Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Through Cloud 'Problematic'

[Zappykins]

fauzman said:
Instead of cloud streaming, we will likely see even more of what happened this gen - multiple games combined and repackaged as ps4/x1 games, or maybe eventually available for download. Honestly I prefer it this way, watching live streaming events is a real pain for me with the interruptions (I eventually gave up on watching all of sony's gamescom converage because of these) but this way is better.

That is true.

Microsoft Windows is notorious for being slowed down by backwards compatibility.  They addressed some of it in DriectX 10 in that it runs older games in a DirectX 9c environment.  They are dropping legacy compatibility with Windows 9 and the Xbox One.  They also nixed the old DirectX backwards compatibility from the Xbox One as they considered it bloat ware.

I’m still disappointed one can’t run X360 games on it, as it would be nice to just move Dance Central and some other games I still want to play onto my new system.  But they gave us fair warning.

The refreshed games usually look and run better anyway.  Look at the PS3 God of War I&II updates or the Halo CE: Anniversary for the X360.  Halo CEA looks better even in ‘legacy’ mode than it did on the original Xbox as it’s HD and progressive.