Article: Xbox 360 Backwards Compatible w/PSO-X?

[Ryna]

kevlar_pso writes, "Microsoft published a list earlier today of a list of games that have been confirmed to work with the XBox 360 at launch. You can find the full list here.

Here Are All the "P" Games:

• Pariah
• Phantom Crash
• Pinball Hall of Fame
• Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
• Predator Concrete Jungle
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
• Pro Evolution Soccer 5
• Pro Race Driver
• Pump It Up: Exceed
• Pure Pinball
• Puyo Pop Fever
  

As you can see PSO-X has been left off of the list. However, this is not the final cut of original Xbox games that will be emulated for the 360. Microsoft IS adding more so you will need to check back occasionally to see if PSO-X makes the list. "kevlar_pso goes on to add: "This list does bring up and interesting question though. Perhaps there was a reason that PSO-X will not be playable on the 360. I know for a fact that MMO's will not require the Gold Xbox Live service. Seeing as how we have to PAY $8.95 a month on Xbox 1, minus the 2 free months in the trial period, could it be that Microsoft wants to steer more consumers towards the Gold Membership since PSO-X would only require the Free Silver membership? Or could it be something jucier, something far greater? Could it be that. . . .(gasp) PSU is in development for the 360? That Microsoft & SEGA want to pull in Phantasy Star players into Universe as opposed to Online which was ported from the GameCube which was ported from the Dreamcast? Hmmmm. . . .It's just a thought."

I would be suprized if Xbox360 is backwards compatible before getting my hopes up about any game being backwards compatiable

[Ancient]

If its on the official site then it pretty obvious that the system will be backwards compatible. Heck, Bungie has even publicly announced that Halo and Halo2 will not only work on 360 but they'll be running in 720p with full screen anti-aliasing! So dont be such a hater ;P

It does warm my heart though that they managed to put Phantom Crash on the list, hopefully PSO wont be too far off.

[Sonic646]

No No, something tells me they just haven't written an emulation profile for good ol' pso yet and they may if they feel like it...

[atomisk]

what was the point of this post? all youve said that PSO-x may or may not be compatible with the 360 and PSU may or may not be in development for the 360

[ajenteks]

Gates paid him to put it on the front page. Any publicity for the Xbox is good publicity.

[Getintothegame]

Yup, PSOW is slowly getting taken over by Microsoft.

[Ryna]

The point of the news article was to let PSO-X users know the latest information about whether the game will be compatible with the 360. At the moment, it is not. However, there is a small chance that could change in the future.

[Eihwaz]

Saying that because PSOX isn't on the list, PSU is in development for the Xbox360 is retarded. PSU is going to be on the PS2 and PC, and I seriously doubt that it will appear on one of the next gen consoles.

On a side note, Microsoft fails for not having Phantom Dust on the list. Who the hell even plays Phantom Crash?

This is only a list of initial games that will be backward compatible. As the intelligent of you will know, the reason only certain ones will be playable on the 360 is because the internal hardware is of different brands than the xbox 1. Don't turn this into some crazy conspiricay theory. If you must put a reason for it not being on the list, how bout the fact that it wasn't a big seller?