Kresnik on 16 April 2013
Backwards compatibility would be a big deal for a lot of people, which was the most positive thing I got from this. Would keep current 360 owners on board who were perhaps thinking of changing alliegence with the generational change (particularly people on reddit); while it might convince a few people like myself to buy the system at some point over getting a used 360.
Still, shouldn't be too long until it's revealed now, so we'll see!
