Why cause the outrage from existing 360/ps3 customers for a little extra revenue? It is more important to keep as many customers as possible from previous generation by providing painless migration from existing console to the next.
*spin-off* Importance of Backward Compatibility Discussion
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Why cause the outrage from existing 360/ps3 customers for a little extra revenue? It is more important to keep as many customers as possible from previous generation by providing painless migration from existing console to the next.
BC on current machines is a mess so I think the average consumer will not be expecting much from BC next time around.
And considering the possible differences in hardware that might happen BC might be next to impossible to acheive at a level that'll be acceptable to offer to the consumer.
And how they works?
They can always do it at the hardware level lol. It is going to be a billion dollar decision though.
They run like ass, even on my machine.
Not having EDRAM or the bandwidth it provides on desktop parts is the biggest killer
And even if Xbox 720 can emulate Xbox 360 games, it don't means that we will have (soon) a Xbox 360 emulator on PC.
I think he was talking about original xbox emulators. Ive not tried any but if they don't work well its a software issue - nothing to do with the hardware. Ive got a few gamecube games running great on my system.
Backwards compatibility may cost a lot, but I think it's also worth a lot. It brings goodwill for one. Another thing is that it gives your current user base more reason to upgrade to your nextbox. If the next X-box is not BC with the 360, then there is little reason why they shouldn't take a good look at the PS4 for example. Current X-Box owners probably won't even look at the PS4 when they upgrade to the nextBox if it has BC.
That said, I'm not sure if it's possible to offer BC. I'm just saying that it would be worth quite a bit to have it.
How often do you play Xbox games on your 360?
Bagel seed
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Isn't there already another thread with BC talk? IMO it really isn't worth it at the cost of other components. From the perspective of the console makers... if you want to play our old games? Buy our old console which will continue to be on the market for several years. New console owners should be pushed into buying the new games to grow the install base.
I'm playing Conker now, and finished Grabbed by the goulies some weeks ago.
What if MS can "sell" BC?
What confusion?with BC or without BC,it just have 2 options
Bagel seed
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As an add-on component, sure that might be profitable. But they would still need to design the system to support that kind of thing. Maybe it costs $25 to add that kind of support to the system and then they sell the add-on at $50? But then they could have put that $25 to include 3D glasses or something more interesting to the box. I still feel it's still not really worth it in the big picture.
I mean as software, not as hardware.
1) put Xbox 360 dvd
2) try to run the game
3) a dialogbox appears with a link (press a) to marketplace for buy and download the emulator
4) after installation, you can play the xbox 360 game(s)
Inuhanyou
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I can bet that nextbox will have some form of BC. They are all about having your account everywhere and completely unification of their products. Atleast i can see Sony's issue because they can't include CELL and have not included BC for PS2 for a majority of this generation. I see no reason for Microsoft to nix 360 BC when it will be one of the most important things toward insuring customer loyalty(as in having a huge history in the console)outside of moving your 360 account and saves directly to the next console like you could the original 360 to the Slim, and i will bet Almighty that we will see that in Microsoft Durango.
Albofighter
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I think BC is pretty important. We are in a new era. It didn't matter before cause we had a true generational jump with HD and online. Now all there is left is better graphics. There will be no more generational jumps until Virtual Reality becomes feasible.
When you guys buy a new PC, how would you like it if it's not compatible with your slightly older games? It's the exact same concept with HD consoles now. Plus the huge library for online that people have invested on.
If anything, forward compatibility should be the standard. Play your old games at better resolution/FPS just like a PC would. Microsoft might do that, but it doesn't seem Sony will.
When you guys buy a new PC, how would you like it if it's not compatible with your slightly older games? It's the exact same concept with HD consoles now. Plus the huge library for online that people have invested on.
If anything, forward compatibility should be the standard. Play your old games at better resolution/FPS just like a PC would. Microsoft might do that, but it doesn't seem Sony will.
Sony can't really this gen, but might going forwards.
upnorthsox
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I think Sony will work most BC in as part of their PSN Plus offering or maybe a PSN Plus Plus offering.
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