What titles do you want backwards compatible?

Romper Stomper · 09-09-2005, 10:12 PM

With the Xbox 360 only being backwards compatible with the best selling Xbox games, Microsoft need to know which titles to choose and give the treatment to. 1UP are holding a vote of all the worthy games (about 80 or so) that Microsoft isn't sure about adding to the backwards compatible list. So make your vote and let Microsoft know which games you want to be able to play on your Xbox 360.

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At E3 this year, Microsoft's Xbox chief Robbie Bach dropped a next-gen bombshell on their competition by announcing that the Xbox 360 will be backwards compatible with the best selling Xbox games. Suddenly, the Xbox 360 was capable of duking it out, bullet point for bullet point, with Sony's PlayStation 3 and its promise of playing the PS2 library. But wait... did Robbie say "best selling games?" What, so not every Xbox game will be playable on 360? Who decides what the best-selling games are, anyways?

Well, when it comes to determining backwards compatibility, the ball is entirely in Microsoft's court. As you'd expect, they've already baked-in all the no-brainer Xbox games that will work on 360 (e.g., Halo 1 and 2, Knights of the Old Republic, Fable, etc.), but with the Xbox 360 launch just around the corner this November, the boys from Redmond are unofficially reaching out to the gaming community to learn what remaining games Xbox fans would like to see backwards compatible on Xbox 360. So we're gonna help them out and ask our 1UP users, as well as the gaming community at large, as to which of the following Xbox games they'd want to see on 360 -- day one, out of the box.

We present below (split into two digestible lists) 80 worthy Xbox titles Microsoft isn't sure about. 80 games that will, over the course of the next 5 days, battle it out to the death. While there are no guarantees that the top 10 or 20 games will make it into the backwards compatibility list, or even what the cut-off number will be for the top titles, the stakes here are unquestionably high. To be sure, Microsoft will be checking out these results to gauge consumer interest in many of these excellent games. And they will act accordingly. So know that your vote will make a difference.

Found on the front page, by matt. Go and vote at 1up now!

ace2cloud · 09-09-2005, 10:15 PM

It's a nice concept, but Microsoft probably won't really look into it. They do things their way, sometimes ignoring customer feedback (i.e. two sku's).

Romper Stomper · 09-09-2005, 10:19 PM

Yeah I didn't think they would bother with our opinion or the 360 would be delayed to about early 2006.

Justin Buser · 09-09-2005, 10:25 PM

I agree with you guys in that MS will probably ignore it, but it doesnt take long to vote and the results will be interesting.

Romper Stomper · 09-09-2005, 10:53 PM

That is true, I would like to see what games most people are interested in, Halo2 for sure, probably GR2, RS4 will be top three or Splinter Cell.

George · 10-09-2005, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Romper Stomper

That is true, I would like to see what games most people are interested in, Halo2 for sure, probably GR2, RS4 will be top three or Splinter Cell.

I didnt even see halo 2 on the list i think they are not putting some of the bigger hames because they believe microsoft will do them anyway

Glock 19 · 10-09-2005, 08:50 AM

I think all games should be backward compatiable not just the best sellers, for example many other games I rather play then Halo2.

Nollio · 10-09-2005, 12:01 PM

I thought they were to do most games backward compatiable in a matter of time.

Diamond · 17-09-2005, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Romper Stomper

Yeah I didn't think they would bother with our opinion or the 360 would be delayed to about early 2006.

Why would that be?