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Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Thread: Everyone wants it, no one uses it

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FlyinJ

Douchebag. Yes, me.
Ubersnug said:
So the question is, who currently owns the rights to Too Human? Silicon Knights, but they have a court order preventing them from selling any new copies? Did Epic win some rights over the IP? I know Microsoft published Too Human, perhaps they have some form of influence on it?

EDIT - Also, making a game BC doesnt mean Microsoft has to make a digital version available for purchase. Perhaps there is a loop hole that would allow Silocon Knights to give Microsoft permission to enable 'compatibility' for those who own it.

In fact, thinking about it, would the lawsuit mean Microsoft would not be permitted to hold a digital version of the game on their servers?
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Yes, the lawsuit outcome explicitly states that no copy can ever be sold again by any means, and it was immediately removed from the XBOX Live store.
 
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leburn98

Member
Ubersnug said:
So the question is, who currently owns the rights to Too Human? Silicon Knights, but they have a court order preventing them from selling any new copies? Did Epic win some rights over the IP? I know Microsoft published Too Human, perhaps they have some form of influence on it?

EDIT - Also, making a game BC doesnt mean Microsoft has to make a digital version available for purchase. Perhaps there is a loop hole that would allow Silocon Knights to give Microsoft permission to enable 'compatibility' for those who own it.

In fact, thinking about it, would the lawsuit mean Microsoft would not be permitted to hold a digital version of the game on their servers?
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This is something I've always wondered myself. Hopefully Phil Spencer or someone at Microsoft would be able to shed some light on this at some point. I know for instance that a delisted game (such as Forza Horizon) is still accessible via Disc.

FlyinJ said:
Yes, the lawsuit outcome explicitly states that no copy can ever be sold again by any means, and it was immediately removed from the XBOX Live store.
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It was delisted, but was it removed from the servers?
 
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m23

Member
FlyinJ said:
Silicon Knights was forced to recall and destroy every physical game in the world and delete all source code. The lawsuit also states that the game can never be sold in any form ever again.

Too Human is not only never going to be BC, but it's going to be one of the rarest games in the world once the DVDs in people's posession start degrading and failing.
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I still have my disc.

Anyways, I know it's never going to happen.
 
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ClivePwned

Member
I recently got Gun on steam. That game has not aged at all well.

So BOII has been a bit weird.

I've never really thought about people hacking in these games but some of the stuff I've seen in BOII this last week has me suspicious. A dude hovering a few meters above the trucks in the middle of Nuketown has to be dodgy, right? 25 kills to 2 deaths? That sort of shit.

And it's still less frustrating that multi in Infinite Warfare.
 
Xaero Gravity

Xaero Gravity

NEXT LEVEL lame™
Springy said:
The people asking for Too Human are just messing, right?
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I'd kill to have it backwards compatible. I loved that game to death despite its obvious flaws. It's one of the few games where I went out my way to actually get every achievement and yet I'd still replay it if it were playable on XB1. I hate that I'll never get to finish the trilogy. :(
 
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G0523

Member
These Xbox 360 games are now backwards compatible as of today:

-3D Ultra Minigolf
-Golf: Tee It Up!
-Gin Rummy
-Contra
-Roboblitz

What are these? Xbox Indie Games? (Aside from Contra of course.)
 
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always crazy bacon

Banned
G0523 said:
These Xbox 360 games are now backwards compatible as of today:

-3D Ultra Minigolf
-Golf: Tee It Up!
-Gin Rummy
-Contra
-Roboblitz

What are these? Xbox Indie Games? (Aside from Contra of course.)
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I have one of those games (contra) so it's good to see continued Konami support #fuckonami
 
Jawmuncher

Jawmuncher

Member
G0523 said:
These Xbox 360 games are now backwards compatible as of today:

-3D Ultra Minigolf
-Golf: Tee It Up!
-Gin Rummy
-Contra
-Roboblitz

What are these? Xbox Indie Games? (Aside from Contra of course.)
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I own most of these and yet I wish there was something bigger out of this lot.
At least it was a total of 5 games for the drop.
 
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Belker

Member
Long before I'd heard of NeoGAF, I bought Too Human used and enjoyed it. Flawed - terrible camera - but I liked the ideas. I played parts of it co-op, which made it a lot better.

I also have the Prima guide, which helps explain the game world and history.
 
Ravi_elite

Ravi_elite

Banned
look people.. if you ALREADY got a game that you wanted.... (looking at YOU BLOP2 fans) then just play that..and stop asking...WAIT YOUR TURN...some people here still have yet to get the one they want....so step aside

@Phil Spencer @Major Nelson


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thundr51

Member
Ravi_elite said:
look people.. if you ALREADY got a game that you wanted.... (looking at YOU BLOP2 fans) then just play that..and stop asking...WAIT YOUR TURN...some people here still have yet to get the one they want....so step aside

@Phil Spencer @Major Nelson


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Fun fact: Saints Row 2 is available free on GoG right now.
 
Kai Ozu

Kai Ozu

Member
Tarnpanzer said:
Why can´t you play original Xbox-games like Morrowind or Splinter Cell on Xbox One? Any technical reasons?
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I remember Phil said he asked the BC team if they could do it, he never followed up.

The Xbox One architecture is closer to the original Xbox. I would love to see original Xbox games one day.
 
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soul creator

Member
Tarnpanzer said:
Why can´t you play original Xbox-games like Morrowind or Splinter Cell on Xbox One? Any technical reasons?
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my theory is that it has a lot more to do with business reasons rather than technical reasons. They'd likely have to pay Nvidia some extra money to do it properly, since they didn't own the original Xbox hardware completely the way they do with the 360/One. And of course, there's way less of a demand for stuff from the original Xbox, in comparison to the Xbox 360.
 
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yankeehater

Member
soul creator said:
my theory is that it has a lot more to do with business reasons rather than technical reasons. They'd likely have to pay Nvidia some extra money to do it properly, since they didn't own the original Xbox hardware completely the way they do with the 360/One. And of course, there's way less of a demand for stuff from the original Xbox, in comparison to the Xbox 360.
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I do not believe the last part is true at all. NGB, and KoToR would be huge, plus the OG Xbox had so many gems that people missed out on since it didnt sell as well as it should have.
 
nekkid

nekkid

It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
soul creator said:
my theory is that it has a lot more to do with business reasons rather than technical reasons. They'd likely have to pay Nvidia some extra money to do it properly, since they didn't own the original Xbox hardware completely the way they do with the 360/One. And of course, there's way less of a demand for stuff from the original Xbox, in comparison to the Xbox 360.
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How did that work for BC on the 360?

What about BCing the BC.
 
CRZYSPZ

CRZYSPZ

Member
soul creator said:
my theory is that it has a lot more to do with business reasons rather than technical reasons. They'd likely have to pay Nvidia some extra money to do it properly, since they didn't own the original Xbox hardware completely the way they do with the 360/One. And of course, there's way less of a demand for stuff from the original Xbox, in comparison to the Xbox 360.
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I think one of the major reasons is because the OG Xbox emulator on the 360 was absolutely trash. There were so many bugs and performance issues that I almost feel like it'd make more sense just to remaster or even build a new emulator from scratch just for OG Xbox games.

Tried playing Halo: CE with my buddy a couple weeks ago on a 360 and had numerous, horrendous frame drops and slowdown. I honestly don't understand how MS thought releasing a game like that was considered passable.

I honestly would prefer remasters with Xbox Live support (achievements, mulitplayer, social features, etc.) and some visual improvements (even if it's just an up res) rather than a BC feature.

jmdajr said:
I'd pretty much have 90% of all my games compatible if Capcom would get onboard with stuff.
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I truly hope the get on board at some point...... I have a decent amount of CAPCOM games that I'd love to be BC and play for the first time ever. Hell, my 360 might end up being a primarily CAPCOM focused machine at this rate.
 
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