Xbox One backwards compatibility
The Xbox One has undergone so many changes and updates that it seems almost irreconcilable with the console that launched two years ago.
But it’s actually quite surprising how we got here, given Microsoft’s early Xbox 180s.
Microsoft once pitched the console as an online-only system that might do away with discs entirely, but then that didn’t happen. Microsoft said it was going to require users plug in the upgraded Kinect camera to ensure gesture-and-voice-controls became the new way to interact with their TV, but then that went away. It was even going to have downloadable content for Call of Duty before anyone else … but then that never happened, either.
Microsoft’s backpedaling hasn’t put the best shine on its current-generation gaming rig, but the fact that it’s been able to radically tweak the console so much shows us the Xbox One’s secret skill that, in time, might help it overtake the competition and become the greatest console ever built.
Xbox One’s feature to rule them all
Today marks the next big step for the Xbox One, as the New Xbox One Experience update will add backwards compatibility for over 100 Xbox 360 games. …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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