08 Apr
According to comments made by Xbox partner development lead Frank Savage, Microsoft has not ruled out Xbox 360 emulation on the Xbox One. Speaking at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in San Francisco, attended by Kotaku, Savage was asked whether the company is planning Xbox 360 emulation on the Xbox One. “There are [plans],” Savage said. […]
06 Sep
Speaking to Gamespot, Microsoft senior director Albert Penello said that the Xbox One could eventually offer backwards compatibility through its cloud servers in a similar way to what Sony is planning to do with its Gaikia service. “That’s one of the things that makes [the cloud] at the same time both totally interesting and hard […]
Well, that whole backwards compatibility thing didn’t last long, did it Nintendo? Amber McCollom, Nintendo of America’s Director of Entertainment & Trend Marketing, confirmed that the upcoming Wii U console/tablet will not be able to read Gamecube discs. Instead, current plans point to select games from the Purple Lunchbox’s back catalog being brought to WiiWare. […]
Joystiq recently added the specs and details of the Playstation 3 Slim SKU to the larger chart of the Playstation 3 line, pitting the features available out of the box against all other released versions for the system. Looks like those expecting backwards compatibility with the new model are still out of luck, and the […]