Thanks for another analysis, John -- just what I was hoping to see, and promptly delivered.
So, backwards compatibility is kind of becoming a huge deal for me with some of the selections Microsoft is making. I've generally leaned PlayStation since the PlayStation line was introduced, but last gen the 360 kind of won me over. I mean, I kind of had a miserable time with hardware reliability, having suffered 2 RROD'd (my launch system and its refurbished replacement direct from Microsoft) systems and 1 dead disc drive (which was actually in a Slim model), but I can't deny that the software for me was quite memorable, and it was where my friends played, so it was my multiplayer destination, too.
With the way things are stacking up with Xbox One's backwards compatibility, I'm kind of feeling a generation's worth of some top-tier memories every time I look at my collection now. It's a shame that Gears 3 and Halo Reach perform so poorly on Xbox One, though, because those two are also easily some of my fondest memories of the past generation. But I've got great ports of Dark Souls, Bayonetta, Red Dead Redemption, Perfect Dark XBLA, Forza Horizon, Ikaruga HD and Deus Ex Human Revolution now. I still want to get Call of Duty: Black Ops, SSX, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soul Calibur II HD from the backwards compatibility lineup, too. Fixes for Gears 3 and Halo Reach and maybe a port of Rez HD (Rez Infinite on my PS4 is likely going to nullify this desire) are all I feel I need to kind of complete my backwards compatibility desires in full.
I'll have to grab Bayonetta as soon as possible -- I'm with John on this one, I'm not a proficient enough player to truly feel the impact of the added vsync-induced input lag. Pretty impressed with this lineup, even if Gears 3 and Halo Reach are in the unfortunate state that they're in now. It doesn't capture the sheer awe I had at some of Sony's exclusives on the PS3, but given that the majority of my time last gen was on a 360, it's really nice to see some of my favorite (edit
last gen experiences making it over into the current gen hardware pretty seamlessly so far.