Do you think the next Xbox should be backwards compatible?

Considering the 360's hardware problems. It could be that you'd have a lot of games but the console would break (easily) then you won't have anything to play them on.

i really hope its backwards compatible i have a large game library that i want to be able to still play in the future

yes because theres no point in having a library of discs that cant be played on any system except your broken one

Yes. I rarely play original XBOX titles, but' it's always good to know that I can if I want to

well i think all consoles should try to include BC but i have a feeling that implementing BC on then next generation of consoles is gonna be tuff for both the ps3 and 360. The hardware is specialized for both meaning that software emulation is probably out of the question and i doubt they will want to jack up the price by including the old hardware in with the new like the original ps3s.

Yep for the exact reason, I don't expect 10yrs now for many 360's to still be working and then your library would be useless. Will it happen? Unlikely MS wil try and get people to rebuy the games digitally because the console doesn't work. Sepewrath

I would hope that it's backwards compatible, but knowing Microsoft they'll find a way to leave it out. Come the next xbox, we'll all look at 360 games as terrible anyways.gamer082009

[QUOTE="gamer082009"]I would hope that it's backwards compatible, but knowing Microsoft they'll find a way to leave it out. Come the next xbox, we'll all look at 360 games as terrible anyways.chaoscougar1

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"][QUOTE="gamer082009"]I would hope that it's backwards compatible, but knowing Microsoft they'll find a way to leave it out. Come the next xbox, we'll all look at 360 games as terrible anyways.SaltyMeatballs

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"][QUOTE="chaoscougar1"] like they did with the 360? really people, what are you basing your ideas on exactly?chaoscougar1

I agree. The only real thing I hope carries over is my Gamerscore. Or at the very least a little tab that says:

New Xbox Gamerscore - XXXXX

Xbox 360 Gamerscore- XXXXX

I worked way to hard for it to just go away once the next generation Xboxs come out.

It should be. I'd like to play 360 games on the next xbox.

apparently it was confirmed a while ago theyh were going to make sure that 360 games were BC. so this would come from schools of thought if we try and predict the hardware. they could go all wii and have a faster more powerful verson of essentially the same cpu,and then use a much larger version of an ati GPU. so when u drop in a 360 game, essential the xbox 720 will downlcock and turn off cores to "become" a 360 in same way a wii downclocks into a GCN. we can see at the moment that intel and AMD have the technology to do turbo boosting and core siwtch-offs, so maybe IBM can do it eventually to?

for the 360 i am anticipating a 6 core IBM PPC with two threads per core, which isn't much of a stretch fromthe tri-core we already have in our lounge rooms, but will give dev's significant breathing room for future software, as current gen software especialy on the PC don't take much advantage of multicore CPU's. 32nm IBM PPC hexa-core dual threaded CPU, coupled with 6gb DDR3 and a hd6XXX should keep us gaming in the lounge rooom for another 6 years.

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"][QUOTE="gamer082009"]I would hope that it's backwards compatible, but knowing Microsoft they'll find a way to leave it out. Come the next xbox, we'll all look at 360 games as terrible anyways.SaltyMeatballs

Well theres 2 routes you can go with BC

1. Put the original chipset on the new consoles board
2. emulate it.

Original chipset;

pros- Will run nearly every original game at near full speed, may be able to also do original Xbox games (the only thing stopping a DS playing a gameboy game is lack of z80 chip)

cons- The 360 problems may be carried over to the 720 if they arnt fixed by then, more hardware needed, costs more to produce

Emulate;

Pros- Cheaper, contains none of the 360's hardware and the problems that come with it

Cons- Slower, and knowing MS will not be fully supported at first.

All the above are assuming that Microsoft stick with the same manufacterer of parts for the 720

I really hope so, 360 has a huge and awesome game library...And my personal is also great.

I'd love to play my 360 games on my next gen console because there are tons of games that i'm going to buy before the current gen comes to an end.

[QUOTE="gamer082009"]I would hope that it's backwards compatible, but knowing Microsoft they'll find a way to leave it out. Come the next xbox, we'll all look at 360 games as terrible anyways.chaoscougar1

Correct answer

What did the entire gaming community just see leave?

A last gen FPS that was still played in the millions (psst, it's Halo2 everybody!)

So yeah, there is no doubt that the next console will be able to play this gen's games. The ONLY reason the 360 isn't fully backward compatible is because of the hardware issues with the original XBOX. It caught everyone by surprise and they just couldn't devote the time to program emulators for the 360 to run all the games

I think it should be, but it probably wont be. The all mighty dollar will force everyone to by thier games again.

I think it should be, but it probably wont be. The all mighty dollar will force everyone to by thier games again.

CAWZY

Again, since it didn't happen last gen you're basing this on what exactly?

They've shown they support backward compatibility yet for some reason you think they will do the exact opposite

[QUOTE="CAWZY"]

I think it should be, but it probably wont be. The all mighty dollar will force everyone to by thier games again.

Jaysonguy

Again, since it didn't happen last gen you're basing this on what exactly?

They've shown they support backward compatibility yet for some reason you think they will do the exact opposite

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"][QUOTE="gamer082009"]I would hope that it's backwards compatible, but knowing Microsoft they'll find a way to leave it out. Come the next xbox, we'll all look at 360 games as terrible anyways.Jaysonguy

Correct answer

What did the entire gaming community just see leave?

A last gen FPS that was still played in the millions (psst, it's Halo2 everybody!)

So yeah, there is no doubt that the next console will be able to play this gen's games. The ONLY reason the 360 isn't fully backward compatible is because of the hardware issues with the original XBOX. It caught everyone by surprise and they just couldn't devote the time to program emulators for the 360 to run all the games

I believe that they couldn't go for hardware-based BC for the 360 because of the disputes between them & Nvidia, as well as hardware issues like you said. Next time, it should be very different.

I doubt it.

I think all new systems should be backwards compatible. By now all game system creators should plan for a system to be backwards compatible before they finish the last one.