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[icespide]

thought this was an interesting development. some retail Xbox 360 games that are BC on Xbox One now have either a sticker that says "playable on xbox one" or a full on Xbox One style case with double branding.

pretty weird.

emulate me if old

 

[Azoor]

That's a good idea, it might help sell these old games.

 

[PantsuJo]

Good idea,indeed

 

[sir_dany12]

It's kinda cool...

 

[EBE]

But backwards compatibility doesn't matter
No one uses it and it certainly won't drive sales

 

[brandonh83]

Neat. I like the step toward unity.

 

[Goldenroad]

I guess this makes sense since they don't seem to be selling XBOX 360's at most retailers anymore.

 

[Sectorseven]

These are remasters?

 

[Hugstable]

That's pretty awesome!

 

[sixteen-bit]

it's been done before

and who could forget this misprint?

 

[icespide]

These are remasters?

no

 

[dh4niel]

I had no idea they were still producing new copies of these games.

 

[shandy706]

This is genius...

I want that Doom poster.

 

[Azoor]

These are remasters?

No, just that you can play them using both the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One.

 

[fernoca]

New case/packaging looks nice. Not bad.

 

[nubbe]

Should be playable on Scorpio too since it's Win10 and x86 still... lets hope

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

There's never been a better time to own an XB1.

 

[robotrock]

That's pretty cool but if you bought that and wanted to play on your offline Xbox One, you couldn't, right? Since you have to download the whole game again for BC?

 

[DoctorFish]

Reminds me of how the Burger King games worked on Xbox and Xbox 360 so they just put "Xbox" on the top in the 360 form of game covers:

 

[icespide]

That's pretty cool but if you bought that and wanted to play on your offline Xbox One, you couldn't, right? Since you have to download the whole game again for BC?

correct, you'd have to download the game first and then you could go offline

 

[Theorry]

Should be playable on Scorpio too since it's Win10 and x86 still... lets hope

Scorpio is still a Xbox One brand really. So it should

 

[ResoRai]

Very smart and a good thing for older games. The two different covers may confuse some though.

 

[LelouchZero]

Oh wow that's pretty cool. It's great that Xbox 360 games will live on through the Xbox One.

 

[JordanBlack68]

Quite misleading as you have to actually download it.

 

[Stevey]

That's a really good idea, lets you know immediately if it's backwards compatible.

 

[Rolodzeo]

Forward Compatibility.

 

[jbueno]

Been like that all year now here in Mexico, but haven't seen that sweet DOOM 3 BFG one. Might get that later.

 

[CypherSignal]

The other interesting corollary to this is that those games must have had a reprinting in the last 3 or 12 months as well, then? Doom 3 BFG became backwards compatible only as recently as August.

 

[PumpkinSpice]

This is really cool. I love the idea of 360 games just being reprinted indefinitely, and these games being budget titles for new Xbox owners.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Wouldn't the box design confuse 360 owners? Without looking at the 369 logo they blend in with the other Xbox One games.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Yo how much is that Doom 3? It's got a poster too

 

[icespide]

Quite misleading as you have to actually download it.

there's a big blurb on the packaging that basically says you have to download it on xbox one

 

[sangreal]

That's pretty cool but if you bought that and wanted to play on your offline Xbox One, you couldn't, right? Since you have to download the whole game again for BC?

it says that right on the box

 

[Goose_Se7en]

I love this about MS and their BC program. Makes me so angry as someone who solely maimed a PS3 last gen arghhh

 

[muzzymate]

I've seen the stickers before, but I like the new case badge even better. Smart!

And now I just want Sneak King to go backwards compatible!

 

[Madrugador]

That's brilliant IMO.

 

[Maedre]

Brilliant move Microsoft.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Quite misleading as you have to actually download it.

I mean, look at the bottom left of the front of the DOOM box posted. It says it right there

 

[etta]

Because back compat is big with families shopping for Christmas gifts for their kids.

"Will this play young Johnny's Xbox 360 library which we invested so much in?"

These things being on the shelf right next to the console will further reassure them, especially if they see the popular titles on the shelf because they will recognize them.

 

[robotrock]

it says that right on the box

Whoops

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Good idea that.

 

[blakep267]

I first noticed that when I went to Walmart a month or 2 ago. They had new sealed copies of red dead with that branding and it was just sitting among the normal Xbox one games

 

[SwiftDeath]

It's certainly cool and a good idea but I'm most surprised that some games are getting reprints/continuing to get prints

 

[FelipeMGM]

Those are pretty cool, and a brilliant idea.Other examples besides Bethesda games? I sure hope other publishers will follow

 

[Vashetti]

That's pretty clever. Should give some new life to older titles.

 

[jooey]

The other interesting corollary to this is that those games must have had a reprinting in the last 3 or 12 months as well, then? Doom 3 BFG became backwards compatible only as recently as August.

yes, it's not like they send all the games back and have people put them in new cases.

 

[krang]

My first instinct was how sneaky it appeared to be, especially on the one that is made to look like an XB1 box. But I guess there's nothing dubious about these, and they wouldn't do it for titles that had an actual XB1 version.

I feel like there should only be the XBOX 360 logo at the top, but still keep that black bar the same.

 

[jelly]

Surprised there is enough demand for a reprint.

 

[aygomyownroad]

Great idea from MS. Means the Xbox 360 shelves can slowly merge into Xbox one space

 

[Patrick S.]

I didn't know new batches of 360 games where still being produced?