Microsoft dropping Backwards Compatibility?

Although backwards compatability is handy, it's not as if anyone who owns Xbox games doesn't have an Xbox to play them on. Also, when the PS2 first came out, I thought backwards compatability was an awesome thing but to be honest, the only PS games that I ever played again after getting a PS2 were Castlevania, Worms and Suikoden. I'd be very surprised if there were any Xbox games I went back to after getting a 360.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by russ

That seems to me like his statements caused a lot of backlash, which resulted in ol' Peter there's bosses suggesting to him that he should issue a statement to try to appease the masses.

And let's face it, backward compatibility is not a huge deal to every player, but it is a big deal to a lot of people. I have buddies who bought a 360 and immediately became interested in picking up older Xbox titles that they missed out on by not having an Xbox, which, while not a huge point of profitability for Microsoft I don't think, it is still something to think about.

Of course, as I type this, I am playing Knights of the Old Republic II on my Xbox because a) the 360 did not do a good job of playing the first Kotor and b) there is no simple way of transferring my saved data from my Xbox to my 360. This is actually an issue that I would be interested in Microsoft providing a solution to, but won't cry about should one never come about. Besides a current shortage of titles, this is the only problem I have had with the 360 thus far.

They had the same problem with the PS2 though. I still have about 10 PS1 memory cards full of saved games despite the fact that the whole lot would sit quietly in the corner of a PS2 card barely denting the total capacity. At least you can plug PS1 cards into a PS2. Is there nowhere to plug an Xbox memory unit into a 360?

Also, I too am currently playing KOTOR 2 (again), it's a fuck of a game.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Newbie1234

Interesting, I wonder what that means if Microsoft doesn't even accept free help to speed up the BC process.

It means they're concentrating their efforts on improving the quality of service rather than pandering to the needs of people who if they were really desperate to play an old games, they'd play them on an original Xbox.

Hard though it might be to imagine, it's entirely possible that Microsoft aren't too fucked about backwards compatability and are concentrating on other things.

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