Yeah... Thanks... I sold mine in preperation knowing the xbox price would drop once the 360 came out. I still make out better if I rebuy, but will have to recustomize again.

So is it bad enough that buyers shouldn't consider backwards compatibility as a selling point? I never owned an Xbox and one of the reasons I was planning on buying a 360 was that I'd have a lot of great games that I'd never got to play available at cheap prices.

World Series Baseball 2K3 still doesn't work even though it's on the list.

It will be eventually. They'll get the kinks worked out of the system. They have too much invested in BC now to just give up on it.

Probably not in the long term, they'll get the kinks worked out.

But maybe reason to wait for a price drop while they work it out.

Anyone know what happened to Sid Meier's Pirates? It was included on the original list at xbox.com (and in the original post of this thread) but is missing from the current official list: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/back...ygameslist.htm

I wanted to pick it up during the TRU sale, but won't if it isn't compatible. Anybody have the game that can try it on a 360?

Thanks!

They took it off the list in the last batch of updates:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=128

still waiting for Star Wars Battlefront 2 ...

And X-Men Legends (II).

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That's nuts!

Anyone heard anything about if/when they are working on Far Cry: Instincts.

FCI and Battlefront are the last 2 games I am worried about

This might be a reason Far Cry isn't B/C
http://www.gamersreports.com/grimage...1/gr.image.jpg

On down the page is a new release date for a new Far Cry

I got my second 16x9 on Xbox, 4x3 on Xbox360 BC...

SSX3 (same deal as Half-Life 2).

I wonder if we can expect this to ever get fixed.

I've also considered Backwards Compatibility just a bonus rather then a necessity, but Microsoft's handling of it has been awfully frustrating as far as news and confirmations. I wish they would be more open about it if they want to push it as a feature.

I heard from one developer, when asked about the compatibility of an upcoming (and somewhat well known) game with the 360, say that MS only told them to wait and see when the game is released and see how popular it is. I know that's only one first hand encounter that i've heard, but it's certainly dissapointing that MS isn't trying agressively to ensure the compatibility of games that are still being released.

That's just absurd. Microsoft should make it a priority to have all new released backwards compatible. 360 gamers who've disconnected their original Xboxes would buy new Xbox games during the next six months when there's not much coming out, and that's just more cash in Microsoft's pocket.

Has anyone had any luck getting games that are NOT on the compatibility list to work on the 360? In particular, I'm interested in LAND OF THE DEAD.

For me, when I put in incompatible games, it tells me that it's not b/c yet I'm holding onto my original XBOX to play MVP NCAA College Baseball on .

As mentioned, the 360 will promt you that the game is not BC. Unless there is a specific file on the HD for the game tell the 360 how to handle the data, there is no chance it will play.

Yeah, no kidding. I'd think that games like Star Wars Battlefront 2, the new Prince of Persia, the new Gauntlet, Ultimate Spiderman, X-men Legends 2, etc. would be on the priority list. The sports games I can kinda understand, since it forces you to buy the 360 native versions.

Any new updates to the compatabtility file. My Chaos Theory keeps locking up before is finishes loading the first mission. Doom 3 doesn't work at all.

Barbie Horse Adventures!

Has anyone else noticed that Halo tends to stutter a bit when played on the 360? It seems to be the portions where it says "Loading..." during a level. On the original XBox it took maybe half a second, on the 360 there's a noticeable pause and then it gets jerky for a second or two afterwards. Very annoying. Halo 2 seems to be fine though

i've noticed something, i put in crimson skies the other day and went ahead and changed down to 480p widescreen and played some single player, i put halo 2 in and forgot i had it set to 480p anyway the damn game ran better while playing the single player than it ever does when i'm in 1080i. might just be my 360 but you guys might want to try too.

Hmm... never thought of changing resolutions, though that's crappy if you want to just pop the game in and play.

Speaking of Crimson Skies... I was able to download all of the Live content for free except for the last one, which gave me some kind of error. Did anyone else download all the content?

I'm a huge XBox supporter and I've been defending the backwards compatibility from the beginning, but this is getting ridiculous. Every interview I've read said they will be constantly updating the list. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect at least one game a week, and especially the new XBox titles that have been mentioned in this thread. I haven't heard a word out of any of the BC engineers or technicians since launch, I'm starting to lean toward a lot of the other posts that say having true backwards compatibility will never happen.