Xbox boss wants to keep backward compatibility ‘as long as possible’

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The days of leaving all your games behind when a new console comes out may be behind us, at least if Microsoft’s plans go through.

Microsoft has already announced that the upcoming hardware revision codenamed Project Scorpio will be able to play all games currently on the Xbox One, and with the ever expanding list of Backward Compatible Xbox 360 titles, that’s a list with the potential to stretch back pretty far. Some fans, though, are already thinking about the future of games beyond Scorpio—and apparently, that’s a concern Microsoft shares as well.

“It’s challenging to predict the future,” Xbox boss Phil Spencer said in response to a fan’s inquiry on Twitter. “But for me, compatibility is a feature we should preserve as long as possible.”

This lines up with Microsoft’s stated desire to create iterative, rather than generation-separated, hardware. In other words, future Xbox units would each be a gradual improvement on the last (similar to the development of PC and smartphone hardware), rather than a definitive break. Making sure that old software can run on the new hardware, though, is something that will still take a deliberate effort.

We may get a better look at Microsoft’s plans either at or before this year’s E3. Barring that, Project Scorpio is scheduled to release around this holiday season.

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Mr_RobotPosted:

Nicholas What happens when they run out of games?


Then boom. They make new ones :)

RipPosted:

Nicholas What happens when they run out of games?


Xbox has been out for a very long time. By the time the games run out. There will already be two more consoles out from Xbox.

GiftyPosted:

Best thing to do is keep backwards compatibility

AllnuttPosted:

Backwards compat is hands down the best thing they've done for Xbox

NickPosted:

What happens when they run out of games?

DiscPosted:

have a console in 2020 playing xbox 360 games aha

DanielPosted:

I like the bc but I just want them to add more games that are worth playing and spending time on.

SkatesPosted:

Back compat is a good thing to have, classic games will never get old.

SakuPosted:

Well they better add all the cod series and GTA series ;(


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