The list is, uh, interesting, right?
I was very excited when,at yesterday’s E3 Conference, Xbox’s Phil Spencer announced that “BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY!” was coming to Xbox One.
I thought that I’d be able to pander to nostalgia at a whim, grab any one of the 300+ Xbox 360 games I have sitting up my spare room and go to town without having to dick around changing wires/cables (first world problem, I know).
Hmm. Turns out, that’s notexactlywhat’s going to happen.
Retail 360 disks still won’t natively work with the current-gen system, but – for a selection of games – sticking the disk into your Xbox One console should trigger a download of an Xbox One-friendly version, andanything you’ve purchased digitally should start showing up automatically in your game library.
Remember: “backward compatibility” is not available to all users yet — you need to be a member of the preview program — and won’t necessarily apply to all games, either. But the good news is, we do know what gamesareavailable. Here, have a handy list courtesy ofMicrosoft:
What do you think — a great starting point, or are there glaring omissions? Let me know what you think!
