2GHZ chip?

The last thing I saw about this was that intially only certain games will be playable on the 360, and later on they will phase in older titles so eventually all will be playable on the 360. Again this may have changed as it was a while ago since I read this.

[Exxo]

"Eager not to alienate original Xbox owners, Microsoft's next-generation console is backwards compatible with current Xbox games. However, the company is only planning to make the best-selling Xbox games compatible with the new console, and will work backwards down the list with the most popular games getting top priority. There may be some Xbox games that simply won't work with the Xbox 360, Microsoft has admitted."

Microsoft is hard at work as we speak making the Xbox 360 backwards compatible, and preparing for X05. They had no choice but to take this route, with both Nintendo and Sony adding this feature. It is unknown which games "simply won't work with the Xbox 360," but major props to Microsoft. Bloggers and developers have stated that it wil be "99% backwards compatible."

[Real Maximo]

99% thats better than the ps1 games on ps2

When the ps2 first came out only 89% worked on the ps2 now toward the end of the ps2 life that is still only 96%

[Cybergig1]

Didn’t they say that eventually all the old games will come to xbox360, by means of downloading all the emulators vie Xbox live?

I didn’t hear anything about them changing their minds on the plan, but I could be wrong.


Yeah thats pretty much the last thing I read as well


And I'm the same as most of you minus I mean theres like 2-3 games I'd still play from the old Xbox, so just a handful as long as those work I'll be happy

[DeadOneWalking]

Ok, what does the aggrement with nVidia state?
Will these games work on the 360 :
Conker : Live and Reloaded
Area 51
Fable
Jade Empire
Psychonauts