xbox two- the importence of backwards //

**odpr** · 02-01-2004

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I just want to put my opinion on the Xbox two argument about the backwards compatibility from the world point of view.

True if u are an American citizen , u can't care less about this issue, the reason is that game in the states cost almost half as is in all the world.

For example, in the UK new game cost something like one hounderd dollars.

So I think that every engineer in Microsoft, and any person with a brain, would understarn how much frustration people will get over the world when they will find out that amount of one thousand dollars went down the drain with the new console.
This will be the end of xbox in the world and the ultimate victory of the play station

one thousend dollar equal to ten games, this is something that the avarge gamer have .

**tobysandison** · 02-01-2004

Originally posted by odpr
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I just want to put my opinion on the Xbox two argument about the backwards compatibility from the world point of view.

True if u are an American citizen , u can't care less about this issue, the reason is that game in the states cost almost half as is in all the world.

For example, in the UK new game cost something like one hounderd dollars.

So I think that every engineer in Microsoft, and any person with a brain, would understarn how much frustration people will get over the world when they will find out that amount of one thousand dollars went down the drain with the new console.
This will be the end of xbox in the world and the ultimate victory of the play station

one thousend dollar equal to ten games, this is something that the avarge gamer have .

Actually games here cost about £37.99 which i think = about $60

**MikeMan91389** · 02-01-2004

That was funny.. The actually, i think its 60. HAHA, u proved him wrong.... but here is my view on it....

60=10 more than what we have to pay... Our Advantage

Throw us a bone MS, other countries get awesome xbox bundles(with halo, and midtown madness 3, or kotor, the list goes on.) We get frickin tetris, which is fun, but still, no kotor or halo... plus u guys (countries other than the U.S. get that cool clear xbox...) we dont

good day

**Hard Boiled Cop** · 02-01-2004

Some new games in the UK cost like £40 mainly but if it's like a multi format game then it would be £45.
You've mistaken the $ and the £ cos UK uses £.

**MikeMan91389** · 02-01-2004

Originally posted by Hard Boiled Cop
Some new games in the UK cost like £40 mainly but if it's like a multi format game then it would be £45.
You've mistaken the $ and the £ cos UK uses £.

W-T-F Mate? I didnt make any mistake, im going by what they'd cost in U.S. , explain yourself

**odpr** · 02-01-2004

welp.
here it's 350 nis which is ninty dollars.
almost..

so any way the argue should be around the backwards compability.

you can see that if ,and I repeat they won't do it (microsoft.) then - game over xbox.

in europe mainly. and ofcourse in japan . australia..

**ShannonX** · 02-01-2004

who's to say that the next nintendo product, or the playstation will be backwards compatable? If you haven't heard yet, ps3 hardware will be a significant change from what they are currently using and i have a strong suspicion that it wont be backwards compatable, unless they do some sort of emulation.

**LynxFX** · 02-01-2004

Money down the drain eh? Well let me ask you this. As soon as the Xbox 2 comes out does that mean all Xbox 1 games including the console all of the sudden explode into tiny little bits making them unplayable?

I didn't think so.

The only way money is going down the drain is if you throw it out yourself.

Backwards compat. is a perk not a neccessity.

**blackiee2002** · 02-01-2004

Shannon-XBA who's to say that the next nintendo product, or the playstation will be backwards compatable? If you haven't heard yet, ps3 hardware will be a significant change from what they are currently using and i have a strong suspicion that it wont be backwards compatable, unless they do some sort of emulation.

come on, do you even listen to the news and stuff on this, not only is the PS3 gonna be backward compatible with Ps2 but with ps1 and goes on forever as sony claimed.

personally i say MS better not make a mistake such as this. if they truly are gonna leave out backward compatibility, no hd drive, and may not be as powerful ans ps3 and would come out a year earlier. i say you know save yourself some dinero and lets burry you right now this generation cause it aint gonna be good

**odpr** · 02-01-2004

I read the article the other person wrote

I guess Microsoft is going for the double or nothing..

but from what I c now... I will have to wait to play station three.
I can't believe that they simply throwing away all the good ideas they had on the xbox one.

and to the person that said that I can use my old box. welp great Idea! haven't thought of it, let's imagine me going to a friend with halo one to play it on the new box..
ooopsss I forgot to bring my system with me...ohh..and the joysticks...

**BoundBruiser** · 02-01-2004

Well honestly I don't really care about the Xbox 2 being backwards compatible. I'm the type of guy that sticks with the new games that come out, example: when Madden 04 comes out Madden 03 is out the door. If it would really make a world wide controvercy than put it in Microsoft, whatever makes more people buy it I guess.

**wbio** · 02-01-2004

Originally posted by blackiee2002
Shannon-XBA who's to say that the next nintendo product, or the playstation will be backwards compatable? If you haven't heard yet, ps3 hardware will be a significant change from what they are currently using and i have a strong suspicion that it wont be backwards compatable, unless they do some sort of emulation.

come on, do you even listen to the news and stuff on this, not only is the PS3 gonna be backward compatible with Ps2 but with ps1 and goes on forever as sony claimed.

personally i say MS better not make a mistake such as this. if they truly are gonna leave out backward compatibility, no hd drive, and may not be as powerful ans ps3 and would come out a year earlier. i say you know save yourself some dinero and lets burry you right now this generation cause it aint gonna be good

yes, just like the PS2 has Toy Story graphics. don't trust everything Sony says, they have been known to stretch the truth a lot. Sony will be in the same position MS is in with the BC issue because they are changing their hardware so much. And to say that the games already bought are money down the drain is stupid, because your still going to have your Xbox, which means you can still play your old games, all you'll have to do is switch the cables when you want to play the other, I don't think it's too hard

**Shadow20002** · 02-01-2004

Well being backwards compatible or not, time will tell.

**levelzero** · 02-02-2004

The PS2 was such a success due in no small part to the fact that current PS1 owners could purchase the new system and continue to play their current game library. This isn't a perk for most consumers. For Xbox2 to even make a dent at all in the 500lb gorilla that is "Sony Playstation", they are going to have to get consumers to purchase the next unit. A large section of current Xbox owners will be upset if the next version will not allow us to play our current game library. That is the true investment, and that is were the money is made in the game industry. I have 53 Xbox games currently. If I can't play them on the next console......then I'm not going to purchase it. And my guess is that most consumers are with me on that point.

**Salmonaitor** · 02-02-2004

On this issue, I have 2 words..."Halo 2", (ctually one word and one number, but you get me drift). Why would MS release Halo 2 (and Bungie has "officially" said Fall 2004), and then release Xbox 2 and not make it backwards compatible? I doesn't make sense. I agree with Lynx that backwards compatibility is more of a perk than a necessity, but it just wouldn't make sense not to do it.

In addition, don't believe this article when it says stuff like MS is waiting on Sony to determine what they will do. MS is smarter than that, the're not going to let Sony dictate their marketplace. I believe that MS will set the bar high with Xbox 2 and make the others play catch-up. Don't forget who MS is, and how they got there.

**odpr** · 02-02-2004

In the gaming industry and in every thing else there is what called the spying technique in achieving information on other company, I have no doubt that on Microsoft office sit the next console scheme of Sony, they already know what they are going to plant there..

And they build a system according to that.

Don’t forget that when the play station two came out it wasn't that big of a jump from the play station one, and to my opinion until today it’s a really low level system..
now to person that said that he rather play NFL the new version then the old one. welp nobody is talking about this kind of games, we are talking on classic games, that doesn't just change the name of the teams every year..
like splinter cell, u must admit that u can play the first and the second one that will come out, and there is no connection between the two.

And again if Microsoft will abandon that backward option they are doomed..

**levelzero** · 02-02-2004

And again if Microsoft will abandon that backward option they are doomed..

You got that right

**themoosearmy** · 02-03-2004

Even though Nintendo is at the bottom when it comes to the "Big 3" systems, not one of their systems to date has been backwards compatible (some are adaptable) and they are still alive in the market. It's all about the game design, what will likely happen is MS will release new versions of some of its more popular games on the XB2 format. Backwards compatibility won't bother me, i don't plan on selling my XBOX anytime soon. If it means a better system, leave it out.

Slowride · 02-03-2004

if i can't play CS on xbox 2 that will be uncool.....and it's not like CS fades away like kabuki warriors or even other top fps games.

**odpr** · 02-03-2004

when company like microsoft will have the privalge to be niontendo call me...

and look by the way where is intendo today, they soon will end there way in the game biz going like that.

with thechonlogy today there is simply no reson why not to have backwards. by the way why it's so hard to do that, xbox next will be much more powerful then this one, so build emulator inside it!!