Microsoft have announced details of their upcoming dashboard update for the Xbox One, and the main highlight is the ability to purchase Xbox 360 games from the Xbox One store.
Apparently, fans have spent more than 30,000,000 hours playing Xbox 360 games on Xbox One so far, and with the next system update, you'll be able to purchase Xbox 360 games in the same way that you can buy Xbox One games, via a specific "Backward compatible" category in the Xbox One store.
This will extend to Games With Gold too, of course, so those who have had problem redeeming each month's Xbox 360 titles via the Xbox.com interface will now be able to get their hands on the full compliment of titles every month.
The Xbox One preview update is scheduled to start rolling out to Preview Program members from tomorrow, with a full rollout coming in due course.
Update: There appears to be some confusion here on various social media outlets. All this means is that you can now buy digital Xbox 360 games that are backward compatible on Xbox One from the Xbox Game Store on the Xbox One console. They will be the same price as they are now if you went on to Xbox.com to buy them for your Xbox 360. We tried to be quite clear in the original article, but thought we'd super-clarify.
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Too right it's about time... should really have had this sorted when BC launched... but pleased it's finally happening.
Yay, finally! Now I won't need a credit card to pay for a zero dollar game!
Nice!! Thanks Microsoft!! Are you paying attention Sony and Nintendo?? This is how backwards compatibility is done!!!
Yea people who say backwards compatability isn't a big deal are the gamers who don't have it. Cough.....PlayStation. Lol.
With that said, this should've been a feature that was available from the beginning. But, oh well. At least it's finally here.
KelticDevil
"Yea people who say backwards compatability isn't a big deal are the gamers who don't have it. Cough.....PlayStation. Lol."
Lol
That is actually very true. I've always enjoyed BC with Nintendo platforms- Ive come to expect it- having a rich backlog to cherry pick from is no small matter. Many either didn't have the prior platform and haven't played the games yet, or they did but still have many games they missed out on, or even just want access to their faves.
This is AWESOME
@joey302 huh? Nintendo's backwards compatibility is way better. Every single Wii game is playable on Wii U, every DS game on 3DS. Just be happy about this feature instead of trying to make this some contest.
edit: missed @gravelordXD's post.
@GraveLordXD Yes you can - at least with any title that is on the Backward Compatibility list. Any BC games you already own digitally are also free to download on the X1 too...
Basically you only have to buy 360 games that you don't already own
This is great for the users that never had an Xbox 360, like me.
@Utena-mobile Microsoft has said a lot of times that they want to make backwards compatible every 360 game, but they need the publisher's permission. Actually, it's the most repeated answer on the official Xbox One backwards compatible FAQ. People assume it's up to Microsoft but it's not, we have to make requests to the publishers! For example, if you want Final Fantasy games, you have to contact or twit or whatever Square Enix.
If you want a game and you don't know the publisher you can check here:
www.wikipedia.org
I want the Fatal Frame/Project Zero! (although it is an Xbox game).
"Q: HEY! Iād like to (insert title here) to be playable on Xbox One? MAKE THAT HAPPEN!
A: If you want an Xbox 360 game to be played on Xbox One via backward compatibility, you should contact the game publisher."
This and the updated list of available games here:
http://majornelson.com/blog/xbox-one-backward-compatibility/
@GraveLordXD the ones that are backwards compatible thus far yes
@tylertreese Wii discs yes of course but the selection in the eshop consists of merely 10 Wii games. At some point Microsoft will
Make it so that you can choose either digital or disc so to me that takes it one step further than Nintendo. Let's remember that Wii games are getting harder and harder to find while the 360 discs at least used at GameStop has a whole wall of them to choose from. But again yes from a disc standpoint Nintendo has the edge but not digitally. As far as Sony I have the original PS3 60G model which plays psone and 2 games so they WERE heading in the right direction but now they have this Playstation Now crap and the PlayStation 4 doesn't play any of them at all!! Terrible. Lastly I'm not making it a contest as I own all 3 systems so I'm no fan boy I love all 3! š
@Utena-mobile Yes, he's nice. Hopefully, we get lots of 360 games on Xbox One. Publishers, make it happen.
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