Digital Foundry: How Does Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility on Xbox One Actually Work?

[Machiavellian]

Errorist76 said:

Machiavellian said:

Not sure if you actually watched the video but its stated that the games are not recoded at all and the original game code is not touched.

I know what DF say (who have been on MS's pay roll lately anyway) but I also know what my mind tells me. They definitely have to add code hence why I said "certain aspects". Otherwise all games would just work, if it was a fully working emulator which wouldn't need individual adaption.

It's basically what DF is stating and which is very interesting, that the actual adaption is done on the "emulation" level, not on the level of the original software, if that's 100% true or not. 

DF seems to always be on some OEM payroll depending on which system they give praise to.  Either way it does seems interesting that no code has to be changed on the software end but instead tweaks are done on the emulation level for enhancements.  The other parts that interested me is that MS actually added 360 hardware silicone to the X1 arch for the purpose of BC.