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Aeolus451 on 18 June 2015

It's good news for gamestop's business.



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pbroy on 18 June 2015

Looks like Gamestop will be pushing Xbones now. Before they were pushing PS4s because of M$'s policies they didn't like.

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ninjapirate42 on 18 June 2015
AbbathTheGrim said:
LuckyTrouble said:
Translated: We are really hoping we can keep selling 360 games for higher prices for awhile longer. Thanks, Microsoft


So on point with this comment I feel like I am at the end of a sentence.

Backwards compatibility is an awesome feature. I would love it in PS4 so I would love for Sony to make it possible as well.

I don't think this feature will translate in much sales for Xbone though. I mean correct me if I am wrong but PS3 didn't lit the charts on fire as much as it did after Sony released the more recent models without B/C, right?

I think new software does the trick for sales, but this move by Micro is without question very nice and gives longer life and convenience of play for their old games. We just need to see how well it is implemented and how many titles end up being supported and made available for play.

I agree. It's a very nice feature to have but I don't see sales going crazy because of it.

Unless there are a lot of Sony/Nintendo fans looking to take the plunge over or something.



AbbathTheGrim on 18 June 2015
ninjapirate42 said:

I agree. It's a very nice feature to have but I don't see sales going crazy because of it.

Unless there are a lot of Sony/Nintendo fans looking to take the plunge over or something.

I was planning on buying an X360 some time down the line for a couple of games (I was thinking Gears but I am playing them right now so I don't know) and if the games I want are also available for Xbone then maybe I would opt for that one instead. No rush to buying either though.



Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1

jcmmnx on 18 June 2015

Of course the price of all their used 360 games just went up lol.



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LivingMetal on 18 June 2015

If you look at the bigger picture, there is a bit of irony here. Someone at Microsoft (probably Greenburg) said that initial low Xbox One sales were due to Xbox 360 owners not ready to upgrade. So those Xbox 360 owners must be playing a plentiful of games during that time, and it should have been reflected by sales of retail giants such as Gamestop. But I get the impression that Gamestop needed this boost in 360 software sales maybe because they were potentially lagging due to lack of activity on the Xbox 360? Just a thought.