Ooh, so it seems that Microsoft has really been studying hard afterall! They have announced their intention to make Xbox 360 compatible with the current generation of Xbox games. This will be a lot of work for them as the new architechture is quite different from the old which probably means they’ll have to write an emulator to play the old games. Still, backwards compatibility will remove an important psychological barrier to people buying the new Xbox. I still won’t be out there buying an Xbox 360 on launch day, but I’ll certainly be paying attention.
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Xbox 360 Backward Compatible
Ooh, so it seems that Microsoft has really been studying hard afterall! They have announced their intention to make Xbox 360 compatible with the current generation of Xbox games. This will be a lot of work for them as the new architechture is quite different from the old which probably means they’ll have to write an emulator to play the old games. Still, backwards compatibility will remove an important psychological barrier to people buying the new Xbox. I still won’t be out there buying an Xbox 360 on launch day, but I’ll certainly be paying attention.