Microsoft's BC will be a lot better than Sony's dollar shop approach but it still won't be 100%. Remember no console has ever had 100% back compat with its predecessor.
I actually agree. I'm pretty pissed at MS for abandoning some cool projects cause they aren't market-leaders day 1. Not a Kinect appreciation post, but Cortana, MS Band, Groove Music integration into games, all excellent products that should have been given more time.In would have almost no confidence they would support a cancelled product. They are updating existing controllers to take advantage of the new controller features on the series x, I don't think a second of manpower would go into getting that working.
I mean that BC team has been at Xbox for years, they did the work on those buyable Xbox OG titles as well.Ahh that's a stretch! Microsoft and the Xbox team have been doing this for the last 4 years (that we know about). They started before that for sure, while Sony claimed BC was impossible.
Sony's worldwide studio boss Shuhei Yoshida has told Eurogamer that "it was surprising" when Microsoft announced that the Xbox One would be gaining backwards compatibility with "hundreds" of Xbox 360 games. "I didn't think it was possible," Yoshida said. "There must be lots of engineering effort."
Sony has “no plans” for PS4 backwards compatibility with PS3
Sony says it was surprised by Xbox One's backwards compatibility with the Xbox 360.arstechnica.com
Just like previous BC, each game will likely need to be approved by publishers.
I would assume Microsoft has been making their contracts account for this ever since they decided on making bc a thing, so for years.I could have sworn I saw an interview at the beginning of the 360 BC effort, that 360 games were licensed to be run and sold on the 360, but starting with Xbox one, it was about the xbox platform, and it takes out that approval need for future BC.
I cannot find it though. Do we know that publisher approval is required for Xbox one games to be brought forward? Is there confirmation of that?
Yeah I saw the reply from the employee. I don't think we've seen anything like that before. It was seemingly always a certain selection of games that was compatible. I'm glad it's different this time around.In Microsoft's case, it certainly sounds like they are simply carrying over all the licensing work they already did on Xbox One. I would be very surprised if they need to re-license anything that currently works on X1. In Sony's case, I could see this being a thing. If they didn't do this work from the start for PS4, they might have to work through it now.
Ok this is getting sad at this point (and I'm not talking about the full X1 BC being in active development).
I agree they know what it takes to: re-licences a title, how to to release it to the masses, how to get said developers on-board with the idea to re-release a title. How to market older IP that's 3rd party. Finally, the best way to share revenue from those titles. That's how far Sony's behind... Game Pass only made MS's options to said developer that much more attractive!I mean that BC team has been at Xbox for years, they did the work on those buyable Xbox OG titles as well.
Give it a few years.
Seems like it's a triple agent post. Feign concern about the proven Xbox bc track record to make the PS5 news not as bad, but then it would force Microsoft to confirm that every game is BC at launch which would again make the PS5 look bad in comparison. This could be the cold medicine talking or the face that I just finished watching the first season of The X-files.Is this thread to make PS5 fans feel better or to make Xbox fans angry? I can't tell.
Fair lol.It's sad that everytime I see people describing something as sad I think of Trump :/.
Yeah Sony's probably only chosen the top 100 most played games because they are in a lot of it.I agree they know what it takes to: re-licences a title, how to to release it to the masses, how to get said developers on-board with the idea to re-release a title. How to market older IP that's 3rd party. Finally, the best way to share revenue from those titles. That's how far Sony's behind... Game Pass only made MS's options to said developer that much more attractive!
Hm, I mean, doesn't pretty much everything in the OP check out? X1 titles do require publisher approval for BC (never a good thing) and apparently some don't boot yet, according to Spencer? I mean, if that's the case, it's really disappointing Imo. I expected full BC day one, and thought this was already guranteed.
if it doesn't support muchi muchi pork then what in the FUCK is the point phil
So you think the approval stuff could just mean they aren't allowed to sell games on the store in the case of not getting approval, not that they won't be BC?BC doesn't mean licensing, selling the game from the ms store yes.
I bring it up half-jokingly whenever talking about Xbox BC but likeI had to wiki this and see if that was an Xbox game and man, how did I miss this Cave gem. I now hope we get some 360 JP games being BC for Xbox Series X too.
Can I set a timer for ignoring all of the gaming forum? Nov - Dec is going to be terrible.
We know it's night and day better than what anyone else is offering outside of the pc space.We know xbox dev kits came out way later. I don't expect the BC to be very good on XBXSx
All I know about that game is it's expensive AF lmao.I had to wiki this and see if that was an Xbox game and man, how did I miss this Cave gem. I now hope we get some 360 JP games being BC for Xbox Series X too.