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Play More of the Games You Love, Wherever You Play with XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC - XBOX Wire

Today, we’re introducing XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC, making it easier to play classic XBOX games from the past across PC and handhelds, including the ROG XBOX Ally and XBOX Ally X.

news.xbox.com

Today, we're introducing XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC, making it easier to play classic XBOX games from the past across PC and handhelds, including the ROG XBOX Ally and XBOX Ally X.

 

[SNG32]

Play More of the Games You Love, Wherever You Play with XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC - XBOX Wire

Today, we’re introducing XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC, making it easier to play classic XBOX games from the past across PC and handhelds, including the ROG XBOX Ally and XBOX Ally X.

news.xbox.com

This is great news I hope they release the same amount of games that's running on consoles.

 

[II_JumPeR_I]

Its all about the console, right Aishe?

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Might have to buy Conker for $10 to test this out.

It's all about the console, right Aishe?

These are already BC on Xbox consoles. For all intents and purposes, BC work on consoles is done with so now it's time to work on PC getting BC; that or fire the entire BC team. Would you prefer that?

 

[Sticks]

Thanks uncle Asha

 

[Wolzard]

https://www.digitalfoundry.net/features/hands-on-with-xbox-back-compat-for-pc-a-new-initiative-that-begins-with-four-classic-games

- 30 fps locked;
- can increase the resolution by 2x, 3x or 4x, for a maximum of 2560x1920 (4:3 ratio);
- can enable v-sync, increase MSAA to 2x or 4x, enable anisotropic filtering (AF) and choose a trade-off between sound latency and sound clarity;
- sub-par frame-pacing on the 30fps titles, with deviations from the regular 33.3ms or 16.7ms update rate that can produce jerky camera motion.
- There's also a bug where display scaling results in lower-than-intended rendering resolutions - so the "2560x1920" setting produces only 1440x1080 if Windows is set to 150 percent scaling. Setting Windows to 100 percent scaling fixes the issue - something we didn't know during testing, meaning our video captures require updating before we can post video content. Beyond this, AF is limited to a single setting and looks worse than on Series X, and there are a handful of visual bugs, including wireframes visible in Fuzion Frenzy, shadow artefacts in Blinx and motion judder in Conker.

 

[skit_data]

Arguably the most positive thing they've done in a long time, IMO.

 

[spons]

Holy shit. A very welcome addition.

 

[jshackles]

Also they're getting achievements

We plan to add even more features to XBOX Backward Compatibility games in the future. I'm excited to share that later this year we will be bringing one of the top fan-requested features to select original XBOX games on both console and PC: Achievements. The first four games releasing in preview today will be updated to include Achievements in the coming months.

 

[calico]

Announce Gladius

 

[SNG32]

This is a good incentive to have people coming to their store on PC.

 

[JORMBO]

I am not interested in any of those games, but being able to do this is really neat.

 

[Diseased Yak]

Neat!

 

[DanielG165]

That's actually insane. This is super cool!

 

[TheUsual]

Get Ninja Gaiden Black and Otogi please.
And for God's sake, let us fully invert camera controls in Otogi.

 

[memoryman3]

Thanks uncle Asha

This was worked on under Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond as part of the "This is an Xbox" initative.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Actually very cool

 

[mckmas8808]

Might have to buy Conker for $10 to test this out.


These are already BC on Xbox consoles. For all intents and purposes, BC work on consoles is done with so now it's time to work on PC getting BC; that or fire the entire BC team. Would you prefer that?

That's his point. That's it's "NOT" all about the console.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Microsoft better put all the Gears games on this asap, 'cause decomps are already here.

 

[GriffinCorp]

A good step in the right direction. I thought they killed off the BC team?

Will the games require GamePass for online or will it be "free" if you own the license?

 

[DeVeAn]

Jet Set Radio Future! Sadly licensed tracks will probably not allow this.

 

[adamsapple]

We forgive you Queen Asha.

 

[jshackles]

Microsoft better put all the Gears games on this asap, 'cause decomps are already here.

Yes 360 games are the obvious next step. Followed by all Xbox One / Series games being playable on PC. We kind of suspected this was on their roadmap when they announced that Helix would play PC games (although it's hard to say if that idea has survived).

I did also wonder if the decomps and recent xemu/xenia emulation scene advancing rapidly had maybe brought this about quicker than even Microsoft expected, considering it's only soft launching with four titles.

 

[OverHeat]

Yes!!!!!!!!

 

[neo raider]

Cool

 

[RoboFu]

Things like this actually make it more likely I'll buy the next Xbox. The whole pc / console cross save buy once eco system is a very big draw for me.

 

[GriffinCorp]

We forgive you Queen Asha.

Yes and tomorrow the hammer drops and another 1800 jobs lost. I hope not.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Its all about the console, right Aishe?

hear you

 

[Topher]

That's pretty damn awesome

 

[SNG32]

A good step in the right direction. I thought they killed off the BC team?

Will the games require GamePass for online or will it be "free" if you own the license?

I'm sure it's free if you already have the license and if you don't you will just have to purchase.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Lost Odyssey??? NG Black?? JSRF?? NG2??

damn! I'm erect. Put them on Steam though.

 

[Tazzu]

DF are saying FM1, PGR1 and 2 next, this is huge because those games are licensing hell!

 

[Emmy Ator Best]

Don't really care about any og Xbox game. Add the 360 because I would like to play Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey

 

[SNG32]

Lost Odyssey??? NG Black?? JSRF?? NG2??

damn! I'm erect. Put them on Steam though.

These games will never see the light on steam these will probably be exclusive to the Xbox store to get more people on the platform.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

This is great. I just upgraded my video card and I'm dual booting Steam OS and Windows 11. If they get all the BC stuff over to Windows, I won't need my Series X. Hell yeah!

 

[Magic Carpet]

The only digital original xbox games I have are the few they gave away during the Gold years.
I'll still need to keep my Series X around to play all those digital XB360 games.
Which by the way can fit on the Series X if you have at least a 1TB expansion card thing.

 

[Mr Moose]

Thanks uncle Asha

Don't give her the credit, we knew about this before we knew about her.

https://overclock3d.net/news/software/xbox-backwards-compatibility-for-windows-is-in-the-works/

 

[TintoConCasera]

Cool, but man, I really don't want to give them any money.

 

[Gonzito]

This is awesome but which games are playable? I would love to be able to play the Gears trilogy at 4k with high graphics without graphical issues

 

[jshackles]

I already own Conker and Fusion Frenzy, so I guess I'll try those out later.

 

[Fabieter]

Is it possible to play lost odyssey?

 

[SunnySideGuy]

Play More of the Games You Love, Wherever You Play with XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC - XBOX Wire

Today, we’re introducing XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC, making it easier to play classic XBOX games from the past across PC and handhelds, including the ROG XBOX Ally and XBOX Ally X.

news.xbox.com

Is it just xbox original games right now (Haven't read the article yet)? I would love for this to be the way I finally can play Condemned 2 on PC

 

[Magic-DEI-Hire]

Give me JSRF or give me death

 

[LordCBH]

10/10. No notes.

Absolute W.

 

[BennyBlanco]

These games will never see the light on steam these will probably be exclusive to the Xbox store to get more people on the platform.

Who knows. They are putting their games on ps5 which couldn't be more of a direct competitor. They want to actually sell games.

 

[DeepEnigma]

These games will never see the light on steam these will probably be exclusive to the Xbox store to get more people on the platform.

 

[jshackles]

This is awesome but which games are playable? I would love to be able to play the Gears trilogy at 4k with high graphics without graphical issues

They're only launching this feature with 4 OG Xbox games. No news yet on whether 360 games will come to PC but I would assume so eventually.

• BLiNX: The Time Sweeper
• Conker: Live and Reloaded
• Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge
• Fuzion Frenzy®
  
  
  
  

 

[winjer]

This is going to require the Xbox app on PC?
If so, that is a major problem.

 

[GriffinCorp]

I'm sure it's free if you already have the license and if you don't you will just have to purchase.

I hope so. Don't try to make PC gaming a fee.

 

[DeepEnigma]

They're only launching this feature with 4 OG Xbox games. No news yet on whether 360 games will come to PC but I would assume so eventually.

• BLiNX: The Time Sweeper
• Conker: Live and Reloaded
• Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge
• Fuzion Frenzy®
  
  
  

They love things in 4s.