Blue Ninja
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Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Thread: Everyone wants it, no one uses it
- Thread starter Banjo-Kazooie
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After doing a little digging, I can't believe there isn't a tennis game on PS4 or Xbox One. I was hoping the Virtua Tennis games or Top Spin would be on the list but no such luck. I some how got my wish with Daytona. So maybe some day with some if not all of the tennis games for 360.
Reineldinho
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I almost agree with you. The truth is that publishers raise the price of BC games once they reach the BC program. I can give you several examples:
Bioshock 1 and Bioshock 2 were often dirty cheap (4.99) but since the day they became BC in December, the lowest they have been discounted is 9.99. Bioshock Infinite was 4.99 and 9.99 in the past, since December: 14.99 or 19.00.
On the other hand, you have mixed cases, like Red Dead Redemption, which was on sale the same week if became BC (in July) but it has not been as discounted ever since.
I don't know if this is happening for ALL BC games, but at least for a huge bunch of them.
My advice? Ifyou have 2.5 to spare, buy the Saint Row games, just in case
marcbret87
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I'd definitely love Top Spin 4, it's probably the most complete tennis game that has ever been done, problem is includes a good amount of licenses (all Grand Slams except Wimbledon, a good amount of Masters and the players). Besides, I guess the game did not sell very well if no new entry has been announced.
always crazy bacon
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Each backwards compatibility game includes the whole 360 OS so this is a feasible solution.
Banjo-Kazooie
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Prob wishful thinking, but MS coulda have been done it for a while and were asked to not release it until they release their PS4 copy with it. Games have been held back before
amdb00mer
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I want one as well. I'd settle for EA's Grand Slam Tennis. It's possible, just have to re-license all the player's and venues. Impossible? No. Likely? Probably not.
On a side note, Rory McIlroy was not that great. It was ok, but Tiger Woods '14 was great. I would love for the license for it to be renewed (I think Augusta is the only one they had issues with, that's why it was never added to Rory McIlroy).
D'ultimate
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Bought SR2 just for this reason. It may not come this week or next but if it does come at any point I would have only payed 2.5 for a pretty awesome game. And you can almost bet it won't be that cheap again after that, at least not for a long while.
What's the consensus on SR1? I never played that one and wonder if I should even bother getting it.
SlinginDub
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Im hoping for saints row this week! its only a matter time since 4 is BC.
Backlogger
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I grabbed it last time it was on sale because you can't buy it digitally on PC anymore. It'll be a bonus if it goes BC
SlinginDub
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I would dare say saints row 4 is better than gta4. if was almost a launch title and did almost everything better. I remember playing a lot of sr1 and then got siked for gta4 and was pretty let down.
I believe they were both always movable, but couldn't be copied.
moltonasty
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Apparently installing Prey 2017 overwrites your install for Prey OG in Steam.
Something tells me Bethesda isn't too interested in marketing the original..
ClivePwned
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wasn't the original published by 2k anyway?
always crazy bacon
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Dash of Destruction today. I still don't think we are out of the XBLA games release cycle yet.
I really want HD remix but with Ultra Street Fighter II likely coming to PS4 and hopefully XB1 at some stage, I'd say Capcom will do what they can to keep HD Remix off the BC program
.Oh, and where the FUCK is Fable Anniversary? I can't believe it skipped XB1 and hasn't even shown up on BC yet. Maybe the top dogs at MS simply can't believe that it ever missed XB1 and so keep forgetting to add it to BC.
Backlogger
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I ended up grabbing SR2 even though I have it on PC
Sounds like the PC version runs terrible plus they never released the DLC on Steam. So seems owning it on console is the way to go.
Sounds like the PC version runs terrible plus they never released the DLC on Steam. So seems owning it on console is the way to go.
Jawmuncher
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If it's not Code Veronica X i'll be hella surprised
Just take all those Capcom titles that were on sale and make them BC today, please.
It's not like I bought all of them or anything.....
I'd bet money its technical reasons keeping the game off BC, it's a very buggy game.
It's not like I bought all of them or anything.....
I'd bet money its technical reasons keeping the game off BC, it's a very buggy game.
amdb00mer
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I kind of hope we get the original Prey added to BC today. I wouldn't mind playing through it again.
Anybody here play Timeshift on BC yet? I never finished it. The game starts out making great use of the Timeshift abilities, but slowly devolves into only using the slow time feature as bullet time mechanic. If performance is good I might try to complete it.
Anybody here play Timeshift on BC yet? I never finished it. The game starts out making great use of the Timeshift abilities, but slowly devolves into only using the slow time feature as bullet time mechanic. If performance is good I might try to complete it.
Doug Heffernan
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Now would be a good time for Saints 1 & 2 to coincide with the sale...
SlinginDub
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nothing
brokenbeans
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Back to normal
What A Time To Be Alive
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when nothing drops and u sad af :/
Banjo-Kazooie
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*crickets*
There's a post, can't remember if it's this thread or not, that talks about a game breaking glitch found in one of the more recently released shmups on BC.
It mentions that the glitch occurred after a 1cc run, so there's a good chance MS didn't have a tester good enough at the game to test something like that.
I would imagine that's probably holding alot of the shmup style games back, because if the game has to be tested front to back in order to see if there's any issues with the emulator, shmups are some of the hardest games to get into, especially with no prior experience.
I would imagine a lot of RPG's are held back for similar reasons, there's a lot to test.
I'm up to mission 4 or 5 I think, and the framerate is rock solid now. It's like playing a different game honestly, cause the performance on 360 was like playing a slide-show at times.
moltonasty
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The Sum of Zero
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Interesting. I had no idea the games had to be fully tested.
Puzzle Fighter
Yep they play every game to 100% completion
Not quite sure what they mean by 100% though. Whether it's all unlocks etc or just all quests/missions.
Then if they run into any bugs or anything they need to go back and fix them. Luckily the emulator is in a much better state these days than it was at launch, so they run into less bugs and thus can put out games faster.
Nier
The Broken Ska Record
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I'd love to go back to Soul Calibur 4 at some point.
It's been taken off the market meanwhile. I am really mad at myself that I never picked it up.
YuriLowell
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Ninja Gaiden 2.
The Broken Ska Record
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Oh yeah. I was probably going to try and find a disc version somewhere. I still have the CE DLC tied to my XBL account.
Susurrus
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Trying to buy the first one using the website since I have the rest on other platforms anyway, but keep getting "Your purchase cannot be completed at this time. Please try again."
Oh well, I guess.
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