Brilliant. (Gaming)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 16:36 (3446 days ago) @ iconicbanana

Backward compatibility is a big deal.

For a feature that rarely gets used even when the support is near-perfect and available at launch.

Guilty.

When I made the jump from Xb1 to 360, backwards compatibility was a big deal for me. I couldn't afford to outright buy a 360 at the time, and I wanted the Elite model- bad. For me to get it, I was going to have to trade in my Xb1.

So when BWC was announced for most of my games, I felt a weight lift and I made the jump.....and never went back to play the old games, again!

(except for Halo 2 and 1 for LANs)

I've learned my lesson. If I want to play the old games, I hold onto the old console. So, when MS finally announces they are putting the kibosh on 360 productions, I'll go out and buy one.

Just in case.

Also LANs. Might not be able to wrangle a PS4\Xbone LAN these days, but dammit, I know people will for 360.

I read this as Xb1=xbone at first.

And why wouldn't you? Very confusing. 360 was the generation where I truly branched out from Bungie games. (Console gaming wasn't a thing when I was a kid, then I was a Mac gamer--my point is that I wasn't weaned on this stuff from diapers.)

One thing I've done the last several years was buy digital copies of 360 games that I've enjoyed and many I wanted to enjoy but didn't get to with the idea that in a mythical future (perhaps retirement--not that far away for me) I'd finally get the chance to play Max Payne 3 or whatever. I've have a big library for myself, for kids, for whomever is around. My worry was keeping a 360 in working order. Retiring the 360 is exciting to me.