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Microsoft Clarifies Backward Compatibility Stance

kukyfrope writes "Peter Moore, Head of Interactive Entertainment at Microsoft, has clarified previous comments about gamers not being concerned with backward compatibility on the Xbox 360, claiming his words were 'misconstrued' and reiterating Microsoft's goal to make every Xbox game backward compatible. 'It's quite simply not that we don't care about backward compat[ibility]. Boy, do we care about backward compat[ibility]... We're going to get darn close to that stated goal of every title done,' Moore promised."

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  1. YES!! by d-fi.nz · · Score: 2, Funny

    All my old Xbox games should be playable on the Xbox 360 by 2015..... maybe

  2. Re:at this rate by pjotrb123 · · Score: 2, Funny

    > Reasons to turn on your 360?

    I always thought the reasons were...

    No girl
    No friends*
    No life

    * except maybe a few other game addicts (many of which you probably have never met IRL)

    Although in such a case, reasons and consequences usually are hard to distinguish.
    So mod me Flamebait... That does not keep you from knowing it is all too often true!

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  3. Re:Short version... by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but I bet they'll never fix the compatibility for Chocalate Star Wars.

    That's OK, I can never find a retailer that carries it.

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  4. Re:Nostalgia? by drewmca · · Score: 2, Funny

    But barbie horse adventures and kabuki warriors are backwards compatible! It's true!