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Xbox 2 - The Price of Compatibility?

Posted by simoniker on from the sever-ties-pay-price dept.

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.'"

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  1. Great Courtroom Soundbyte by jmulvey · · Score: 5, Funny

    On an intellectual-property level. On practical levels, too.

    Well, there you have it your honor. In the industry's own words: The rules of Intellectual Property are not practical!

  2. Not the first time. by Doesn't_Comment_Code · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm still pissed from the time I tried to put my Mario/Duck Hunt cartridge into my friends new SuperNES and it didn't work!

    I blew on that cartridge until I passed out. I got nowhere. I turned the SNES on and off a bunch of times too.

    If they keep up this type of practice of backward incompatability, there will be a whole new generation of angry, confused kids out there.

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  3. Maybe no the target audience, but by wizarddc · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see a lot of people here saying they'd sacrifice backwards compatibility for a better/cheaper system, and that "no on they know" plays ps1 games on ps2. Well, I know someone who does. Me, specifically. I bought my PS2 so I could play GTA when it came out, but I also never got around to playing all the FInal Fantasy's that were on PS1, so I thought it was neat that I could. But I'm not even the big target.

    I remember for years mom griping about how all these games she had already bought for us were useless on our new system. And guess who was paying for the new systems? You guess right, Mom and her purse. You might say, she did keep buying them, right? Didn't your mom love you? Yeah, mom loved me, but not enough to line nintendo's pockets with cash for the SUPER! Nintendo. The nintendo was the last system she bought for me and my bro. Afterwards, we saved up dearly to get the Super Grafx, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, and Sega Dreamcast. Obviously, me and my brother were bad gamblers as systems go. We he left for the Navy, I bought him a Neo Get Pocket color to bring with him on the ship. That sealed my title as worst video game purchaser ever. If you want to know which system is going to last, don't ask me. The only caveat is that I bought a PS2, but that wasn't until 3 years after it came out.

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