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Xbox 360 Backwards Compatible?

Posted by Zonk on from the i-certainly-hope-so dept.

Gamespot is reporting that, on the OurColony.net 360 footage, current generation Xbox titles are viewable being played on the 360 console. From the article: "There is also a screenshot of the new Xbox Live dashboard with the words 'Xbox 1 Zone' clearly marked and an icon of the current Xbox title Fable. Finally, a screenshot of the forthcoming Xbox Live Marketplace clearly shows Halo 2 maps being offered for download. However, while such shots imply backward compatibility, such functionality is not yet official. Microsoft executives have said themselves they cannot address the issue until next Monday's media event at E3--at the earliest."

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  1. Re:Direct X by aweraw · · Score: 0, Troll

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  2. Have any of you used VPC? by denjin · · Score: 0, Troll

    I really doubt it is backwards compatible. I am leaning more towards some popular titles being recompiled and worked on enough to run on the 360.

    A dual 2.7GHz G5 can't even run Windows at a great speed, and there is no support for 3D hardware! The 3core CPU in discussion here is most likely in order and possibly slower in raw power than the dual 2.7s are.

    Now I'd love for it to be backwards compatible, but it seems rather unlikely. Old versions of VPC had 3D support once though, so perhaps they could do it with very specific hardware? And keep in mind we're going from different shaders, too.