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[soul creator]

So, if you own a physical copy of the games and you then download a digital version of the game when you put the disc in can we get rid of the disc after that?

It's not the same as the XB1 where the game is installed from the disc and is then verified every time the game is started right? So, in theory we shouldn't need the disc anymore.

Microsoft is using DRM to prevent that, which comes in the form of a shiny plastic object that you have to annoyingly insert every time you want to play. Why do they inconvenience paying customers and tream them like criminals?? The data is on the hard drive, so there's no valid technical reason it needs to be inserted just to play my legally bought games!

 

[ShogunX]

New backwards compatibility games being added tonight
Halo 3
Halo Reach
Halo 3 ODST
Halo Wars
Fable II
Borderlands
Gears Of War
Gears Of War 2
Alan Wake
Shadow Complex

Your first post for a year is this? What the fuck?

Seems a bit too good to be true.

 

[StarBlazers1]

Microsoft would be smart to make sure all new GWG 360 titles compatible with the list


under settings/console see if you have a update waiting.

Its up to the publishers....but yeah that should be a stipulation for the publishers to take part in that program

 

[Coin Return]

Awesome, can't wait to play Shadow Complex.

If this shady list is true.

 

[Hawk269]

Microsoft is using DRM to prevent that, which comes in the form of a shiny plastic object that you have to annoyingly insert every time you want to play. Why do they inconvenience paying customers and tream them like criminals?? The data is on the hard drive, so there's no valid technical reason it needs to be inserted just to play my legally bought games!

Joke post??

Every PS4 and Every Xbox One has the data on the Hard Drive, you going to say that you should not need the disk for those? Would you not just need to rent a game, copy it to the HDD and never buy games EVER?

 

[Moze]

I don't think that list is true.

 

[bndadm]

Between the Rare collection and this, Microsoft finally got my attention to get a One. All I need is the Mass Effect DLC to be bc and I can make the transition.

 

[soul creator]

Joke post??

Every PS4 and Every Xbox One has the data on the Hard Drive, you going to say that you should not need the disk for those? Would you not just need to rent a game, copy it to the HDD and never buy games EVER?

lol, yes it's a joke post. I just like poking fun at extreme "DRM is always evil!" positions (we just happen to be comfortable with the "shiny plastic disc" type of "DRM", even if the goal of it is the same: preventing illegally copied games).

 

[Danny 117]

I sure as hell hope that list is true.

 

[StarBlazers1]

Microsoft is using DRM to prevent that, which comes in the form of a shiny plastic object that you have to annoyingly insert every time you want to play. Why do they inconvenience paying customers and tream them like criminals?? The data is on the hard drive, so there's no valid technical reason it needs to be inserted just to play my legally bought games!

This better be a joke post. All those #nodrm people killed that idea.

 

[Defect]

Bad-ass.

... but when is DLC coming? I mean, if I were to transfer my Borderlands saves over they'd become corrupted without the DLC... Sooooo... Surely it's coming, right?

I hope they get DLC install discs working too, because that's where my Borderlands DLC came from...

Yeah I'm sure dlc will be added soon.

Also, nice avatar

Amazing if that list is true.

It just made me realise though, is Halo Wars available digital?

You can buy Halo Wars digitally.

 

[TheAdmiester]

Amazing if that list is true.

It just made me realise though, is Halo Wars available digital?

 

[ShogunX]

I imagine that list has been formed from this.

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

Amazing if that list is true.

It just made me realise though, is Halo Wars available digital?

Yes

 

[watership]

New thread if this updated list is true.

Time to return to Boarderlands and Shadow Complex.

 

[robotrock]

If that list is legit, dope. I'll finally give Shadow Complex a playthrough.

Anyone manage to get Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts working? I can't even download it yet.

 

[StarBlazers1]

While speaking to some microsoft people at E3, I was told there would be pretty regular updates to titles available. I hope this list is true.

 

[D'ultimate]

Damn! I forgot about renting and returning and that they would need a system to combat that.

 

[Majine]

Nice, Mass Effect is the top played game among my friends.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

If that list is legit, dope. I'll finally give Shadow Complex a playthrough.

Anyone manage to get Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts working? I can't even download it yet.

Nuts and Bolts was removed from the online compatibility list, so I imagine some sort of new, major issues were discovered.

Yeah I'm sure dlc will be added soon.

Also, nice avatar

Hopefully!

And thanks hahah.

 

[The Flash]

 

[The Faceless Master]

So, if you own a physical copy of the games and you then download a digital version of the game when you put the disc in can we get rid of the disc after that?

It's not the same as the XB1 where the game is installed from the disc and is then verified every time the game is started right? So, in theory we shouldn't need the disc anymore.

because Redbox and Gamefly need the revenue increase.

 

[Majine]

I liked this thread in the Xbox forums: "could this cause my xbox one to RED RING?"

 

[FyreWulff]

So it sounds like if you run PDZ through BC you're playing with Xbox 360 players, if you're running through the Rare Replay collection you're playing with Xbox One players

Cool!

Pretty sure all the 360 games in Rare Replay are running via 360 BC.

 

[TheAdmiester]

Yes

You can buy Halo Wars digitally.

Genuinely surprised. I would've thought it'd be as dead as Ensemble, MS are quick to remove digital games normally.

 

[Saint9806]

Mass Effect works awesome. Feels so good to playing this for the first time!

 

[The Flash]

Genuinely surprised. I would've thought it'd be as dead as Ensemble, MS are quick to remove digital games normally.

Halo Wars has a bit of a cult following. MS have left hints that they might do a sequel or something also.

 

[TheAdmiester]

Halo Wars has a bit of a cult following. MS have left hints that they might do a sequel or something also.

Good point, I have heard about that before. So I assume this means the franchise is in Microsoft's hands and not the remnants of Ensemble? Because like I said, it seems that as soon as a company dies, Microsoft quickly sweeps up behind them because of any unresolved licencing stuff.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Genuinely surprised. I would've thought it'd be as dead as Ensemble, MS are quick to remove digital games normally.

Hm?

 

[m23]

Guess that list was BS. Disappointing.

 

[chemicals]

This is a huge thing. In my humble opinion, This and the Rare collection were the two best things to come from e3 2015. And no I dont have an xbone.

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

Guess that list was BS. Disappointing.

Really sigh guess we have to wait till fall then

 

[FyreWulff]

Good point, I have heard about that before. So I assume this means the franchise is in Microsoft's hands and not the remnants of Ensemble? Because like I said, it seems that as soon as a company dies, Microsoft quickly sweeps up behind them because of any unresolved licencing stuff.

Microsoft owns Halo Wars 100%

After Ensemble dissolved, Halo Wars updates were done by Robot Entertainment

 

[m23]

Really sigh guess we have to wait till fall then

Well I don't really know, the guy posted the list and hasn't provided any sort of source. Could be true as well.

 

[nillapuddin]

The Impossible game

I MAED A GAM3 W1TH ZOMBIES 1N IT!!!1

Anybody else down?

 

[The Flash]

Good point, I have heard about that before. So I assume this means the franchise is in Microsoft's hands and not the remnants of Ensemble? Because like I said, it seems that as soon as a company dies, Microsoft quickly sweeps up behind them because of any unresolved licencing stuff.

Well MS own Halo. Ensemble was just a studio they set up to make a RTS based on Halo. When Ensemble got shut down, Halo Wars status remained unchanged.

 

[TheAdmiester]

Hm?

Maybe I should've said digital content instead of exclusively games. It mainly seems to be the case with old racing titles, because of car licencing stuff. Examples would be Forza 2/3 DLC, PGR 4 and its DLC (not sure if PGR 4 was ever downloadable though), Sega's online arcade titles come to mind.

Well MS own Halo. Ensemble was just a studio they set up to make a RTS based on Halo. When Ensemble got shut down, Halo Wars status remained unchanged.

Microsoft owns Halo Wars 100%

After Ensemble dissolved, Halo Wars updates were done by Robot Entertainment

Thanks for the clarification both of you. I knew Microsoft was the owner of Halo, but I wasn't sure if there was any sort of licencing over the RTS Halo, or something to do with the pre-Bungie-split-Halo titles.

 

[Bsigg12]

Genuinely surprised. I would've thought it'd be as dead as Ensemble, MS are quick to remove digital games normally.

Eh? The only reason they remove digital games is for things like MVC3 and other legal things. Nothing else has been removed just because.

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

Well I don't really know, the guy posted the list and hasn't provided any sort of source. Could be true as well.

We just have to beli3ve

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Maybe I should've said digital content instead of exclusively games. It mainly seems to be the case with old racing titles, because of car licencing stuff. Examples would be Forza 2/3 DLC, PGR 4 and its DLC (not sure if PGR 4 was ever downloadable though), Sega's online arcade titles come to mind.

Ah, gotcha.

Thanks for the clarification both of you. I knew Microsoft was the owner of Halo, but I wasn't sure if there was any sort of licencing over the RTS Halo, or something to do with the pre-Bungie-split-Halo titles.

There actually wouldn't have been issues either way anyway. Ensemble was a wholly owned subsidiary of MS, so they owned everything they worked on, and there was no licensing involved. Just an internal property moving around internal studios.

 

[ASSauLTxMasTER]

Don't call the list BS just yet. Let the night pass.

 

[ElfArmy177]

Hmmm what are the chances they allow bubble bobble and doom....

 

[Synth]

Eh? The only reason they remove digital games is for things like MVC3 and other legal things. Nothing else has been removed just because.

Sonic '06.

Then again, that probably had the most valid reasoning of all.

 

[The Flash]

Don't call the list BS just yet. Let the night pass.

EPX could source it at the very least.

 

[DeadlyParasite]

I'm showing my stupidity by saying this but I didn't know xbox 360 DVD's worked in the Blu-ray drive. I just kind of assumed the discs were different sizes or something.

Excited to put Mass Effect in there.

 

[ReBurn]

I'm dying of laughter sifting through older backwards compatibility threads. There are probably some other gems lying around.

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=830521&page=1

The level of smugness in that thread can only be surpassed by the mountain of crow bones piling up.

 

[Synth]

I'm showing my stupidity by saying this but I didn't know xbox 360 DVD's worked in the Blu-ray drive. I just kind of assumed the discs were different sizes or something.

I would never have admitted something like this voluntarily.

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

Don't call the list BS just yet. Let the night pass.

Your avatar terrifies me ;_;

 

[n0razi]

Im guessing this is more like the 40/80GB PS3 level of BC, not full on BC like the Wii U and 60GB PS3

 

[SirKhalid]

He probably saw that here.

http://thisgengaming.com/2015/06/17/future-titles-revealed-for-xbox-ones-backwards-compatibility/

As you can see some of the games on this image are already playable on Xbox One like Mass Effect, but some of the titles aren’t, but if Microsoft are promoting them it must mean they will be coming in the future. Here are the games on the image that will be available on Xbox One.

Halo 3
Halo Reach
Halo 3 ODST
Halo Wars
Fable II
Borderlands
Gears Of War
Gears Of War 2
Alan Wake
Shadow Complex

But maybe didn't read everything.