360's Backwards Compatibility Weak?

GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that the backwards compatibility that Microsoft offered up at the Monday press conference may not be anything approaching what we're used to. Due to the massive design changes in the shift from the Xbox to the 360, Xbox titles may have to be recompiled in order to work on the next-gen console. From the article: "The news has raised more questions than it answers, however, as it suggests that gamers may need to purchase titles they already own in order to play them on an Xbox 360 - and almost certainly means that only a sub-set of Xbox games will ever be playable on the new console." Update: 05/20 15:08 GMT by Z : The article has been updated with a quote from MS specifically saying that gamers will *not* need to repurchase Xbox titles to play them on the 360.

Comments

first post

[Anonymous Coward]

fine dime brizzle

Re:Just How Much Worse Can It Get For Microsoft?

[Anonymous Coward]

Isn't Xbox Live primarily used by older men to pick up young boys?

Xbox: Your Personal Invitation To Gayness

Re:If this is accurate

[Anonymous Coward]

Buy X-Box 360! It's the Patriotic thing to do!

Ameica Rules! We should have wiped out those dirty chinks when we had the chance. Nobody who don't buy X-Box is a true American.

Re:Backwards compat. for those on Live.

[SuiteSisterMary]

Not to mention a great fucking idea; playing a PS1 game on a PS2 is just painful, what with all the jaggies, swimming textures, and so on. Even if the recompile simply turns on AA and texture smoothing, it's an improvement.

Me, I think it's an elegant solution to a thorny problem that just might have some added side effects.