MS on 360 backwards compatibility: "We've done enough&q

[heybtbm]

Boy, I never realized what a favor Microsoft was doing for us ungrateful former Xbox owners.

http://games.kikizo.com/news/200605/155_p2.asp

[captain nintendo]

You know, this honestly doesnt bother me at all. You know because it is sooooo hard to hook up my Xbox and play those games that arent backwards compatable.


And maybe its me, but dont recall MS ever promising complete backwards compatability anyhow?? So in truth, maybe his statement is 100% correct.


"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 added: "more 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 compat."

[Emuaust]

This is the reason that so many mainstream/casual users
wont adopt the console for any price compared to the offerings
of other companies, oh and before all of the MS fanboys start
bitching to me PM me and ill show figures in my country to
show the trend of sales for the 360 even compared to the psp
its not that great as more and more of my customers everyday
are saying that they will at least wait for the PS3 to compare
things like BC before the make a decision on what company to go.

I love my 360 but damn it pisses me of as a PAL gamer most
games DONT work with the BC if you have your 360 connected
to a VGA monitor as most modern LCDs dont support 50Hz,
the problem is that while all Xbox games can be played in 60hz
a lot of games force 50hz menus and title screens this rendering
games unplayable because you cant access the game.


Please MS if you cant fix the BC at least get some outside
help from the dev community or something as if BC is improved
sales will too.

My 2 cents anyways, all IMO

[CreamSoda]

Yeah man that does kind of suck, but some Xbox games are better then NO Xbox games. And luckily most of my favorite games are BC.

-GTA Trilogy
-Forza Motorsport
-Ninja Gaiden/Ninja Gaiden Black
-Fable
-Splinter Cell Trilogy
-Ghost Recon's

If they just made PSO and Morrowind BC... :P

But I can handle it, since I still have my old Xbox too.

[Matt-El]

yet another way of Microsoft Half-assing it to the public? Like I should be surprised?

Listen, I know the fact that they are separate systems, but I'm sorry Microsoft, once you start it, you have to finish it.

[djbeatmongrel]

man this is killing it for me, i dont own an xbox since theres only a handful of games i want and i dont own the 360 since there isnt many games i want yet nor are the xbox games i want bc. if really lame because i dont want to spend another $100+ to play around 10 games: KoF Neowave, guilty gear xx reload(i think thats the name), shenmue ii, jsrf, panzer dragoon orta, metal slug 3, and voodoo vince.

if this news is true i really dont see myself buying a microsoft system any time soon unless theres some major price drops.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Yeah, and everyone always talks about how much Sony fucks it's supporters over

[Julio III]

man this is killing it for me, i dont own an xbox since theres only a handful of games i want and i dont own the 360 since there isnt many games i want yet nor are the xbox games i want bc. if really lame because i dont want to spend another $100+ to play around 10 games: KoF Neowave, guilty gear xx reload(i think thats the name), shenmue ii, jsrf, panzer dragoon orta, metal slug 3, and voodoo vince.

if this news is true i really dont see myself buying a microsoft system any time soon unless theres some major price drops.

wow, those games don't work, ouch, and i heard the 2 outruns dont either. Thats damn annoying, i don't own either an Xbox or a 360 and so having the 360 able to play games i want the xbox for would be a major plus point in me buying one.

[PapaStu]

Did they ever release more than just that one inital disc with the backwards compatability stuff on them? Or are they forcing downloads for the later stuff now?

[Richter Belmount]

You know, this honestly doesnt bother me at all. You know because it is sooooo hard to hook up my Xbox and play those games that arent backwards compatable.


And maybe its me, but dont recall MS ever promising complete backwards compatability anyhow?? So in truth, maybe his statement is 100% correct.


"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 added: "more 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 compat."

bah I cant have both my xbox and 360 hooked up , Just one (not enough room in my room) And besides I was so hoping to playing all those xbox games i had in hd and with a wireless controller. Well if he thinks people are not gonna care than maybe the hardcore crowd might get pissed.

[Gamereviewgod]

Xboxes will drop in price, and there are still about 200 games BC. That's not bad. It's not a needed feature, and how many people play PS One games on the their PS2's because they actually want to or need to?

I've never understood the need for BC and never will.

[YoshiM]

Xboxes will drop in price, and there are still about 200 games BC.

Yeah but how many of those titles actually run well?

My fellow 360 co-owner and I tried out all of his Xbox games which wasn't many: Voodoo Vince, Doom 3, Burnout: Revenge, 007: Nightfire, SSX 3, Links....(can't think of anything else). The only two that worked was SSX 3 and Nightfire. Nightfire seemed to run okay buy SSX 3, while gorgeous, was unplayably choppy.

Y'know, they should have never have offered the BC. If you can't do it right, why bother doing it at all? I give kudos to Sony for their BC setup, even if it may have set the PS2 back technologically.

[Push Upstairs]

I just find it funny that people are complaining they can't play thier older games on a newer system on a website forum thats dedicated to collecting older games and older game systems.

x_x

[DonMarco]

I was fairly convinced 90-95% of all concerns of backwards compatible games was related to Halo and Halo 2.

Without full compatibility, there will still be a reason to sell Xboxes. For the many dozens of Xbox games coming out, and the few years after the 360 launch the Xbox will be available in most gaming stores.

[norkusa]

I used to ALWAYS buy the Xbox version of a game if it was released on multiple patforms. Lately I'm starting to buy the PS2 versions just because I know it'll be playable on the PS3. I know I can still play the games on my old Xbox, but it doesn't really appeal to me. :/

[exit]

I've never understood the need for BC and never will.

Well it would be more convient for people who didn't have a chance to own the original Xbox/PS1/PS2, especially if they want catch up on a games story before getting into it's sequel. It would be one thing if they stop with 50-75% games working, but it's just being lazy have 30% games working and then just giving up.

Then again XBOX didn't have that many great games to play, so them getting the system seller games to work would be fine.

[Anthony1]

BC isn't a very big deal to me. I currently don't have a single Xbox 1 system, so you think it would be a bigger concern. But I'm just not interested in playing current Gen games right now. I'm only interested in playing my Xbox 360 or my old school classics. And of course I play some PSP here and there.


There will come a time, when I'll actually yearn for some Xbox 1 love, but I'm guessing that will come in a few years. Right now, if I'm going to play a modern game, then I might as well play the "new hotness"

[swlovinist]

The whole BC issue with the 360 just plain makes Microsoft look stupid in the long run. THe bottom line is that Nintendo and Sony will near fully be backwards compatable. For a system that can do so much, it just shows that Microsoft is still a rookie when making game consoles. Many gamers(not myself) traded in their Xbox to get a 360. I have talked to many that feel that they would rather play thier Xbox games again if they could. The bottom line is that a the very least, ALL NEW XBOX GAMES SHOULD BE BACKWARDS COMPATABLE. I dont give a crap about old titles having current games compatable just seems like a no brainer! x_x

[Nez]

I use the BC feature all the time for my PS2 its not for being lazy or having enough inputs, nor the fast loading times or the smoothing of textures. Theres one reason and one reason only, component connection. And since the xbox and 360 best connection is component I really dont see an issue with micrsoft saying enough is enough.

They are 2 completly different platforms, they have almost nothing in common.

[Sothy]

wah