Gizmodo: backward

Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility Update for April

Jason Chen — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:00:00 EDT

Microsoft's just thrown down a brand new Xbox 360 backward compatibility update that adds or updates about 40 titles (give or take) to the list of Xbox games it can play. If you remember back to GDC, you'll know that Microsft's planning on ramping down the BC efforts after '07. So unless they pull out a gigantic update near the end of this year, you're probably going to have to keep that original Xbox around if you've got some titles you're still keen on playing.

That said, it's nice that they finally got some of the old Call of Duty games up in there. You can never get enough Nazi killing. – Jason Chen

April '07 Back Compat Update [Major Nelson]

European PS3 Backward Compatibility List

Jason Chen — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:30:25 EDT

The Internets have been griping about the software backward compatibility of European/PAL PS3s for the past couple weeks, so it's probably a good idea to actually take a list at the titles the software emulation can support. Right now Sony's gigantic list is at 72 percent, with improvements sure to come.

Compared with the Xbox 360, it looks like it's higher already, and unless Microsoft pumps up their BC titles by the end of '07, Sony will still have the upper hand while saving costs by going software instead of hardware. – Jason Chen

BC Page [Playstation via Kotaku]

Europe's PS3's Software Backward Compatibility Graded (It's Not Good)

Jason Chen — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:43:16 EDT

What would you do if you were a professor and one of your students got 1 out of 12 questions correct on an exam? Before you answer, let us tell you a story. You see, the Inquirer got their hands on a PAL PS3—you know, the ones that have software backward compatibility—and tested it out with twelve popular PS2 games. The result? Only one of them worked. Eragon. The worst game of the twelve. Fantastic. Compared to the US and Japan's hardware compatibility percentage of 98%, that's bad news.

So what would you do? Would you fail this kid? Would you hope he improves by some future software update? That's what Sony's claiming, as the "final" software update before launch hasn't been installed. If that's true, the whole exercise could be moot. – Jason Chen

European Playstation 3 not so backwards compatible [The Inquirer via Kotaku]

Euro Backward Compatibility Issues [Joystiq]

Boxtease: Microsoft 360 Backward Compatibility Update

Jason Chen — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:45:50 EST

Something must be fishy with the Xbox 360 December backward compatibility update for Microsoft to update their list online and quickly take it off again. However, in that short period of time people got these old games working:

* 31 NEW titles: New Games: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dead Or Alive Ultimate, Destroy All Humans!, Dynasty Warriors 4 / Shin Sangokumuso3, Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick, Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, Family Guy, Far Cry: Instincts, Incredibles/ Mr. Incredible, I-Ninja, Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, MotoGP, Open Season, Pariah, Psychonauts, Rainbow Six: Lockdown, Rapala Pro Fishing, Scarface, Shark Tale, Shenmue II, Splinter Cell: Double Agent, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Ultimate Spider-Man, Wakeboarding Unleashed: Featuring Sean Murray, Whacked!, Winback 2: Project Poseidon, Xiaolin Showdown

* 1 UPDATED title: Burnout 3: Takedown

No word on when the update is coming. – Jason Chen

Backward Compatibility LIst [Xbox via Xbox Scene]