XBox 1 XBox 360 Backwards Compatability
 

Huge feature announced by Microsoft. This is available right now in beta if you're part of the XBox preview program and by holiday for full release.

It is going to be like the OG Xbox compatibility on the 360, as in only tested games work. MS have setup a page for you to vote which games they should get working though, so vote for what you want to see:

http://xbox.uservoice.com/forums/298...ty/filters/top

I went and flagged all the CoD requests as inappropriate.

CoD 4: Modern Warfare should get a push

I haven't been able to watch most E3 coverage as I'm in the office all week. How is this being accomplished? I was under the impression that the "architecture" of the system was different and thus the discs could not/would not (CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP) in the new console. Or was that just for PS4?

Just software emulation. It's pretty impressive that MS is able to emulate the PowerPC CPU on this hardware.

Will there be noticeable input lag etc with that?

Doubtful, since you aren't streaming them.

nice

Wonder if "games with gold" free games transfer to X1 from 360 too..... that would be fucking awesome.

I keep downloading the free titles, but never get around to playing them.

Niceeee

Yeah, it's like playing an emulator on your PC. Keep hoping they'll announce support in Windows 10 to play 360 games now.

They should since Microsoft said digital games would be covered as well. All up to the publishers though since they get final say.

Voted for all 3 modern warfare games.

Can say what you will about multiplayer and it's cursing 12 year olds, but the campaign that stretches through the 3 games is fucking awesome.

World at War/Black Ops trilogy is pretty solid too, but not as good.

LOVE WaW multiplayer.

Flagging YOU as inappropriate :shifty:

Red Dead Redemption is currently top. Absolutely loved that game but not sure I want to go back unless it's a new adventure.

It makes sense though. Apparently the code of the game is utterly awful, so now the studio is shut down, it can't even be easily ported to PC and played that way. The PS3 version is much worse than the 360 version, so 360 is the only way you can really play it right now.

I'd say getting RDR running will be a nightmare. This is a strange feature. It's inherently difficult, and it's only really worked well where there's been the physical hardware in the system: PS2 had an actual PS1 chip in it, Wii U has a Wii chip in there, the first run of PS3s had the PS2 hardware in there and still struggled.

The 360 backwards compatibility with the original Xbox had very spotty coverage, I'd say this will be the same. It's probably alright in that they can add a load of these games on the Arcade. Otherwise it means that loads of people will just pick up a load of old discs for a few bucks in second hand places.

COD is a weird choice, I mean the old servers are still running and that's great, this would technically extend that expectation for a lot longer. I wouldn't hold my breath that they would run perfectly well though.

I'm in the preview program but none of the games I have are on the list sooooooo. Waiting game.

They got the PS2 emulation a lot better in the end. I have a modded PS3 without the BC hardware and it can play pretty much every PS2 game I throw at it. I doubt they'll ever get PS3 on PS4 in the same way, but I really hope they add PS2/PS1 games even if they only support PSN purchases.

Nintendo has benefited from using the same family of chips for the last 3 consoles. The Wii U can play Gamecube games perfectly when modded.

Can you buy them from XBL, or is that only going to be able to do in the final version?

Any 360 game you wanna purchase after the fact must be done in 360 and Xbox.com's marketplaces. Can't buy 360 games from the Xbox One. Hilariously.

The Modern Warfare games were awesome. I still have them all, but it'll be too sweet to play on the One

According to fan voting so far, Red Dead Redemption is leading all Xbox 360 games as the most requested game for BC treatment.

http://www.destructoid.com/red-dead-...y-294421.phtml

Idiots.

Halo Reach may likely get added to MCC. R* games are shoe-ins.

Need to get in on preview program :(

I'll see if I can invite you later. I was invited myself so I don't if it's meant to be a 'viral' thing.

only way is via invite. And I would truly appreciate that :D

I think I would like my R trigger to not break. No way I'm playing Mass Effect on my Xbox One. Pretty dumb the number of votes GTA V has. Should be disqualified because there is a One version.

Red Dead deserves to be number one. I've got a digital version I'd love to transfer to my One.

That actually makes sense. You don't want idiot customers buying games for the wrong system. They'd complain that the graphics look bad if they thought they were buying a One game.

You'll be able to buy 360 games once the feature is fully launched, just like you could OG XBox games in the 360 marketplace. It's just not there yet.

If you got the XBOne AFTER you got GTA V, I could see the reason. Why would you drop all that money, when you could just play the game you have.

I want WrestleFest. 2K needs to bring that back to market. They own THQ now.

Not so much if they:

A) took the time to make the XBONE marketplace less shit

B) added additional and highly intrusive "disclaimer" during the purchase process that beats you over the head with the fact that is indeed a 360 game

C) took the time to make the XBONE interfaces more intuitive

D) took the time to make the XBONE marketplace less shit, and

E) took the time to make the XBONE marketplace less shit.

Seriously, the games don't appear to be chronological. They sure as hell aren't alphabetical. They're just randomly listed as available titles. Unless you specifically know what you're looking for in a search, just browsing titles is nonsensically labyrinthine. And since it is already done better on the 360, why is this a problem?


As for the BC itself, just seems to be two glaring issues. First is the dual "friends" thing seeming to wreak havoc on parties and invites... at least I guess that's what's causing the issue. Second is any (X) function doesn't quite seem to have a workaround, it functions exactly as it should on the One, which means no checking achievements and such. Though I would have sworn I saw how somewhere. ..

And the list of games compiles from what you may or may not have available. I only had 5 titles. 7 with disc games included. Then, two of the games inexplicably vanished off my list, though still available to play from my games section instead of the preview menu.

Opted out of the preview program because I was tired of being booted offline for updates every other week. They really need to prompt that once you dashboard, not in the middle of a fucking game.

Question for anyone who's been able to play 360 games on the One...do your saves come with you? Im curious how they go about that, or do they simply expect you to start all over?

From what I understand, unless you cloud saved for whatever title, you start from scratch. That's where the BC gamesaves go as well if you start anew.

Isn't this feature releasing officially for Christmas? How does that line up with them giving Fallout 3 away with Fallout 4... I guess you can wait.

Also Fallout 3 struggled enough to run on a 360. If they manage that port somehow, hats off to them.

RARE states their Xbox 360 games being made backwards compatible for the Xbox One will include all of its DLC for free.

http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-one-...e-294693.phtml

The Viva Pinata fans are gonna freak.

As per the report, I'm a little bummed about the Defense Grid DLC (I imagine I'm the only one). It actually does include ONE of them; "Borderlands" (no, not related to that one in any way), but didn't include "You Monster", but I assume that has to do more with license issues with Valve with it being Portal themed.

In fact, I'd guess that the delay between now for preview members and holiday window for official launch may be as much for resolving any digital rights issues by then as ironing out technical bugs.

Best to buy Rare Replay really though. Such fantastic value.

Criterion Games currently in talks with Microsoft to make Burnout Paradise backwards compatible for the Xbox One.

http://www.destructoid.com/burnout-p...e-295423.phtml

They need to do a new Burnout, but a proper one like the originals.

Ubisoft recently joined the growing list of studios interested in having their Xbox 360 games be made compatible for the Xbox One. Teased they will do it more as a way to revitalize certain IPs like the Splinter Cell series.

http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-s...y-295684.phtml

MK9 and injustice are in

For those in the preview program, RARE revealed the reason why all their currently available BC games have to be re-downloaded. Official reason is related to the upcoming Rare Replay game for the Xbox One and them wanting to make sure select games in the Rare Replay set will also work as a standalone if they are included in the BC program.

http://www.destructoid.com/all-of-ra...n-296410.phtml

Castle Crashers and Borderlands currently rumored to be in the next batch of games getting the BC treatment according to recent rumors.

http://www.destructoid.com/rumor-cla...y-296708.phtml

Awesome.

No troubles out of the preview build yet. Enjoying the shit out of Mass Effect. Game definitely feels "better" than I remember.

Backwards compatibility will be available to all Xbox One owners this November. List itself will also includes games that were included in the Xbox 360's Games for Gold service.

http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-one-...r-297189.phtml

saw you playing that, I'm not a preview member tho. Don't know the first step, kind of feel betrayed by Microsoft there

You have to be invited by MS or a friend. I will be more than happy to send an invite your way this evening.

It does take about 3 days for them to verify your system. Games you can download will appear in the "My Games and Apps" area, all the way to the right with games that are ready to install. I should clarify though - that is if you OWNED the digitial versions.

If you have a disc version of a game, you will need to put the disc in the X1, let it download and keep it in while playing.

Downloaded Gears of War I last night, but no chance to play yet.

Invite sent. Took two days for mine to show up. Watch your messages. Took three days after I got the invite to verify the system.

Sup. Can I get in on this preview action?

NO! BECAUSE FUCK YOU THAT'S WHY!

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Gutted right now.

https://whatistheexcel.com/wooobooru...ions%20wwe.gif

Send me your gamertag mayne :)

I'll send the invite tonight.

GT: Saland

The glory of getting an Xbox 360 shortly after it came out is that my tag doesn't have to be 65 characters long and with 6 numbers.

Also:

http://i.imgur.com/5dorL5t.gif

I changed mine 2 years ago or so because reasons.

GT - v1|2u5

I'll add you and all that fun stuff when home. Your GT makes me think of salad. I hate your GT because I hate salad.

We're totes going to be best buddiez now, except your time zone is wank.

It's actually 2013 on the west coast. Just FYI.

So, on an updated front, my list of fresh BC games now includes Shadow Complex and Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise. Funny thing is, I already downloaded VP, and it's treating both as separate titles?

I'm likely missing some things, too. As I missed out on about a whole year of free games at one point due to lack of internet.

Microsoft currently considering the possibility of having original Xbox games also be compatible for the Xbox One based on a recent tweet by Xbox boss Phil Spencer. Wouldn't be actually worked on until after they finish work on Xbox 360 game compatibility.

http://www.destructoid.com/original-...e-307095.phtml

'Fuck for?

Because that would be fucking awesome. THAT'S WHY.

If it gets NFL Street 2, sure.

Square Enix currently working on getting Deus Ex Human Revolution added to the backwards compatibility list by the time Mankind Divided launches.

http://www.destructoid.com/deus-ex-h...y-308952.phtml

Borderlands confirmed to be supported once the actual BC program launches this November. Major Nelson made the announcement today on his official blog.

Halo 3, Halo Wars, and Fable II also teased to be supported around the same time.

http://www.destructoid.com/borderlan...r-309113.phtml

First 100 games to be officially compatible will be revealed on November 9th while these games themselves won't be playable on Xbox One until November 12th.

For some reference, Xbox 360 discs themselves still won't be playable on the Xbox One. Have to download an approved Xbox One compatible version first in order for the game itself to be playable on the Xbox One.
http://www.destructoid.com/here-s-wh...e-318813.phtml


Partial list of the games to be among the initial 100 hundred based on the preview program according to Microsoft:
http://www.destructoid.com/here-s-al...s-294109.phtml

Microsoft revealed the first batch of games to be officially backwards compatible on November 12th. 104 games overall with another batch arriving in December and then more added periodically.

• A Kingdom for Keflings
• A World of Keflings
• Alien Hominid HD
• Assassin’s Creed II
• Asteroids & Deluxe
• Banjo Kazooie: N n B
• Banjo-Kazooie
• Banjo-Tooie
• BattleBlock Theater
• Bejeweled 2
• Bellator: MMA Onslaught
• Beyond Good & Evil HD
• Blood of the Werewolf
• BloodRayne: Betrayal
• Borderlands
• Call of Juarez Gunslinger
• Castle Crashers
• Castlestorm
• Centipede & Millipede
• Condemned
• Crazy Taxi
• Deadliest Warrior: Legends
• Defense Grid
• DiRT 3
• DiRT Showdown
• Discs of Tron
• Doom
• Doom II
• Dungeon Siege III
• Earthworm Jim HD
• Fable II
• Fallout 3
• Feeding Frenzy 2
• Gears of War
• Gears of War 2
• Gears of War 3
• Gears of War: Judgment
• Golden Axe
• Halo: Spartan Assault
• Hardwood Backgammon
• Hardwood Hearts
• Hardwood Spades
• Heavy Weapon
• Hexic HD
• Ikaruga
• Jetpac Refuelled
• Joy Ride Turbo
• Just Cause 2
• Kameo
• LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
• LEGO Star Wars: TCS
• Lode Runner
• LUMINES LIVE!
• Mass Effect
• Metal Slug 3
• Metal Slug XX
• Might & Magic Clash of Heroes
• Mirror’s Edge
• Missile Command
• Monday Night Combat
• Monkey Island 2: SE
• Monkey Island: SE
• Ms. Splosion Man
• Mutant Blobs Attack
• N+
• NBA JAM: On Fire Edition
• NiGHTS into dreams…
• OF: Dragon Rising
• Pac-Man C.E.
• PAC-MAN CE DX+
• Perfect Dark
• Perfect Dark Zero
• Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds
• Pinball FX
• Plants vs. Zombies
• Prince of Persia
• Putty Squad
• R-Type Dimensions
• Rayman 3 HD
• Sacred Citadel
• Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.
• Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe
• Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World
• Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage
• Shadow Complex
• Sonic CD
• Sonic The Hedgehog
• Sonic The Hedgehog 2
• Sonic The Hedgehog 3
• Super Meat Boy
• Supreme Commander 2
• The Stick of Truth
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
• Torchlight
• Toy Soldiers
• Toy Soldiers: Cold War
• Tron: Evolution
• Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon
• Viva Piñata
• Viva Piñata: TIP
• Wolfenstein 3D
• Zuma

http://www.destructoid.com/here-s-th...s-319824.phtml

Microsoft revealed a small catch with backwards compatibility when it comes to DLC from Xbox 360 games.

In order to get DLC from Xbox 360 games not bought before, it has to be bought from the official Xbox website or from the Xbox 360's marketplace. Can't purchase DLC from the Xbox One's marketplace. Afterwards, the DLC then becomes transferable to the Xbox One.

http://www.destructoid.com/here-s-ho...y-320409.phtml