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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GregPosted:

YES YES YES! A million yesses!

God i hope this happens :D i would actually gret an X1 if this happened

DissPosted:

I'd really like to see this happen, it'd make the One a lot better in my opinion.

GaryPosted:

Hopefully they will pull through and somehow manage the emulation. I really want to get rid of my 360 and just have both games on one system.

BelowAveragePosted:

what exactly does this mean? would we get the 360 dash? i loved that dash so much more that the windows 8 style one now. Also would this mean cod4 on the xbox one? different servers for the one than the 360?

PrimPosted:

I think they should let you do this. It doesn't seem fair that you have to buy them all again.

gtapro151Posted:

please do so i cant get rib of my 360 we would have to buy all the games over again so maby its not a good idea

SIKSPosted:

A 360 emulator on the one? sounds awesome to me!

mxzdPosted:

this, this is a good thing.

SpektorPosted:

hopefully they do release this would love to play cod 4 on the xbox one

ResortPosted:

I think this would actually be really cool add on tbh


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