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Mandalore76 on 16 November 2015

When Microsoft announced a while back that they were rolling out Backwards Compatibility for XBox 360 games to become playable on XBox One, I was pretty excited.  That excitement dimmed a bit when I heard that the 360 disk would have to install to the XBox One, further eating up the already non-existant space on my hard drive.  But, the fact that I will have to purchase an external drive is already a foregone conclusion, so whatever.  My excitement was further dimmed when seeing the list of the first 100(+) XBox 360 games that were made backwards compatible.  But still, there were enough to maintain my interest while further titles become available later.

My issue is that since November 12th, when the first 100+ titles were supposed to become available, I have only gotten 1 game out of 4 that I have tried to work.  I tried Dungeon Siege III, Fallout 3, Fable II, and Mass Effect.  Only Mass Effect triggered an install after putting the disk into my XBox One.  When putting in the disks for Dungeon Siege III, Fallout 3, and Fable II, I received the message "This disk is not playable.  For a list of playable games please go to xbox.com/backcompat" 

Has anyone else had any issues?  I know there are people who don't care about backwards compatibility, so please don't respond with opinion in that regard, since that is not the question I'm asking.  I'm just asking for responses of successful or unsuccessful attempts.



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Ganoncrotch on 16 November 2015
Mandalore76 said:

When Microsoft announced a while back that they were rolling out Backwards Compatibility for XBox 360 games to become playable on XBox One, I was pretty excited.  That excitement dimmed a bit when I heard that the 360 disk would have to install to the XBox One, further eating up the already non-existant space on my hard drive.  But, the fact that I will have to purchase an external drive is already a foregone conclusion, so whatever.  My excitement was further dimmed when seeing the list of the first 100(+) XBox 360 games that were made backwards compatible.  But still, there were enough to maintain my interest while further titles become available later.

My issue is that since November 12th, when the first 100+ titles were supposed to become available, I have only gotten 1 game out of 4 that I have tried to work.  I tried Dungeon Siege III, Fallout 3, Fable II, and Mass Effect.  Only Mass Effect triggered an install after putting the disk into my XBox One.  When putting in the disks for Dungeon Siege III, Fallout 3, and Fable II, I received the message "This disk is not playable.  For a list of playable games please go to xbox.com/backcompat" 

Has anyone else had any issues?  I know there are people who don't care about backwards compatibility, so please don't respond with opinion in that regard, since that is not the question I'm asking.  I'm just asking for responses of successful or unsuccessful attempts.

The first thing is that you aren't installing the game from the disk you put into your xbox1, you put the disk in to confirm ownership of the game and then your system will download an xboxone compatible version of the title, maybe check to make sure you're connected to the internet when you try to play the games or do you happen to be using re releases of the games like greatest hits versions? I know DSIII has a bunch of different variations, as does Fable 2/3 GOTY versions etc, could be that the versions you have are not added to the list of BC games just yet, I'm sure if that is the case it'll come shortly.

Just to be sure, your disks are clean and non scratched right? like they work fine in a X360? the system needs to clearly be able to read the barcode like data on the innermost ring of the DVD



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Mandalore76 on 16 November 2015
ganoncrotch said:

The first thing is that you aren't installing the game from the disk you put into your xbox1, you put the disk in to confirm ownership of the game and then your system will download an xboxone compatible version of the title, maybe check to make sure you're connected to the internet when you try to play the games or do you happen to be using re releases of the games like greatest hits versions? I know DSIII has a bunch of different variations, as does Fable 2/3 GOTY versions etc, could be that the versions you have are not added to the list of BC games just yet, I'm sure if that is the case it'll come shortly.

Just to be sure, your disks are clean and non scratched right? like they work fine in a X360? the system needs to clearly be able to read the barcode like data on the innermost ring of the DVD

Yes, they are good condition disks.  I've always been good with maintaining clean/unscratched disks in their proper cases.  And, I'm always connected to my internet.  Like you mention, the only thing I can figure is my copy of Fallout 3 being the "Game of the Year Edition".  But, that doesn't explain Dungeon Siege III and Fable II.  Those are both the standard versions.



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KingdomHeartsFan on 16 November 2015

I put Fallout 3 in and it started installing, I'm playing Mass Effect first so I haven't even booted up Fallout 3 yet but I saw it installing. 



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Ganoncrotch on 16 November 2015
Mandalore76 said:
ganoncrotch said:

The first thing is that you aren't installing the game from the disk you put into your xbox1, you put the disk in to confirm ownership of the game and then your system will download an xboxone compatible version of the title, maybe check to make sure you're connected to the internet when you try to play the games or do you happen to be using re releases of the games like greatest hits versions? I know DSIII has a bunch of different variations, as does Fable 2/3 GOTY versions etc, could be that the versions you have are not added to the list of BC games just yet, I'm sure if that is the case it'll come shortly.

Just to be sure, your disks are clean and non scratched right? like they work fine in a X360? the system needs to clearly be able to read the barcode like data on the innermost ring of the DVD

Yes, they are good condition disks.  I've always been good with maintaining clean/unscratched disks in their proper cases.  And, I'm always connected to my internet.  Like you mention, the only thing I can figure is my copy of Fallout 3 being the "Game of the Year Edition".  But, that doesn't explain Dungeon Siege III and Fable II.  Those are both the standard versions.


Odd, Mass Effect was the only one of the 4 you listed available on the preview of backwards compatibility games, is your xbox fully up to date? guessing it is since you got that downloaded.

As in http://www.xbox.com/en-IE/xbox-one/backward-compatibility/available-games from that list your one game working would be correct.



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Mandalore76 on 16 November 2015
ganoncrotch said:


Odd, Mass Effect was the only one of the 4 you listed available on the preview of backwards compatibility games, is your xbox fully up to date? guessing it is since you got that downloaded.

As in http://www.xbox.com/en-IE/xbox-one/backward-compatibility/available-games from that list your one game working would be correct.

That link is for the "Preview List" for the Beta:  The Xbox One Backward Compatibility Beta is available starting June 15 for Xbox preview members. The program will launch broadly in November 2015.    

Here is the list of the games that were to be fully ready on November 12th:

Available games

Initial titles with more to come. Games are subject to change.

  • A Kingdom for Keflings
  • A World of Keflings
  • Alien Hominid HD
  • Assassin's Creed II
  • Asteroids & Deluxe
  • Banjo-Kazooie®
  • Banjo Kazooie®: Nuts & Bolts
  • Banjo-Tooie®
  • BattleBlock Theater
  • Bejeweled 2
  • Bellator: MMA Onslaught
  • Beyond Good & Evil HD
  • Blood of the Werewolf
  • BloodRayne: Betrayal
  • Borderlands
  • Call of Juarez® Gunslinger
  • Castle Crashers
  • CastleStorm
  • Centipede & Millipede
  • Condemned: Criminal Origins
  • Crazy Taxi™
  • Deadliest Warrior: Legends
  • Defense Grid: The Awakening
  • DiRT 3
  • DiRT Showdown
  • Discs of Tron
  • Doom
  • Doom II
  • Dungeon Siege III
  • Earthworm Jim HD
  • Fable II
  • Fallout 3
  • Feeding Frenzy
  • Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown
  • Gears of War
  • Gears of War 2
  • Gears of War 3
  • Gears of War: Judgment
  • Golden Axe™
  • Halo: Spartan Assault
  • Hardwood Backgammon®
  • Hardwood Hearts®
  • Hardwood Spades®
  • Heavy Weapon
  • Hexic HD
  • Ikaruga
  • Jetpac Refuelled
  • Joy Ride Turbo
  • Just Cause 2
  • Kameo™: Elements of Power
  • LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
  • LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
  • Lode Runner™
  • LUMINES LIVE!
  • Mass Effect™
  • Metal Slug 3
  • Metal Slug XX
  • Might & Magic Clash of Heroes™
  • Mirror's Edge™
  • Missile Command
  • Monday Night Combat
  • Monkey Island 2: Special Edition
  • Monkey Island: Special Edition
  • Ms. Splosion Man™
  • Mutant Blobs Attack!!!
  • N+
  • NBA JAM: On Fire Edition
  • NiGHTS into dreams...
  • Operation Flashpoint™: Dragon Rising
  • Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX+
  • Pac-Man: Championship Edition™
  • Perfect Dark
  • Perfect Dark Zero
  • Phantom Breaker:Battle Grounds
  • Pinball FX™
  • Plants vs. Zombies
  • Prince of Persia
  • Putty Squad
  • Rayman 3 HD
  • R-Type Dimensions™
  • Sacred Citadel
  • Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.
  • Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe
  • Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World
  • Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage
  • Shadow Complex
  • Sonic CD
  • Sonic The Hedgehog
  • Sonic The Hedgehog 2
  • Sonic The Hedgehog 3
  • South Park: The Stick of Truth™
  • Super Meat Boy
  • Supreme Commander 2
  • Tom Clancy's RainbowSix Vegas
  • Tom Clancy's RainbowSix Vegas 2
  • Torchlight
  • Toy Soldiers
  • Toy Soldiers: Cold War
  • Tron: Evolution
  • Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon
  • Viva Piñata
  • Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise
  • Wolfenstein 3D
  • Zuma

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/backward-compatibility/available-games



Barozi on 16 November 2015

hmm only tried Viva Pinata, which was in the preview program already (with Mass Effect) and it worked, though I think it didn't install automatically but I had to go to the games and apps menu instead and install it from there.
Can't quite remember though.



Mr Puggsly on 16 November 2015

I havent had any issues. Most of the games I use are digital though. The only physical game I tried was Fallout 3 which worked fine.



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Zkuq on 16 November 2015

It's probably different editions of those games. If I had to guess, I'd say there's a code on your disc, and only certain codes are supported. Well, at least that's the way PS3 handles some save game and DLC stuff... But I don't see any reason why that couldn't be the case here as well.