Microsoft is thinking about Xbox 360 emulation on the Xbox One

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Xbox 360 emulation on the Xbox One has not been ruled out, according to comments made by Xbox partner development lead Frank Savage.

Speaking at Microsoft's Build developer conference in San Francisco last week, as attended by Kotaku, Savage replied to queries regarding whether the company has plans for Xbox 360 emulation on the Xbox One.

"There are [plans]," he said. "But we're not done thinking them through yet, unfortunately.

"It turns out to be hard to emulate the PowerPC stuff on the X86 stuff. So there's nothing to announce, but I would love to see it myself."

Since the console's release in November last year, Microsoft has not announced firm plans for either emulation or backwards compatibility.

While Sony intends to support backwards compatibility using its Gaikai-powered PlayStation Now service, a Microsoft spokesperson said in November that a similar service is unlikely to come to the Xbox One, citing the difficulty of managing the quality of the service.

"It's really cool and really problematic, all at the same time, insofar as it's really super cool if you happen to have the world's most awesome internet connection. It works way better than you'd expect it to," Albert Penello said at the time.

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DanimalsPosted:

They should really add this. I hope they do

MortarPosted:

This would be great if it were added as it would make it more desirable to switch over to the Xbox One opposed to remaining on the Xbox 360.

TSNYCPosted:

Would be awesome if they could actually get this working. So many games I'd love to play on the 360 still.

AR15Posted:

Zips Would make a change to the modders on Call of Duty as many of you have mentioned!


Would it though? Or would they just use that to find another way to mod?

ZipsPosted:

-Tupac
Zips Would make a change to the modders on Call of Duty as many of you have mentioned!


I totally agree. I can't stand when i join games online and its modded.


Which is 9/10 times these days, no fun

ZipsPosted:

Would make a change to the modders on Call of Duty as many of you have mentioned!

DanimalsPosted:

Tickets
Screamed
NBC I really hope this happens. Then like what fever said I could play cod 4 w/o all of the hackers in in :)



That would be great hah, Impossible to play Cod4
on 360 with out a modder in it.


Actually I haven't been running into anyone hacking lately. Might just be me.


yeah barely anyone hacks anymore on cod4 you can actually play legit :)

DiscJrPosted:

Screamed
NBC I really hope this happens. Then like what fever said I could play cod 4 w/o all of the hackers in in :)



That would be great hah, Impossible to play Cod4
on 360 with out a modder in it.


Actually I haven't been running into anyone hacking lately. Might just be me.

HostagesPosted:

NBC I really hope this happens. Then like what fever said I could play cod 4 w/o all of the hackers in in :)



That would be great hah, Impossible to play Cod4
on 360 with out a modder in it.

UnbindPosted:

Reading this actually made me happy. I loved my Xbox 360. The one isnt for me however if they do this I will have to look into it.