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Xbox 360 Gets Backwards Compatible, Final Fantasy
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.
... the Xbox 360 will be backwards compatible in the same way that Windows is secure and bullet-proof: Not really.
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I don't know if any of you have experianced backwards compatibility on the PS2 but i thought it sucked. Being that i had to wait over a year for gran turismo 3 to be released i started playing the ps1 version of gran turismo 2 on my ps2. the graphics seemed to be sub par of my ps1 and the load time was no better on the beefier ps2. I maybe a minority in thinking backwards compat. is useless. if i want to play halo 2 or Lego starwars i will put the disk in my original xbox... Wow now there is a concept.
Now you know it's a Microsoft product.
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Anyone whos been playing FFXI can tell you the servers are overcrouded again even after adding 2 thus I doubt they are hurting for anyone. What they most likely ARE doing is preping themselves for the eventual migration away from WoW since the biggest problem with it is no content still. Even FFXI had major content upgrades 6 months after release in Japan, WoW has had only stuff that pissed off more people like the moronic honor points system. EQII despite having only 300,000 has also preped a major content update. WoW..... making battlegrounds, a blatent FFXI Ballista ripoff with less people per a team (20 vs the 72 people cap of Ballista) And now the developers plan on adding another version of the PvP sytem outside of ballista as well as solo content.
Lets face it, yeah FFXI might have hurt for a little bit, but WoW just cant keep their users and the other MMORPGs including FFXI, EQII, SWG and others know it. WoW has become the baby step for those people who are not into these games but want to try it out. Anyone who thinks that real gamers would play a game where even the biggest dolt can get endgame with excellent equips is shitting themselves.
Since when did playing a game mean everything had to be handed to you on a silver spoon? Where is the challenge in that? WoW is just a grown up Diablo II with Guildwars being even MORE so a ripoff of Diablo II Those arent MMORPGs, especially guildwars where there isnt even other people in the dungeon WITH you. Those are multiplayer games, there is nothing massive about it.
seems to me based on your comment at the end your just a teeniebopper who couldnt hack it so feel the need to make themselves feel better they went to a poor mans MMO. Good luck to you on that.
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From the article:
Xbox has become a major force in video-game innovation, and we couldn't be more captivated by the Xbox 360 canvas," commented Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix
Can someone enlighten me on which "innovations" the Xbox is responsible for? Its hardware was standard. Its games were largely ports, and its online service is a 'pay' version of what PC users take for granted.
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