I knew it!! I knew they were going to bring Conker at some point! Take my money!

 

I have a copy of Crimson Sea, Mech Assult, Shadow the Hedgehog (Was a birthday Gift) And Mega Man Anniversary Collection. If they can put those games on the list, then my dad can try them out. Crimson sea is a interesting game to be honest, I wish they did a HD version.

 

Slowly over time and incompletely? Reading about how the XBox 360 pulled off software emulation of the original XBox was pretty amazing. I'll still take an original Xbox over an XBox One, though. Don't get me wrong: I like backwards compatibility. But, I wouldn't say this is remotely the right approach. The right approach is to have backwards compatibility in mind from the start and built it in to the hardware if necessary. The approach Microsoft has taken means that popular titles are supposed while unpopular ones tend not to be. The core of backwards compatibility is supporting even the games no one plays.

 

Here's the thing. The backwards compatibility on the One is taking advantage of the One's hardware. The games look noticeably better and perform at higher standards, as well. These games they're slowly adding are being tested, one by one, before being finalized.

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Maybe the better hardware will all but kill the loading times?

 

To be fair, they could have not did any BC at all.

 

Do you honestly think they're going to bring back 100% of games over? I mean, it's great that they're improving the look and everything, but most games look really good at 480p on an original XBox; the only major improvement would be faster load times. XBoxes are cheap and a lot of games are really cheap as well. You can dump all your games on an internal HDD, and it really is a pretty nice like almost-PC.

Does the XBox One offer much faster load times for XBox games? Are they comparable to what you'd get on your softmodded XBox internal HDD? How do the visuals compare to 480p? I'm not trying to be overly harsh on not listen to the potential advantages. But it'd seem you'd need something compelling if you have to give up playing several games in your collection.

 

Sorry, I'm not trying to misquote you. I'm just saying that following in the footsteps of Microsoft with their backwards compatibility seems like it's inevitably a compromise where you only can play the games they've tested and deem worthy of inclusion. I don't want Microsoft being a gatekeeper, no matter how well intentioned they are.

I haven't tested every single game on the XBox, so I don't even know what all the enticing ones are. Also, just because a game is enticing to you doesn't mean it's enticing to me and vice versa.

Actually, I want my XBox with all the games I want to play. The only way to find out which ones those are is to find them. So, go to thrift shops, buy the ones that look interesting, and then play them. Or read reviews from other people and form a list on what to look for. If I'm stuck to the BC list that Microsoft supports, then I'm potentially severely limiting myself.

It's definitely a matter of preference. I have no qualms about having sharper visuals. But that alone isn't enough to make me give up true BC. If I ever do get an XBox One, it won't be for BC. It'll be for the XBox One games. I'd rather see Sony follow in the footsteps of Nintendo in having 99.9%* backwards compatibility, not Microsoft.

Anyways, that was my main point.

* Admittedly even Nintendo fails at various times for various reasons. You can't reasonably play Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble on a Gameboy Player--although people have tried. If Microsoft gets to that point, I'll change my tune.

 

Damn! Microsoft is really fighting hard especially with what game pass offers.

 

good emulation beats partial emulation like that of the second batch PS3 phats, hell, the full emulation of the PS2 classics is alone a ton better than that, sure having full hardware is always better, but that means that the console is gonna be a hell of a lot more expensive and that some features will be broken due to missing peripherals, which can be fixed on emulation with code injection.

 

All I'm saying is that this is good for me, as there's a stigma with me owning old hardware. I've got a growing collection of old games and systems that are gathering dust because I'm too lazy to set something up for them.