Will the new Xbox console be backwards compatible with 360 games?

There has been talk of the 720 abandoning physical format, if that were the case it would be BC with downloads but not with disks.Sali217

True. Abandoning physical format would be the death of console gaming, though.

I heard it's also RROD backwards compatible.kuraimen

[QUOTE="Sali217"]There has been talk of the 720 abandoning physical format, if that were the case it would be BC with downloads but not with disks.lundy86_4

True. Abandoning physical format would be the death of console gaming, though.

[QUOTE="kuraimen"]I heard it's also RROD backwards compatible.DeadMan1290

[QUOTE="DeadMan1290"][QUOTE="kuraimen"]I heard it's also RROD backwards compatible.themajormayor

They said it would be... Then again were talking about MS here.

One of the reasons they bought the rights to the IBM and AMD parts.

They were calling it "forward compatibility" for a while. Meaning old games would be rendered with 1080p resolution and extra AA.

Gears 3 was the last time I heard anything about it. Which was claimed to be a forward compat game.

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[QUOTE="Sali217"]There has been talk of the 720 abandoning physical format, if that were the case it would be BC with downloads but not with disks.Sali217

True. Abandoning physical format would be the death of console gaming, though.

The PC and console are largely different markets, though it was an exaggeration on my part. There are still many areas with insufficient internet capabilities, seen with issues regarding OnLive. Steam is also known to be rather popular in Eastern European countries, and Russia... Largely unheard of in console gaming circles (though, that could just be ignorance).

We have zero concrete information regarding the 720/PS4.

lundy86_4

I heard it's also RROD backwards compatible.kuraimen

[QUOTE="Stinger78"]You could always, you know, actually keep your old system around rather than replacing it with a new-gen system to play old games. Backwards-compatibility should never be a selling point in getting a 'next-gen' system.PSP107

There has been talk of the 720 abandoning physical format, if that were the case it would be BC with downloads but not with disks.Sali217

Where did you hear that?

I don't think it's viable for the mainstream, as games get bigger and broadband speeds on average aren't that fast for download and a lot of places are only just getting it, I can't see MS doing a cloud based gaming thing yet.

On the other hand didn't Sony buy Gaikai.