Official Xbox 360 Thread

[Opaque]

I already own an Xbox.

I don't care what they do about backwards compatability.

[MarkRyan]

I already own an Xbox.

I don't care what they do about backwards compatability.

I would care if the 360 was fully compatible like PS2 is with PSone games--lets you retire one console to make room for new ones. But 360 backwards compatibility is so spotty it's really a non-factor. A 360 can't fully replace an Xbox like PS2 replaced the PSone (and PS3 / Wii will replace PS2 / Cube).

[Opaque]

Exactly.

Which is why I still own my Xbox and don't care about them adding more games to the 360.

[SpoDaddy]

Exactly.

Which is why I still own my Xbox and don't care about them adding more games to the 360.

Wouldn't it be nice if you could retire the gigantic old Xbox though?

[MarkRyan]

Wouldn't it be nice if you could retire the gigantic old Xbox though?

Wouldn't it be nice if people read more than just one post from a thread?

[magnifiedplaid]

I already own an Xbox.

I don't care what they do about backwards compatability.

I agree with you. If I want to play an Xbox game, I'll just use my regular Xbox. If the 360 were were already backwards compatible like the PS2 then that would be cool. However, I really don't care for this form of "emulating" the backwards compatibility.

So, I'll just keep my crappy Xbox hooked up in case I feel the need to play Outrun 2 or Panzer Dragoon.

[SpoDaddy]

Wouldn't it be nice if people read more than just one post from a thread?

I'm trying to show Brett the appeal of backwards compatibility, what do you think I missed?

[Opaque]

Wouldn't it be nice if you could retire the gigantic old Xbox though?

I modded my Xbox.

It's staying hooked up forever anyway.

[MarkRyan]

what do you think I missed?

The part where he agreed that it'd be nice to completely replace an old system with a new one, but that 360's spotty backwards compatibility doesn't allow that and is thus a non-factor.

[Diff-chan]

Wouldn't it be nice if you could retire the gigantic old Xbox though?

You couldnt "retire" a N64, NES, SNES, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, etc.

Hell you cant even really retire an old PC when you buy a new one (look at DOSBox - an emulator for the PC that emulates... a PC).

Backwards compatibility is a new thing, barring of course the early 1980s stuff.