Peter Moore on Backwards Compatibility

Peter Moore on Backwards Compatibility

According to Peter Moore, Corporate Vice President of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft, backwards compatibility is not a top priority and its support may soon come to an end. Speaking to Kikizo, Moore said:

[Plumsaround]

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[achira]

that prooves my theory that the consumer is screwed by buying ms consoles. people who bought the first xbox should be angry. in 2 years ms surely announces another xbox. the consumer has to buy each your this crap. i dont like ms and its monopolistic idealogie.

[Islandkiwi]

First off, Moore didn't say this was the end of bc games, there are more coming. What he said was that they were beginning to taper off.

And I'm okay with that. There's a few games out there that still need to be bc, but most of the most popular ones already are. And aside from Halo, I haven't touched earlier Xbox games.

I look at it like a system of limited resources. I would rather those limited resources not be applied towards bc, but rather focus on adding features to Live and getting the occassional patch out the door quicker.

[Capt CHAOS]

He clearly stated that they had over delivered and met their promise. What rubbish. The only games of mine that worked on the 360 were Halo and Halo2, as a result, I had to get rid of some great games. I mean that fact that even Top Spin didn't work was crazy. That's an MS title..

[schnodder]

i don't buy a next-gen system to play my last-gen games - except halo 1+2

[kingboy]

lol like ur cd player don`t play first gen cd`s ..whatever..lame consle can`t even play an xbug game ...please u can`t back this up like it doesn`t hurt

[Moostache]

BC is a non-starter for me.

My PS2 was NEVER used to play PS1 games and my XB360 has been used extremely rarely to play XB1 games.

If someone really wants to play the old games they have, then stop being a cheap ass and don't sell your old system. Problem solved. You play new games on the new consoles and keep the old consoles if you wish to still play old games. The whole idea of EXPECTING to be able to sell off your old console and still play all the games is assinine.

Seriously, if you have a bunch of old games then it is obvious you have owned the old system. Those games still work perfectly fine ON THE SYSTEM THEY WERE MADE FOR!!!!! Want to play them still? The guess what? You CAN - just keep your old system and play away....

Personally, I resent every single hour of development time talen away from next-gen game development when it gets spent on programming code for BC. A HUGE waste of time.

[mikeeno7]

why play old games on a new console. I know there are not many excellent x360 games out yet, but i would rather play oblivion any day over any xbox game i own, including the halo games...

[COVER GIRL]

Buy a PlayStation if you wan't to play games over and over again, or find a xbox. Keep in mind most people get rid of old stuff and that's what half the video game industry depends on. Move on!, were do people find the time to play games 5 to 10 years old; on top of all the new games and services for them.

[ssj04]

I remember when BC was annound by M$ back than, and all the xbugs were all raving about it. Now they are like "Ooh who care BC is noting special is stupid and useless, who need old game" Who need old games? and yet you pay money to DL old games off of Xbox Arcade... LOL sadd I know just saddd... haha

[Grown Folks Talk]

aren't old xbox games. they are games from other systems, or new games made by small developers for the arcade. 2 different things.

[Grown Folks Talk]

you can just keep your original xbox too. trade in value for the system at this point is hardly worth it. if you care so much, keep the old system. i'm sure EVERYBODY will be playing ps1 launch titles on their $600 system.

[ssj04]

there will be some whom wish to relive the day of the past and play some of it again. like GT2 i know i would love to beable to play it again or Marvel vs. Capon, or tekken tag tournament, or FFVII, and many more. Classis game are great for reliving it. If you think only your opion hold the truth for all of the peoples that own the 360, than I wont try to even explain to you of why peoples wish to relive the classis games.

[Grown Folks Talk]

and you can keep your ps2 and play all of those games, just as you can keep your xbox and do the same.

[Moostache]

first reply has it nailed....if you want to play the old games, then keep the old system. Christ, why is that so hard to understand?????

I still have my PS1 and PS2 and my XB and none of them has been touched since I got the 360. Why? Because if I was still so happy playing those games, then I would not have bothered getting a new system in the first place.

Anyone who really buys a new system STRICTLY because of BC is a fool. And if they still want to play their old games, then keep the old systems. As far as wanting to go back and play old games - I have tried that and turned the games off within minutes because the fact is you can't re-create the experience of playing those games for the first time again.

If anyone doubts this, go rent Tomb Raider : Legend (or pop it in if you own it). Good. Now play for a bit and then go find the PS2 and pop in a copy of the original Tomb Raider. If you can honestly sit down and play the original fopr more than a few minutes w/o thinking WTF AM I DOING????, then I don't know why you bother playing new games at all. They are too expensive for someone so easily amused...

[DOLBY DI GA TAL pf]

Playing hundreds of games 12 years old in a dark cave with scaps of food all over the place.lol

[ssj04]

You are only thinking of yourselve and not others. They are might be thoes whom wish not to keep that bucky looking thing laying around there home and there for they gone and sell it, thinking that they could play all of there original games on the 360. Now with the truth came out from the man himself. Bill and his sidekick Moore saying that there would be no point of contiueling the update of B/C. Wow they just came to a conclusion of there own and said "No one care anymore" with out take in any others that think otherwise. You and your friends may tell yourselve that B/C is useless and have no need of it, but that's simply because you're trying to play it off and also a proud support of M$ system. The other side of this story is that not all of 360 owner are loyal to M$ and will speak out about the discontinuse of the B/C coding. You are loyal customer, but when it come from others company you instantly jump off your chair and start criticizing them. You may be lying to yourself to make yourself feel better about the idea and feel less damage by it, but the truth fact with a feeling deep with in yourself wanting to cuss out and scream.... "WHY THE F*** DID M$ SCREW US LIKE THIS AGAIN".

there you have it, true fact of the morality.

[anonymous]

Gaming is a big part of life now days. Live doesn't offer old games. Noboby will be interested when old Sega, Nintendo, or PS1 games when there made available for there respected platforms. How is that not the same? Why have no load times, why have a remote control, why have wireless controllers, why make things easier for the user, why do i have too move my HDTV everytime I want to play an Xbox game, why turn on my console with my controller, why are companies always trying to make things easier for the consumer, and finally how come When M$ screws up on something they say they were going to do it's not that big of a deal? Maybe the reason is that we've become a lazy society and people want thinds done with as little effort a possible.

[Patrick]

Even when XBOX girls get screwed, they dont feel it. I just feel bad for any one that Bought an original xbox this year. Or just bought the 360 hoping to also catch up on some great xbox 1 games. Now here you are, screaming BC doesnt matter, I would rather have BC than the rumble feature. At least with BC you get alot of games that are all different and with Rumble, its the same in nearly EVERY game.

[FadeToBlack]

BC is like buying a dvd player that also plays VHS tapes.....

[kingboy]

so far as i know it`s only the xbox having backward problems ..nintendo and sony are just fine with it.

[Grown Folks Talk]

it's just reversed. xbox used nvidia, 360 uses ati. ps2 used ati, ps3 is using nvidia. i would think the process would be about the same. we'll just have to wait and see. sony says almost 100%, but sony says a lot of things. agian, we'll see.

[anonymous]

BC is just a selling point for a new system. It gives fanboys something to do until the good games come out. Fortunately with MS we have oblivion and GRAW and the really awesome looking games Too Human GOW and Mass Effect are not too far away. There is a huge difference in graphics and game play and well just interest. I gave my Xbox to my girl and split my games between her and my friend. After the 360 didn't feel the urge. And the only game from xbox that I would still play is oddworld a strangers wrath and for one game it doesn't matter. Now for those of you that enjoy playing old games on a new system. WHY? You out grow those games like you outgrow the system. Don't buy the new system if you are so happy with the old one.

[user9422077]

lol xbox