Xbox 2 - The Price of Compatibility?

Randy Lastimosa writes "1UP.com has an interesting article about the next Xbox, and whether it will support current Xbox games. They talked to a number of sources and got conflicting reports. For example, the CEO of Nvidia, who provided graphics chips for the current Xbox, said: 'It's virtually impossible on many levels,' he adds. 'On an intellectual-property level. On practical levels, too.'"

Comments

predictions from ignorance

[subjectstorm]

from the article:

"...if you just consider the timing (about five years) between the consoles, then Moore's Law dictates that the new machine will be eight times as fast as the old one..."

lovely. Moore's law orignates in 1956 as a more or less casual observation of a trend in integrated circuit technology. It's not a law of the universe.

Even if it were, that doesn't mean microsoft is obligated to put the fastest crap they can find in their console. Maybe they will, maybe they won't.

This entire article reads like a gossip column.

Shoot your own head off and save us the babble.

[RLW]

Some of the old games have great plot line or unusual play. Only an idiot (such as yourself) would assume that older games are not worth having. If I had to start keeping all the old consoles around just because some dickless half wit (like yourself) wanted to orphan prior games in order to save a few cents per console then I'd have racks and racks of consoles. That's not a reasonable propasisition.

Re:DirectX

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

How does my response prove that I missed the reference? My response, first of all, was meant as a joke. You might have figured that out if you had two brain cells to rub together. Sadly, this is not the case. Second of all, assuming that you didn't understand that I was making a joke and you thought I was serious, even if you are making reference to pop culture, someone may still take you to task for using offensive words [yes, even if those offensive words were used in the original source].

Next time you want to show everyone how cool and hip you are, remember that you are not and that, in fact, you are lame. Oh, also -- eat shit and die.

Re:Not such a big deal

[oGMo]

There are not that many games that come out only for one platform any more, and of the ones that do, it seems like XBox is getting the coolest ones (Halo (1 & 2), Morrowind, etc)

Maybe it's just the games you tend to play, but:

• Ape Escape 2
• Arc the Lad 4
• Contra
• DDRMAX
• Devil May Cry
• Disgaea
• Dragon Quest 8
• Dynasty Tactics
• Everblue 2
• Final Fantasy X, X-2, XII
• Frequency, Amplitude
• Gran Turismo 3, 4
• .hack
• Ico
• Jak and Daxter, Jak II
• Kingdom Hearts
• Klonoa 2
• Ratchet and Clank, R&C 2
• Red Faction, RF2
• Rez
• Shadow Hearts, SH2
• Sly Cooper
• Suikoden 3, 4
• Twisted Metal Black
• UNLIMITED Saga
• Virtua Fighter 4, VF4 Evolution
• WildARMs 3
• Wipeout Fusion
• Xenosaga

These are the exclusive titles I have and/or can think of off the top of my head (mostly sequels to ones I have and can think of). For many people, including myself, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest alone are console-selling franchises. Where Square-Enix goes is where I put my money. The fact there are a ton of other good, exclusive games doesn't hurt. XBOX has what, Halo? That's nice. But it's not enough, unless you're only an occasional gamer.