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The Best of Xbox Back Compat
Eurogamer takes a look at the best of Xbox backwards compatibility; the original Xbox games that run the best on the 360. From the article: "Enough ranting to embattled Zenmeister Peter Moore about the Xbox games that don't work on our 360s. What about the ones that do? It's not as though Microsoft's 'emulation ninjas' haven't already managed to get a whole bundle of them working, and with that in mind we've cheered up a bit since yesterday and started working through the 'compatible' list and had some fun sorting the wheat from the chaff."
...to not throw your previous XBox out.
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Here are some links you'll find useful:
l itygameslist.htmu nch-day-titles/a rketplace-launch-content/
Backwards compatible title list:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibi
Launch titles:
http://www.majornelson.com/2005/11/14/xbox-360-la
Arcade titles:
http://www.majornelson.com/2005/11/15/xbox-live-m
The list of backwards compatible games will grow over time, so if you're not already signed up for Xbox Live (even Silver, which is free), you should do so. Enjoy your 360!
They're right on the money with GR2: Summit Strike. I still play it way more than GR: Advanced Warfighter. The maps are better, there's a lot more variety, and you don't have to deal with the kiddies who rig the game to get their rank up. And Forza is still my racing choice. All of the idiots who play bumper cars instead of racing seem to have moved over to PGR3, and there's some great competition on Live in Forza.
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Everything else is irrelevant.
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I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
Or maybe Sony? Are you kidding me??
For the price of a PS3, you could buy an Xbox 360 AND a refurb'ed xbox. You'd probably still have some beer money left over.
Yeah, but can your Xbox 360, refurb'ed xbox, and beer let you play PS1-PS3 games?
I like backwards compatibility. It was easier to just leave my PS2 plugged in then swap the cables with the PS1.
My point was that with the other two next gen consoles, you can play the current gen games fine through hardware, not software emulation.
Backwards compatibility is an issue I personally like in systems, even though some don't.
Hardware failures on the X360? There were extremely limited cases at launch. The PS2, OTOH, is notoriously unreliable and given that even at $599, Sony is scraping the bottom of the barrel for hardware, the PS3 doesn't promise much more.
Crappy graphics are a matter of taste, but for what it's worth, Gears of War looks better than even the PS3 "tech demos." The 360 is less powerful, but more mature and much easier to develop for. There aren't even launch titles for the PS3 yet!
As for "free online," all that means is developers can charge your ass for every single game ($5/mo for just one game=$60/year), not to mention there's no framework for developers to make it easy.
If you want to play your PS2 games, it will be easier to buy a new PS2 than buy a new PS3 when it breaks down (and it will, believe me).