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Xbox 360 Gets Backwards Compatible, Final Fantasy

Posted by Zonk on from the it's-raining-good-news dept.

databeam writes "The official Xbox 360 press conference was Monday evening, and an AP article has news that the 360 is backwards compatible, and that Square Enix will be releasing Final Fantasy XI for the console." Coverage also available at Gamespot. From the article: "Along with a firm release date and price point, the other big question surrounding the 360 was backward compatibility with the library of games from the original Xbox. Robbie Bach, senior vice president and chief Xbox officer in the Home and Entertainment Division at Microsoft, made Xbox fans around the world happy when he announced that the 360 will indeed play Xbox games." Mostly. Gamasutra points out that backwards compatibility will be selective, with most but not all of the top selling games supported. Kotaku and the Guardian Gamesblog have firsthand accounts from the event, and to watch the conference for yourself Xbox.com has the footage. Update: 05/18 20:49 GMT by Z : Of course, not all the people there were people, if you catch my meaning.

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  1. ffp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first fukkin post

  2. yooo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    amazing! i got the fp. swallow it!

  3. woo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frstpost

  4. Re:In other words... by WoBIX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, if anyone knows "incompotence" it's someone who fucks up 3 out of 9 words :P

  5. Wait for Linux by t0ny747 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'll buy one once they get Linux running on it :)

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  6. mod 3own by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  7. Re:The heat is on... by dubiousx99 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Only on Slashdot would the original poster flame him/herself for punctuation errors:)

  8. Re:Microsoft and Backward compatibility !!! by AndroidCat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why would the .NET binaries have header files? And exactly which CP/M headers are you talking about, because I seem to have missed those Digital Research files through the years.

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  9. Re:The heat is on... by tratch · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, I call it like I see it.

  10. Re:In other words... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Enjoy your karma loss, you stupid cunt.

  11. I have a terrible conflict of interests. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I know Microsoft is the evil empire and everything, but Jeff Minter, who is one of the nicest people in the entire history of everything ever, has done the sound to light stuff for Xbox 360 based on the work he was doing for the abandoned Unity on the Gamecube. http://www.llamasoft.co.uk/neon.php">And it looks like it will seriously rock. And so now I have to Xbox360 even though this means giving money to the evil ones.