Xbox 360 games will not work on Xbox One
Posted by: Jon on 05/22/2013 06:20 AM
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We posted a story about the 'reveal' of the Xbox One by the company during a presentation at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash. We asked a simple question: What could go wrong?
Microsoft’s Xbox Live Vice President Marc Whitten has told The Verge that the new Xbox One will not be backwards compatible with previous versions of the console, which means no Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One.
Technologically speaking, it's not wholly a surprise that backwards compatibility is off the table. Today, the company confirmed months of rumors that the new Xbox would use an x86 CPU. Games designed for the Xbox 360's Xenon processor simply won't run natively on the new hardware, since the Xenon used a PowerPC architecture instead. Of course, Sony's PlayStation 4 has the same problem: Sony also chose to move to x86 from PowerPC, and the PS4 also won't directly support PS3 games.
Microsoft’s Xbox Live Vice President Marc Whitten has told The Verge that the new Xbox One will not be backwards compatible with previous versions of the console, which means no Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One.
Technologically speaking, it's not wholly a surprise that backwards compatibility is off the table. Today, the company confirmed months of rumors that the new Xbox would use an x86 CPU. Games designed for the Xbox 360's Xenon processor simply won't run natively on the new hardware, since the Xenon used a PowerPC architecture instead. Of course, Sony's PlayStation 4 has the same problem: Sony also chose to move to x86 from PowerPC, and the PS4 also won't directly support PS3 games.
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