E3 2015: Xbox One Backward Compatibility Update Enables 360, XBLA Games

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Today, during Microsoft's E3 press conference, Xbox Head Phil Spencer confirmed Xbox One will support backward compatibility.

With over 100 titles available by this holiday, and more coming in the future, retail disks will also work with the Xbox One. During the announcement, Mass Effect was shown running on the Xbox One.


Digital downloads will start showing up automatically in your game library. Still need to download the game when using your Xbox 360 disks.

Developers and publishers just need to approve what titles work with backwards compatibility.

Xbox One backward compatibility is available now for preview members and everyone this holiday.

Source IGN
 
This is a massive coup for Microsoft. There's a lot of games I never ended up finishing (or even starting) on the 360 before moving onto the Xbox One, so I can play those now on my Xbox One. Also, all those Games with Gold for the 360 I've been queuing up will come in use.

Makes moving from the 360 to One a no brainer now.
 
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czc said:
Lol, but MS did blink first, so to say. No backwards compatibility for PS4, or am I wrong with that info?
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We wouldnt know, they are only doing their show around 03:00 our time.. which seems to be last on the list. Maybe leaving the best for last?

Even if Sony announces backwards compatibility, i would not make use of it. Same goes for media streaming etc
 
regardless of the catch or not. Sony cornered themselves with the ps3's Cell architecture. apparently it's fuck hard to emulate or something hence why it went so many years before the ps3 got hacked.
 
Xbox One Backward Compatibility Game List

Microsoft announced Xbox One backward compatibility at E3 2015 and is rolling out the function starting this year. 360 discs do not play natively but trigger a download of a compatible file, while downloadable titles appear automatically.

Games currently compatible include:

A Kingdom for Keflings
A World of Keflings
Alien Hominid HD
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
BattleBlock Theater
Defense Grid
Geometry Wars Evolved
Hexic HD
Jetpac Refuelled
Kameo
Mass Effect
N+
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark Zero
Small Arms
Super Meat Boy
Toy Soldiers
Toy Soldiers: Cold War
Viva Piñata
Viva Piñata: TIP
Zuma

Microsoft has also added a specific section titled "Backwards Compatibility" on their Xbox Feedback page for the purpose of allowing users to vote on which games they may want added to the list of backwards compatible games, although this list is not a guarantee that the games will be added in the future.
 
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