Phil Spencer: We'll Talk More About Backwards Compatibility In August

Looking forward to it, Man i love backwards compatibility..

Xbox Series X will have the largest set of games at launch undoubtedly.

The reason why, whenever I go into next gen, it will be with Xbox first. At this point, given Sony's b/c track record and their shaky b/c promises for PS5, all of my third party titles are bought on Xbox.

@kuliddar 100%

"Microsoft recently announced that the likes of Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Forza Horizon 4 would be getting performance boosts on Xbox Series X, and GM of Xbox Games Marketing Aaron Greenberg also confirmed that over 40 backwards compatible titles will be specifically optimised at launch."

I'm a bit confused, I thought Ori and Forza H4 both are actually getting optimizations, not boosted by BC wizardry.

That said, I'm really here hoping 360 games get treated the way og XBox games are in the One X: instant boost to at least 1080p on all of them!

Hoping my copy of the 360 version of Skyrim plays nicely on Series X. Been itching to replay the game and don't like buying remasters.

Also, it'll be cool to see Oblivion on there.

@Tharsman I think it’s both. Aaron is using the nomenclature interchangeably. What you think is happening with Ori is happening, not anything different or new.

this should've been in the 23 july show case if it was there it could've sucked less but at least we will see it in august

Backwars compatibility is the number one thing that made me buy an Xbox One X. No doubt about it, it's also THE main thing that pushes more in the direction of a SERIES X rather than a PS5.

I know that Forza Horizon 4, for example, will truly look "next-gen" on this machine.

@Tharsman wouldn't be the first time Greenberg has confused everybody, won't be the last either, he's.... a character. Lol.

Ready to buy any new BC games!

I'd definitely like to see some more X Enhanced 360 games, but simply bringing more titles to the program will suffice.

4K@60fps all backwards compatible titles
❤ MICROSOFT ❤ 💚 XBOX 💚

Just Cause 3 at a rock-solid 30fps, confirmed! 😂

I'm interested to hear more about converting SDR games to HDR as well as any other enhancements that could be added without developer input. Its clear that games like Ori, Forza Horizon and Gears 5 will be enhanced by the developers themselves. It would require develop input to unlock or raise the frame rate cap and increase/change the visual settings. If a game is set to have medium quality shadows, reflections etc, then to change those, it would need some developer to patch in different values.

It would be interesting to see if MS has a method of Machine Learning to upscale games and textures without requiring developer input...

I think they need to do a big August reveal. Give prices, detail the lockhart console, detail dashboard and features, detail the BC feature, then also do a bit showing things that Nintendo and Sony aren't and probably won't do, but could convince players to jump on Xbox, really consumer friendly stuff, like free online and a bigger game sharing plan (like being able to set up a family group of 4-6 that can play each other's games.)

I want more of the 360's Jrpgs to be bc, Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance, Dino Crisis 3, Otogi 1 and 2, Crimson Sea. So many great early xbox games that need to be revisited on new hardware!

Quite interesting reading how many choose Xbox for BC.
If I wanted BC I would simply keep the current console for a little while longer before selling it. So I basically don’t care about BC.
But I suppose many don’t have that kind of money and have to sell their current console in order to afford the next.

The mentality behind Xbox and PS fans is definitely very different. That’s why I feel the 2 aren’t really direct competitors, but simply aim at different types of gamers.

I absolutely love backwards compatibility.

@tatsumi well I got my X for BC too. I still have my 360, but the less I have under the TV better. The cables, wires, and power involved makes it chaotic. Plus, I lack the space. I know I’m an American, but some of us do actually have smaller living spaces. So my 360 is packaged up it’s box, and My X plays both sets of games. The other issue is many older games lack frame rates and other things that can be pushed. I use FF XIII a lot but it’s has X enhancements. I believe that FF XIII-2 actually runs native 4K. Either way the game is upgraded without having to pay for the HD Remasters.

Yes I guess it is a different type of gamer. But, I’d say so are Nintendo fans. That’s why I think right now, they all work best doing their own things. It’s natural to compare, But I honestly like where they all are.

Just need ps5 to be BC, and this will be the best generation

@GunValkyrie fair points on the pricing and mods. I had forgotten that the console version had those included. Maybe I'll wait for a good sale, but I still am interested in seeing how the 360 version looks on Series X.

@AJDarkstar didn’t know that, but only select 360 games are currently 1080p on the One X. My hope is the Series X can do it for all 360 titles!

If I can put my Xbox one discs in the new console that would be a big factor in upgrading my current Xbox. Since I have a One S I know some of the new games coming out Are just not going to be as good on it. I typically trade in my old console so if I can take my games with me it makes me happy. I find it interesting that he mentioned controllers because I was wondering about that.

If somehow I can play 360 modern warfare games 4 player split screen in 4k 60fps I will throw my money at them.

I would like to point out as a Nintendo fan I will be so upset if this turns out true but my switch games are not backward compatible with switch 2. In fact I'll likely not buy another system which isn't as user friendly.

@sixrings Nintendo tends to try keep 2 gen BC for most their devices. They gone out if their way to make the original DS even have two cart slots so it could play GB Advance games! That’s dedication, IMO.

I was half surprised they didn’t try to make the switch at least BC with the 3DS, but that would had somehow required either a second screen or terrible use of the existing screen, plus added bulk to have a second cart slot (or somehow make carts similar in shape.)

Of course, you just can’t add a disk reader to the Switch, and even if you could, again you face the issue of a second screen, even more so.

TLDR: I’m sure a Switch 2 will play Switch 1 games. I’m not sure if a Switch 3 will, though.

I’m hoping for more games whether it’s og Xbox or Xbox 360

Buying a series x ASAP!! Love the BC aspect of it!! It’s so important for those of us who invested soooo much money on building your library from the original Xbox, 360 and One knowing that your library, digital or physical, will carry forward!! Just Friggin Huge! But Let’s hope though that Microsoft finishes the job this time and not pull the plug halfway through the project like when they stopped bringing 360 games over to the one. Actually they did the same thing when they were bring original Xbox games to 360!

Yes, BC going to be a big thing, Just Cause 3 was mentioned before, but for me I'm all in for Just Cause 4.
Funnily enough, I've just started the playing Alan wake on the X and it's an improvement in sure over the 360, but doesn't really help the fact that it is dated. Same for original fable...
I sort of only want to play modern games,

through alan wake for the first time,