Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Has Increased Console Sales

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According to Xbox Head Phil Spencer, backwards compatibility is boosting Xbox One sales as demonstrated by the great month of June for Microsoft. Backwards compatibility has been announced at E3 2015 and is now in beta, only available for those who are part of the Preview Program.

Based on what Spencer said to a fan, it looks like many Xbox 360 users were only waiting for this kind of news to "make the jump" and buy a new Xbox One for their home gaming.

Curiously enough, later on another fan tweeted he and his three friends have traded in their Xbox 360 for Xbox Ones, and Spencer personally said thanks to them in sign of appreciation.

Backwards compatibility is bringing 100 Xbox 360 games on Xbox One when it launches this fall, and by holidays the program will make another 100 titles available for fans to try.



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MXPosted:

I wont be happy until MW2 is playable on Xbox One. Just imagine a mod free MW2!

FirminoPosted:

Looool, PS need to get BC and then they would dominate the market

SkittlePosted:

Not surprising at all, this is a massive thing in the gaming industry!

RyanHoughtonsgamingPosted:

I think call of duty black ops 2 is going to be one of the first games to be backwards compatible as its still the number 1 Xbox 360 game according to recent sales and its on demand

DerivationPosted:

Tree_Fiddy
CriticaI The problem is, you can only play unpopular games.
You can't play games like Call of Duty, or Battlefield yet.


Why would you want to play cod? Why not wait for them to remaster it with dlc and better graphics? Same with battlefield?

As for now, they are not planning on to remaster the Call of Duty games. So, I believe the backwards compatibility is the best option.

i-use-adblockPosted:

NBC Just praying for CoD 4. That would revive that game if we could play it on XB1


people are forgetting its still on xbox 360 servers so there's still gonna be mooders/hackers on all the old cods

StiizyeePosted:

Now I have a reason to get a Xbox One. Haha

TravitorPosted:

NBC Just praying for CoD 4. That would revive that game if we could play it on XB1


I would love it myself, but I doubt that would happen.

RepBanditPosted:

LegaI Yeah they should have had this in the beginning and we would have had a larger xbox community.


why it wasnt is beyond me, makes no sense.

NeeksRoyalPosted:

Yeah they should have had this in the beginning and we would have had a larger xbox community.


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