Well, I knew it was going to be today, but its today bright and early at that.  The list, direct from Xbox’s mouth is an interesting one.  I’ll post the full list on the –More– link and then add some analysis later.  I will also update the backwards compatible table by the end of Today.  Enjoy!

Continue reading “Initial List of 104 Titles for Backwards Compatibility for Xbox One” →

Welcome to the 16th iteration of Backwards Compatibility Voting.  As we are surely aware by now, the magic date is November 12th for Backwards Compatibility to begin on all Xbox One consoles.  Even more magic is the 9th which is this Monday where we receive “The List” or the document that will list the roughly one hundred titles that will be backwards compatible on the 12th.  So, as expected, voting has been cranked up and we get plenty to examine.

If you would like a copy of the file that these votes are stored in, please click here: Backwards-votes
Continue reading “11/06 Update on Backwards Compatibility Voting” →

About 3 1/2 months ago, I wrote a column that expressed my guesses at over a hundred Xbox 360 titles of personal favorites and how much of a chance they had at making the cut for backwards compatibility to the Xbox One.  At that time, I was flinging numbers in the air.  However, over time and seeing certain developments in the voting itself as well as various articles, my thoughts changed.  But with BC coming out officially on November 12th (and a list on the 9th), I had to lock down those thoughts this past week.  That worked out to a little less than forty titles over that time period that my thoughts changed on.  This article should help to explain what happened to change those thoughts.  Enjoy.

Continue reading “Updated Percentage Analysis of Backwards Compatibility on the Xbox One” →

Mike Ybarra, Partner Director of Program Management at Microsoft had the following tweet to his followers:

“For those asking we’ll announce the initial set of 100+ backward compatible titles on 11/9, a few days before our launch!”

Of course, if you also take a look at the tweet, under it is a possible leaked list.  I have also posted it here in case it is removed.  I’m not going to speculate too much on it, though I believe it’s probably correct (Darn those Germans)…but I think we’ll wait for the official list on the 9th.

Note…but if its true…what the heck is Killer is Dead & the Prototypes doing on here?

Welcome to the 15th iteration of Backwards Compatibility Voting.  Of course, the big announcement this week was that there is finally a go live date for backwards compatibility on Xbox One.  November 12th.  Yes, in less than two weeks many of the 360 games we have talked about for months will be given the green light for play on the XB1.  As we have seen last week, and continuing a little bit this week, votes are picking up.  The odd thing as you will soon see is that they are not always in the expected places.

If you would like a copy of the file that these votes are stored in, please click here: Backwards-votes
Continue reading “10/30 Update on Backwards Compatibility Voting” →

Per a Major Nelson tweet, we are slated to get Xbox One backwards compatibility for ALL users on November 12th, about two and a half weeks from now.  Exciting stuff on top of Criterion Games confirming that Burnout Paradise is a Xbox One backwards compatible title.  There were also some rumors that November’s Games with Gold for the Xbox 360 would be Dirt 3 and Dungeon Siege 3 which per an earlier announcement a couple of months ago would mean those titles too are also Backwards Compatible.  By Friday, I will probably take a long last look at the spreadsheet where I predict what goes to BC and what doesn’t and make my final revisions.  From there it will just be the task of recording which games make it and which don’t.  Stay tuned, it’s about to get very exciting.

10/29/15 Edit – Dirt 3 and Dungeon Siege 3 are now confirmed to be backwards compatible as part of the ongoing Games with Gold November announcement.  I’ll be grabbing DS3 for sure, but Rally racing (Dirt 3) really isn’t my thing.  Good news though, for certain.

Welcome to the 14th iteration of Backwards Compatibility Voting.  In the last week, I played more of Project Spark, more of NCAA Football 14, and battled with my apartment complex as well as the bank providing the loan on my new house.  I won some, I lost some, and some are still to be decided.  But on the battleground known as Backwards Compatibility, we are nearing closer and closer to the magical month of November.  Voting is picking up, and while there are the usual favorites, there are some titles in the mix I have not seen in a while.  Let’s go inside and see.

If you would like a copy of the file that these votes are stored in, please click here: Backwards-votes
Continue reading “10/23 Update on Backwards Compatibility Voting” →

Welcome to the 13th iteration of Backwards Compatibility Voting.  It’s monthly voting time and I did get my copies of Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut and Back to the Future for the Xbox One from Gamestop.  Unfortunately, I didn’t even unwrap them yet.  I spent my time either messing with Project Spark or playing NCAA Football 14.  Pick up and play, I swear that’s my magical phrase when you have a baby to look after.  But we have much to talk about, and you didn’t click on this column to get daddy feelings of joy notes.

If you would like a copy of the file that these votes are stored in, please click here: Backwards-votes
Continue reading “10/16 Update on Backwards Compatibility Voting” →

Welcome to the 12th iteration of Backwards Compatibility Voting.  This week I spent a lot of time exploring the world of Project Spark.  This video game creation tool went completely free this week, including all of the downloadable content.  Even the achievement structure was completely changed which allowed for an easier playing time (and a rapidly declining true achievements ratio if you care about that sort of thing).  Anyway, it is was another dismal week of voting, but in an attempt to spice it up a bit, I changed some things around.  Let’s go and see.

If you would like a copy of the file that these votes are stored in, please click here: Backwards-votes
Continue reading “10/09 Update on Backwards Compatibility Voting” →

Welcome to the 11th iteration of Backwards Compatibility Voting. This was kinda of a dismal week as far as voting went with record low percentages and even one title that received 0 votes in the span of a week. (Wow, zero really? Why am I doing this again?) But on the upside, I did play something besides Pinball on my new Xbox One this week. Yeahie! And it sucked. Booooo! Anyway, we’ll talk about that inside too along with a few fun comments thrown in there. Also find out what title I purchased this week that was on sale also inside this article (Experts say that if I give teasers in the header, people will actually want to read the article…I’d say I’m halfway convinced nobody reads this thing. The other half is eating a pastrami sammich). You know the drill, more inside.

If you would like a copy of the file that these votes are stored in, please click here: Backwards-votes
Continue reading “10/02 Update on Backwards Compatibility Voting” →