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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
The new Xbox may not be backwards-compatible. That would be a huge problem. Inevitably I will upgrade, but if I can't play my current stack of games then I will wait at least another six months before doing so.
And I will at least consider switching to PlayStation.
You hear me, Gates? You fucking HEAR what I'm SAYING?
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Mr. Gates hears. And he obeys.
LOS ANGELES - Microsoft on Monday unveiled the high-profile games it planned for the launch of its new Xbox 360 console and revealed it would not abandon its existing Xbox platform for the foreseeable future.
There had been widespread speculation that Microsoft would make a clean break with its first attempt at a games console by winding down production of the original Xbox and making the new one incompatible with older games.
Microsoft, which hopes to overtake Sony as the number one console maker in the next generation of machines, made itself popular with current players of its Xbox titles when it announced that the 360 would be compatible with older version games, as well as the high-definition ones being produced especially for the 360.
