Quirks of Xbox Backwards Compatibility

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In November 2021, Microsoft announced that they would be ending their backward compatibility program after six years of adding games. Microsoft's reasoning what that they had “reached their limit” was such a halfhearted explanation for shutting the whole program down.
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  • @colororb4105
    @colororb4105 Жыл бұрын

    If only the OG Xbox team went through with their plan for DreamCast backwards compatibility... It would be so wild if those games could run on modern Xboxes too

  • @Shanmania

    @Shanmania

    Жыл бұрын

    I did some reading on this and wish I would have talked about it on the vid! SEGA approached MS and proposed for the Xbox to play DC games and MS denied the request. Just makes me even more sad than I already am regarding the death of the Dreamcast )':

  • @jamesalexander5559

    @jamesalexander5559

    Жыл бұрын

    The issue is making the disc drive GD-ROM compatible. That was already a fairly tall order back then but it's pretty much impossible now. Unless the Backwards compatible DC titles are digital only but that defeats the purpose of using copies of your old games.

  • @harbingersolution

    @harbingersolution

    Жыл бұрын

    For real. I just wanna play jet set radio on current gen.

  • @OrkDiktator

    @OrkDiktator

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Shanmania This was the old MS. With Phil Spender and Satya Nutella we already had this as part of BC. At least they're allowing emulators through the backdoor

  • @garyklinger6612

    @garyklinger6612

    Жыл бұрын

    @@harbingersolution series X and S have a developer mode that allows you to load Roms to play all the old game you ever wanted.

  • @scottoleson1997
    @scottoleson1997 Жыл бұрын

    Cross gen system link is the coolest thing about the Xbox family that never gets talked about

  • @BMPK

    @BMPK

    10 ай бұрын

    don't forget system link with ps2 on the x/s

  • @SilverGeFer

    @SilverGeFer

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BMPKNo way you can do that. That’s awesome if so

  • @kennymccormick8295

    @kennymccormick8295

    10 ай бұрын

    Never? Bull.

  • @BMPK

    @BMPK

    10 ай бұрын

    Yea it made me buy a xbox you have to use dev mode now sadly@@SilverGeFer

  • @DaBigCheeso
    @DaBigCheeso Жыл бұрын

    Kids today won't understand how awesome the CD ripping was for the Xbox. Need custom playlists of soundtrack music for your D&D game and your PC with Winamp is in another room? Boom. Soundtracks on TV. Playing a wrestling game and want the latest Nickelback or Creed song for your entrance? Bam! Custom entrance music! That HDD was a game changer

  • @sickSNIPE316

    @sickSNIPE316

    Жыл бұрын

    RAW 2 is the best because of that. Also in San Andreas you could make a custom radio station. So damn cool.

  • @mandalorian_guy

    @mandalorian_guy

    Жыл бұрын

    The best for me was Midnight Club 3. Custom songs every race were an amazing feature. It was Fallout Boy, Green Day, and Incubus for every round.

  • @aishalotter9995

    @aishalotter9995

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup filled up the h.d. Within a week of buying og Xbox, then the Xbox crashed and died, took it back and went nuts at the bloke behind the counter saying that I’d put all my cd’s on the Xbox and sold the cd’s and now I haven’t got any music!!! He offered me a limited edition green Xbox which I’ve still got in the attic !!! Now I use a series s !!! Peace out from the police state of north Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @yol_n

    @yol_n

    Жыл бұрын

    Kids today do that on PC lol

  • @Halo_Legend

    @Halo_Legend

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't have a clue what you're talking about.

  • @mikaela5938
    @mikaela5938 Жыл бұрын

    the backwards compatibility stuff is why these systems are my preferred choice of console, even if im not going to actually play some of these old games a lot having them available as an option is really important to me

  • @carsonwilliams

    @carsonwilliams

    Жыл бұрын

    I think what we've learned from these consoles is it might be the most underused feature of the new consoles. Most people don't spend $500 on a brand new console to play games available on a $40 dollar console. Like is this the reason the dashboard still has yet to be updated? I think most people would appreciate that more.

  • @Josuh

    @Josuh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tom-yz3op Specially with developer mode

  • @joaquincasascortes624

    @joaquincasascortes624

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tom-yz3op Why tho, I see both of them having upsides and downsides.

  • @DuckInGameStop

    @DuckInGameStop

    10 ай бұрын

    as a low-budget gamer, I get most of my games secondhand from thrift stores, so a lot of them are Xbox 360 games that I'm playing on my Xbox One. I love backwards compatibility!

  • @lewisgrant7622

    @lewisgrant7622

    Ай бұрын

    Thing is tho. I don’t get why some use it as a argument because only around 76 or so original Xbox games are compatible and only 633 out of 2,155 games for 360 that are compatible

  • @mjc0961
    @mjc0961 Жыл бұрын

    You keep this up and Phil Spencer is going to offer you a 10 year Call of Duty deal.

  • @thatssomegoodpie
    @thatssomegoodpie Жыл бұрын

    The biggest issue I have with back compat on Xbox one and the Series X is that it's fully reliant on having an internet connection. The game disc aren't being utilised to play the game, they're just an acces key to download a digital emulated version. This means at some point in the future these console will lose their back compat ability.

  • @sigg7776

    @sigg7776

    Жыл бұрын

    I am able to play my 360 games on my One S offline. A download is required, but a constant internet connection is not.

  • @thatssomegoodpie

    @thatssomegoodpie

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sigg7776 My point was that if you haven't already downoaded the back compat builds of games there is no way of playing those games on a console that isn't connected to the internet. Meaning that back compat on Xbox one and series s/x is just a temporary service.

  • @JWRandall24

    @JWRandall24

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe this was recently changed.. for some games. I played Rainbow Six Seige, with my system offline from when I first put the disc in to when I booted it up (I wanted to play V1 of the game fyi)

  • @nounzein1981

    @nounzein1981

    Жыл бұрын

    If Microsoft keep the BC Programme alive they won't

  • @dustojnikhummer

    @dustojnikhummer

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JWRandall24 All back compatible games require a download.

  • @DanielBeattyDefinition
    @DanielBeattyDefinition Жыл бұрын

    i had a game destroyed because my dog walked passed the TV, got his leg snagged on the controller wire, and panic-fled, yanking the whole console from the entertainment center, and making the game freeze because my PS2 didn't have breakaway cables. It honestly was a welcome addition to gaming from my perspective.

  • @amongitopremium

    @amongitopremium

    Жыл бұрын

    If my dog did this i would send him straight to the grill

  • @DanielBeattyDefinition

    @DanielBeattyDefinition

    Жыл бұрын

    @@amongitopremium 😂 I hope you're joking. Haha.

  • @amongitopremium

    @amongitopremium

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DanielBeattyDefinition Why would i be joking?

  • @JustSomeRandomBurger

    @JustSomeRandomBurger

    Жыл бұрын

    @@amongitopremium 💀

  • @The_True_Guy_Who_Asked

    @The_True_Guy_Who_Asked

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JustSomeRandomBurger -the dog

  • @Larry
    @Larry Жыл бұрын

    Ever since Sony ripped the PS2 backwards compatibility out of the PS3, they don't want you playing older games, because you're not buying new games then. They're only doing it now as they found a way to make you pay for old games.

  • @NateRD90
    @NateRD90 Жыл бұрын

    The only thing Microsoft should do is add a System on a Chip for the Xbox and the Xbox 360, just so that games that can't be emulated due to licensing reasons can still legally be played on these systems, but given the age of those two consoles, I don't know if Microsoft would be willing to go that route. And I hope that their next systems down the line offer the same compatibility that they have now, and not drop any of it. I don't know if the Xbox One is emulated, or if the Series X is simply a souped up Xbox One, but I hope that Microsoft maintains a 100% backwards compatibility rate for all of their future systems.

  • @AceNX

    @AceNX

    Жыл бұрын

    Only thing I can think of is how expensive those chips can be. Prolly the reason they didn't do it before. (And yeah, I think the Series is just a more powerful One, the OS is pretty darn similar and One games run natively on Series)

  • @DP12321

    @DP12321

    Жыл бұрын

    The Xbox 360 used sheer will and emulation to emulate the Xbox. It's been described by those involved as the toughest thing they've ever done. If it was possible then, I'm sure the Series X could play those games easily. Especially considering how it plays GCN games in developer mode.

  • @cyberredpandas1903

    @cyberredpandas1903

    Жыл бұрын

    The issue isn't that some games aren't emulatable due to licensing its just that Microsoft wants to use backwards compatibility to resell older games and so would need the licence hence why original Xbox on Xbox 360 supports half of the library whereas on Xbox One it doesn't.

  • @DP12321

    @DP12321

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cyberredpandas1903 Yet some 360 games are delisted but are still backwards compatible like Mortal Kombat 9 and King Kong. There really just needs to be a whitelist emulator so I can play Tony Hawk 3 on the Series X like I could on the 360.

  • @mjc0961

    @mjc0961

    Жыл бұрын

    PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series are all just PCs under the hood. PS6 and Xbox whatever the F*** they call it next will likely be too.

  • @TheBoxyBear
    @TheBoxyBear Жыл бұрын

    Funny story: I got a 4GB 360 S Kinect bundle back in 2011 and for the longest time, I was confused when I couldn't access certain features or play original Xbox games due to "lacking a hard drive". When Xbox One came out along with the Games with Gold program, I had to keep asking my parents to buy flash drives to download the games as the store wouldn't allow you to purchase games when you didn't have the room to download it. After finding out about the attachable hard drives, I thought my console didn't support them as it didn't have the grey plate sticking out of it. Finally after watching this video, I took a closer look at my 360 and found a latch revealing the hard drive slot I've been wanting for all these years. Just got a hard drive on ebay and can't wait to play all these games I've been missing out on ever since my original Xbox died.

  • @CadgerChristmasLightShow

    @CadgerChristmasLightShow

    Жыл бұрын

    As someone who used to swap hard drives with friends all the time with my 250gb Xbox 360 S (which I still own to this day and it still works great), your comment made me chuckle lol. Yeah it blends in pretty well if you don't know it's there. It always puzzled me why Microsoft sold a 360 with no hard drive at all, considering that's about the time where they gave you the option to install your games to run faster, and as you said, many functionalities are only possible with a hard drive. It's also a bad spot for the hard drive slot because it accumulates an insane amount of dust inside. I opened mine up recently after the console sat for years on my entertainment center and the dust bunnies came spilling out with it lol

  • @xiphosmaniac

    @xiphosmaniac

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CadgerChristmasLightShow at the time hard drives were extremely expensive, and were proprietary to the xbox 360, so they released hard driveless versions for people that wanted to game but didnt care/couldnt really utilize the install feature. i was one who had the arcade 360 and was perfectly fine with my little memory unit they gave me. It allowed me to save halo 3 and call of duty saves, along with my avatar and id simply bring it to my friends house and copy everything to his xbox hard drive and in future visits everything would be synched through the magic of internet synchronization lol i eventually got an xbox elite and still found myself using my memory unti to transfer shit over to my friends and vice versa. hard drives werent so important back then

  • @albaaivn

    @albaaivn

    Жыл бұрын

    Bruh that’s an L 😂

  • @jabawoky98

    @jabawoky98

    Жыл бұрын

    This is a great feeling. I'm happy for you

  • @toughluck8012

    @toughluck8012

    Жыл бұрын

    That must have been an exciting moment for you. Happy you'll have a lot of fun ahead of you

  • @leeartlee915
    @leeartlee915 Жыл бұрын

    MS ending the OG Xbox/360 backwards compatible program is one of the saddest days in video game history for me. It was so cool when these older games would get FPS boost and other cool features. I know, I know, there are lots of ways to play older games with enhancements. But it was just such a cool feature to be built into the console. I still play Hydro Thunder every week on my Series X. That game rocks.

  • @ellie_is_jellie

    @ellie_is_jellie

    10 ай бұрын

    oh my god. I haven't heard that name in years I used to play hydro thunder hurricane like it was the only game in my xbox when I was a kid, I remember it was the demo version from the xbox store so I could only play a small selection of levels but still got tons of fun out of it

  • @CassandraPantaristi

    @CassandraPantaristi

    5 ай бұрын

    Aren't the discs still backwards compatible?

  • @zanzaxenoblade4582
    @zanzaxenoblade4582 Жыл бұрын

    At 13:13 you said that Microsoft is still adding games to backwards compatibility on Xbox One and Series X, they actually ended the program in November 2021. So unfortunately we will never officially be able to play Sneak King on XSX upscaled to 4K as God intended.

  • @Shanmania

    @Shanmania

    Жыл бұрын

    Ah yes good catch - I'll update the sheet with this. Looks like the update on Nov 15 2021 included the last 76 titles

  • @sickSNIPE316

    @sickSNIPE316

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Shanmania The wording they used in that announcement was vague, and implied they would restart the program later under different restrictions. For example, all OGX games playable on XB1 had to also be added to the 360 marketplace.

  • @Fazbear-po5mm

    @Fazbear-po5mm

    7 ай бұрын

    That does sound pretty weird wording, but I think this has changed recently due to confirmation the 360 online store is shutting down

  • @StephenYuan

    @StephenYuan

    11 күн бұрын

    With the ABK merger a bunch of licenses would have come into Xbox's hands meaning they might have a way to get a few more titles into the back compat program. Personally I would like to see Singularity and the Prototype games added.

  • @Hanshotchewie
    @Hanshotchewie Жыл бұрын

    It drives me nuts with the amount of games that I have that aren't supported by the backwards compatibility. They have definitely had enough years to get atleast the whole og library ported over by now...

  • @trilla3364

    @trilla3364

    Жыл бұрын

    Microsoft/Xbox is a bunch of lazy money hungry bums

  • @SergioRamos-mk2tj

    @SergioRamos-mk2tj

    Жыл бұрын

    Can't. Because of licenses

  • @Fazbear-po5mm

    @Fazbear-po5mm

    7 ай бұрын

    They also stated that the tech and methods used up to that point were reaching there limits. Recently there has been talks of the backwards compatibility team working on those new methods and systems to hopefully deal with the situation of the Xbox 360 online store finally shutting its doors July 24, 2024

  • @JohnLucPicard98
    @JohnLucPicard98 Жыл бұрын

    Left 4 dead and 2 were some of the best online experiences I’ve ever had on a video game.

  • @soulesk5513

    @soulesk5513

    Жыл бұрын

    Amen to that. Currently working on cleaning my old ass xbox ones disc reader just to play it again

  • @burge117

    @burge117

    Жыл бұрын

    Still play the first one regularly to this day with friends 😊

  • @SeanJohn127

    @SeanJohn127

    10 ай бұрын

    I still play it on my series x randomly

  • @Larry
    @Larry Жыл бұрын

    Oh, the OG Xbox was originally going to be backwards compatable with the Dreamcast, but the deal with Sega fell through sadly.

  • @MrRagemanPL
    @MrRagemanPL Жыл бұрын

    I remember years ago two of my friends had one X360 each, so one day we made a group of 7 and attempted to link up both consoles to have a MW2 lan party. We spent hours trying to work that out, but without success. Now that I think of it, it might have been because one of the consoles was hardware modded.

  • @BitestheStuff
    @BitestheStuff Жыл бұрын

    I remember the original Xbox was the first DVD player my family ever had, and despite it being a gift for me, my family used it quite a bit to watch DVDs. Much to my teenage chagrin, but it was the first and last time my family would use a video game console. The plus side is that we still had those old 90s style big screen TV with the huge backs. Pain in the ass to carry if you're moving, but damn if it didn't have great visual fidelity and high audio quality. Getting the Xbox 360 and being able to play most of my original xbox games was a huge boon to me. Got to play lots of games later on that I missed out the first time, like Stubbs the Zombie. Also, I love the Duke. All hail the DUKE!

  • @OneOriginalMAC

    @OneOriginalMAC

    Жыл бұрын

    SAME. I got the Xbox December 2001. A month after release and within a month got the DVD playback kit. It was our first DvD player. It wasn't common to have one since a standalone player was like $500

  • @dylan_00
    @dylan_00 Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: the Xbox 360 controllers (or any XInput controller) also works natively with Linux (at least testing in Ubuntu)

  • @SKY11211213

    @SKY11211213

    Жыл бұрын

    yes and no. Since most people use steam, controllers are all mapped via steaminput and are all the same. for playstation controller supported games it is bad but otherwise so much easier for anything on linux.

  • @UNSCPILOT

    @UNSCPILOT

    Жыл бұрын

    Use a Xbox one controller (and a switch Pro controller) with my Garuda Linux (Arch) install

  • @0Synergy

    @0Synergy

    10 ай бұрын

    PS5 Controller works to the touchpad even works as a mouse

  • @Great-Documentaries

    @Great-Documentaries

    3 ай бұрын

    What's fun about using ANY controller on shitty Linux? As has been the case since 1996, only losers use linux.

  • @dylan_00

    @dylan_00

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Great-Documentaries I think the million plus Steam Decks sold beg to differ. I've been gaming on Linux for about 2 years now, there are definitely some hiccups but it's a pretty smooth experience in general

  • @listentomerantaboutuseless34
    @listentomerantaboutuseless34 Жыл бұрын

    great video! im sure your channel will grow if you keep producing videos like these. very high quality ur obv very dedicated

  • @ssj99gohanisthebest48
    @ssj99gohanisthebest48 Жыл бұрын

    Kinda sad Series S doesn't benefit enough of physical media due to it not having a disk drive to begin with, but for some info, Microsoft had a patent made since 2022 last year for a disk drive of some sort for the Series S but nothing has came from that since. Hopefully it's made and we can benefit from physical media again since the only way for us to benefit from BC is either their BC paid program or even the new Xenia port from a bit ago.

  • @I_was_a_Bullfrog

    @I_was_a_Bullfrog

    Жыл бұрын

    Xbox BC is free

  • @Dairunt1

    @Dairunt1

    Жыл бұрын

    If the rumored PS5 model with the detachable hard drive is true, then maybe Xbox will respond to it somehow with the Series S. It's not like they haven't done it before; they had an external HD-DVD drive for the 360.

  • @jimmythegamer2231

    @jimmythegamer2231

    Жыл бұрын

    @@I_was_a_Bullfrog Yeah, what is the paid BC program OP is talking about? BC on Xbox is completely free.

  • @JuanLeon-oe6xe

    @JuanLeon-oe6xe

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@jimmythegamer2231 I think he may be confusing it with Game Pass (rip $1 deal). BC has always been free from Ms hasn't it? At least since the excel/lotus 1 2 3 days.

  • @SpongeRoss
    @SpongeRoss10 ай бұрын

    You forgot to mention there's a caveat to backwards compatibility on XB1 and XBSX, and it is that you need an internet connexion. If you put a disc in your console it will ask you to "download an update", and it will download the game from the internet. The games won't be played from the original DVD. It is somewhat bad for game preservation, because if Microsoft decides to shut down the servers storing these games we won't be able to play previous generation games on the newer hardware. Great vid though

  • @JoSephGD
    @JoSephGD Жыл бұрын

    13:13 Microsoft stated that they were done adding new backwards compatible titles to the One/Series X/S in 2021, along with a massive batch of new titles and new enhancements.

  • @Fazbear-po5mm

    @Fazbear-po5mm

    7 ай бұрын

    This news sucked personally, but at the same time they also explained that aside from Licensing issues the tech up until that point had reach its limits for tasks. At the very least I hold out the team do something about older games since the 360 online store is shutting down July of next year :(

  • @beebfajeejy
    @beebfajeejy Жыл бұрын

    so sad that they never came out with the xbox one e. we could've done a hilarious gag to impress all our friends

  • @JamesTDG
    @JamesTDG Жыл бұрын

    10:43 Honestly, the idea is pretty neat and I would kill for companies to provide external DDs for their consoles, so if you don't have enough cash for a model with a DD, you can buy the one without then eventually purchase a DD for the device.

  • @aortaplatinum

    @aortaplatinum

    Жыл бұрын

    That actually could be the route future Sony and Microsoft consoles take. PS5 Digital and Xbox Series S are smaller and cheaper to manufacture and buy than their disc-reading counterparts, to the point YEARS after release, the disc units are still a bitch to get ahold of. So making the next generation digital only, but with an option to buy a disc drive external peripheral [or even internal], and then only big budget games would get physical releases, while stuff like indies and games companies aren't 100% certain of sales in, would be digital only. PCs have already been doing this for a while, optical discs are so rarely used for modern software that most PCs no longer come with a disc drive installed, which is still weird to me.

  • @Mutantcy1992
    @Mutantcy1992 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone with dogs knows how great the breakaway cable was

  • @willystreetgaming838
    @willystreetgaming838 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, love this. Brings back so many mems of the OG Xbox with lil bro and pops

  • @MirrorHall_Clay
    @MirrorHall_Clay11 ай бұрын

    Microsoft is absolutely the king of compatibility, for computers in general. I don't think I've seen anything else where you can launch an executable from nearly 3 decades ago on modern hardware and have it work right away in most cases, it's great.

  • @ysmg9010

    @ysmg9010

    5 ай бұрын

    I think Vista was the first OS to keep old versions of DLLs to improve kompatibility. With older Windows versions an updated library could break existing software easily.

  • @ScouTendo
    @ScouTendo Жыл бұрын

    Relaxing voice, great video, focussed on accurate information? I like that! Keep it up, you got me subbed! (:

  • @whereistheguru.
    @whereistheguru. Жыл бұрын

    FPS Boost is available only for Series consoles, not for the One X as you stated.

  • @Pedro_The_Neco

    @Pedro_The_Neco

    Жыл бұрын

    I also noticed that but I wondered if he meant performance boost for games with unlocked frame rates, in which the one and one X would provide that due to the natural extra power overhead.

  • @whereistheguru.

    @whereistheguru.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Pedro_The_Neco I didn't think of that, it was most probably just unfortunately spelled then.

  • @FirestormDDash

    @FirestormDDash

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@whereistheguru. I also recall other One X enhanced features. Like better detailing, fps, etc. It was more or less dynamic and not a button like what the series line can get.

  • @whereistheguru.

    @whereistheguru.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FirestormDDash 16x anisotropic filtering is applied to all back-compat games, as well as forced V-Sync and faster loadings of course. Other than that, there are also game-specific things like much better LOD in The Witcher 2.

  • @mrmxypltk
    @mrmxypltk Жыл бұрын

    One little Factoid about the OG Xbox DVD kit. It wasn't *just* an IR receiver. That receiver also contained the DVD player program itself, and more importantly, the license to use it. Microsoft didn't want to pay the DVD license fee for every single Xbox they produced back then, so they only paid for it for each set of IR receiver and remote they produced instead. It also contained the DVD player software so people who didn't have an internet connection could still use the program.

  • @-.-6900
    @-.-6900 Жыл бұрын

    Got this recommended and felt obligated to say, this trilogy of videos are great 👍

  • @reaganharder1480
    @reaganharder1480 Жыл бұрын

    The backwards and forwards compatibility of Xbox one is fabulous. I bought a plain xbox one from my cousin for cheap a couple years ago, and between some of the fabulous xbox 360 games and the newest games coming out, I can play most of them, though the lack of modern hardware is definitely noticeable on new games.

  • @Minnevan

    @Minnevan

    Жыл бұрын

    In my opinion it’s not even worth buying new games for the Xbox One, the hardware just can’t do them justice.

  • @reaganharder1480

    @reaganharder1480

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Minnevan it's a fair argument, but a lot of them are still quite playable, even with the underpowered hardware.

  • @yeez13

    @yeez13

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Minnevan played and nearly 100%’d High on Life when it dropped on Game Pass back before my Xbox One (Advanced Warfare Ed. w/ 1TB HDD) died on me. Trust me, it’s not even that important unless you’re one of those 120 FPS/ 1440p and Up Resolution PC Players that can’t even enjoy a game vanilla. It, along with Elden Ring, Forza Horizon 5, and Psychonauts 2 looked and ran well on my dumpy 2014 Xbox One ☝🏽 While I own a Series S now and really want the Series X to play my BC games the way they’re meant to be played…Microsoft ensured that the games ran very well AS IS on every Xbox One for a reason. Even to the point of cancelling Scalebound, since it made the base Xbox One look very weak (my personal theory) 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @naraydaniels7832

    @naraydaniels7832

    10 ай бұрын

    @@MinnevanI mean buying Xbox one games isn’t bad at all, mostly because it’s backwards compatible anyways, games on Xbone is still XBSX Game anyways I buy Xbone, 360, even original Xbox games and I missed all of their eras

  • @thefatfuckt-rexian2904
    @thefatfuckt-rexian2904 Жыл бұрын

    I wish metal arm still ran on Xbox :(

  • @FirestormDDash

    @FirestormDDash

    Жыл бұрын

    Picking that up on my 360 was easily my best idea

  • @robertlatham4541
    @robertlatham454110 ай бұрын

    Great video loved the content and style.

  • @stupidmassive
    @stupidmassive Жыл бұрын

    You absolutely can mix and match wireless and wired system link on xbox 360 using a normal wireless router. LAN is LAN is LAN. Halo 3 works flawlessly, and the halo ODST multiplayer disc also works combined with Halo 3 discs as well (in fact better, it comes with the multiplayer map DLC preinstalled). Source: I have done exactly this.

  • @MagnaLynx21
    @MagnaLynx21 Жыл бұрын

    Very insightful, wish I'd still had the 360 vision camera knocking about in 2020! I thought Microsoft had stopped adding new back compat games to the Series consoles though?

  • @mbii7667

    @mbii7667

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I'm pretty sure they have

  • @lawrencein

    @lawrencein

    Жыл бұрын

    In November 2021, they announced that those were the last games being made backwards compatible.

  • @Fazbear-po5mm

    @Fazbear-po5mm

    7 ай бұрын

    @@lawrenceinthis is true, licensing issues and tech limitations had them announce the last games for the time being it. I sure hope something is being done about it tho, there’s rumors something could be happening 2024 because the 360 online store is shutting down

  • @vale_3k
    @vale_3k Жыл бұрын

    The vibes on this video are immaculate, love this

  • @turismofoegaming8806
    @turismofoegaming8806 Жыл бұрын

    In the year of 2008 the Xbox 360 arcade model was the best model to buy and then get a hard drive separately as it was the first model on the market that featured the newly updated computer chips and as a result was the only Xbox that would not red ring! It is the model I have and it still works to this very day it is a beast I have taken it apart over 20 times just to clean it up get it reading discs again and put it back together and I’ve loved every moment I’ve had with it I also painted mine black and did a flawless job, because I took a halo limited-edition shell from halo three which already had the black center power button and all I had to do was put masking tape around that and then paint the rest of the consul black and so it looks pretty legit

  • @robblahblah
    @robblahblah Жыл бұрын

    Can’t beat system linking with the boys

  • @davidcrowder1202
    @davidcrowder1202 Жыл бұрын

    loved the vid as always. thanks!

  • @Reecetafarian
    @Reecetafarian Жыл бұрын

    I'm fairly sure Microsoft announced last year that they weren't adding any more OG Xbox or 360 games to backwards compatibility. What we have now is all we're getting.

  • @Reecetafarian

    @Reecetafarian

    Жыл бұрын

    I found the statement, turns out it was 2021. On November 15, 2021, Microsoft released a "latest and final addition" of 76 titles to the list of backwards compatible games, stating they "have reached the limit of our ability to bring new games to the catalog from the past due to licensing, legal and technical constraints".

  • @RCDW
    @RCDW Жыл бұрын

    Your cats at the corrections part are so cute! 😄

  • @Urn__
    @Urn__ Жыл бұрын

    Joe Swanson back in the game with another polished upload

  • @joaovictorrocha7379
    @joaovictorrocha7379 Жыл бұрын

    great video, mate! you surely deserve more subscribers

  • @boneheadnumber1409
    @boneheadnumber1409 Жыл бұрын

    Not sure if you mentioned it in the video, but they have officially ended adding backcompat games.

  • @JohnDoe-hj9fh

    @JohnDoe-hj9fh

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I remember them announcing that too but resident evil operation raccoon city was just added like last week

  • @guitarspud1723

    @guitarspud1723

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@JohnDoe-hj9fh that one was part of the last wave in late 2021.

  • @JohnDoe-hj9fh

    @JohnDoe-hj9fh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EggEnjoyer it ain't that bad

  • @JohnDoe-hj9fh

    @JohnDoe-hj9fh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EggEnjoyer resident evil 5 is fun as hell I'd rather play it too

  • @ThommyofThenn
    @ThommyofThenn Жыл бұрын

    14:09 "Go to internet explorer" "Oh..nice" Idk why but that amused me greatly

  • @harperfunderburg
    @harperfunderburg Жыл бұрын

    your nail color is so nice!

  • @2fernandoc1
    @2fernandoc1 Жыл бұрын

    Papa Phil Spencer is the only way Sonic Unleashed can now basically fully run at 60fps with the Series X/S. (Still waiting for the resolution bump, Sonic Unleashed looks pretty poor with its aliased 880x720, a 4k or even 1440p res bump would make it the definitive Sonic Unleashed experience)

  • @JoSephGD

    @JoSephGD

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean, at a stable 60 FPS, it's already definitive.

  • @2fernandoc1

    @2fernandoc1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JoSephGD (I didn't even though you replied to me, YT didn't give a notification, so sorry for the late reply) I mean technically, you're right, it is the definitive edition since it's runs at a stable 60fps, but I wish the game was 4k or even 1440p, since I think the 880x720 aliased resolution looks hideous, and Sega won't port it to PC with higher res (or even source quality) textures and a customizable resolution, so even with the sometimes questionable texture quality and no mods, I'll happily be satisfied with a resolution bump.

  • @pkn6569
    @pkn6569 Жыл бұрын

    That's a good thumbnail it's why I clicked really catches your eyes

  • @Eightminusfive
    @Eightminusfive Жыл бұрын

    Good video, thanks for uploading

  • @jacobkoster3808
    @jacobkoster3808 Жыл бұрын

    Really lovin the vids

  • @richardlarge9181
    @richardlarge9181 Жыл бұрын

    Maybe I'm in the minority, but another interesting backwards compatibility issue is the guitar hero games. I recently went back out and rebought a 360 when I hooked up my guitar hero controller and found out they don't work on any of the new gens, one or series x. This is pretty much the only reason I keep a 360 around

  • @barsaf9989
    @barsaf998910 ай бұрын

    5:53 omg that picture is amazing. Tells the story of my childhood. Summer, playing in the pool or lake, once everyone has had their fun go inside and play halo while the pizza is getting picked up by the adults.

  • @turismofoegaming8806
    @turismofoegaming8806 Жыл бұрын

    The OG Xbox and the time that it prospered shortly after it came out, was one of my favorite video game machines of all time and I have countless memories of playing some of the greatest games ever that generation on my new Xbox!! That’s why I’m such a hard-core Xbox fan today! Playing games like halo on endless nights with my best friend and a few other buddies and then games like soul Calibur later on and the Sega GT games that came to Xbox shortly after the Dreamcast died was just such a great time to be alive and then the final game that I got for mine which was the best version of it you could play at the time, was none other than Grandtheft auto San Andreas and we had an Xbox with about 2000 hours worth of music tracks on it that would play custom soundtrack with the game soundtrack together at the same time(we had all the songs that were already in the game on the Xbox also) so that while you were playing that wonderful amazing for the time game, never once would you hear the same song twice in a single play session!!! There’s just so many things that could do that people don’t give it credit for just like the PlayStation vita, another system I adore…

  • @mikelreborn3254
    @mikelreborn32545 ай бұрын

    One of the things that I have learned about the backwards compatibility is, if it was an Xbox 360 game originally and was ported to the Xbox one then the 360 version is not necessarily going to be backwards compatible you'll have to play the Xbox One version, but then there's 360 games that were never converted over and those are going to be the ones that are going to be backwards compatible as 360 games vice versa.

  • @mikelreborn3254

    @mikelreborn3254

    5 ай бұрын

    Just take Battlefield 4 for instance, it originally came out for the 360 but then got ported over to the Xbox One the 360 version is not going to work in the backwards compatibility the Xbox One version will, because it's only Xbox 360 games in Xbox original games that are limited all Xbox One games will work on an Xbox series X and S.

  • @iqanadil4067
    @iqanadil4067 Жыл бұрын

    Great video man!

  • @LemSportsinterviews
    @LemSportsinterviews Жыл бұрын

    so brave of the rock to come out like that on live TV

  • @JohnDoe-hj9fh
    @JohnDoe-hj9fh Жыл бұрын

    It's crazy how consumer friendly Xbox is considering how big the Xbox brand is

  • @playbossthebest936

    @playbossthebest936

    Жыл бұрын

    They can afford it

  • @JohnDoe-hj9fh

    @JohnDoe-hj9fh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@playbossthebest936 so could playstation

  • @playbossthebest936

    @playbossthebest936

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JohnDoe-hj9fh xbox is tied to microsoft. They have enough money to allow things like game pass, which is a loss for them unless a lot of people are paying for it (this is the case, but nonetheless it was a risk only they could take)

  • @JohnDoe-hj9fh

    @JohnDoe-hj9fh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@playbossthebest936 playstation is tied to Sony which yes it has less money it has more than enough to be more user friendly

  • @Donut117

    @Donut117

    10 ай бұрын

    Now it is, sure. The Xbox 360 era was brutal though. Consoles had an enormous failure rate with red rings, DVD drives frequently stopped working, wireless controllers couldn't be plugged into PCs and needed a separate adapter that cost as much as the controller, and Xbox Live cost money (at time time, multiplayer on PC, Playstation Network, and whatever Nintendo had was free). DVD readers in particular were paired to the console, so you couldn't even fix them yourself without extra purpose-built tools. There was no reason for this other than Balmer-era Microsoft saying "screw you". E: Oh god, I forgot Games For Windows Live, which was Microsoft's now-defunct attempt at bringing Xbox Live to PC.

  • @wmv8996
    @wmv8996 Жыл бұрын

    Wow I didn't know you could do Lan with og xbox and the new ones. That's nuts.

  • @j_ro
    @j_ro Жыл бұрын

    i keep my old xbox around mainly for Crimson Skies. after seeing it pop up a few times in this video, i have to go play it. how on earth has there been no follow-up game? it's awesome!

  • @memeaccount1553
    @memeaccount1553 Жыл бұрын

    beautiful video

  • @provis83
    @provis83 Жыл бұрын

    Here are a few inaccuracies I noticed with this video. 1. The 10gb Drive that came with some original xbox consoles didn't matter to most users because it was formatted as an 8gb drive for uniformity. This was purely a cost saving measure. 2. The only difference between the Arcade and Core consoles was the hard drive. Neither had HDMI initially. The Elite was the first system with HDMI and then it filtered down to the others just for manufacturing simplicity. 3. You can mix/match with one wifi and one corded xbox. However, the corded device would have to be plugged into the same network as your Wifi network. 4. Xbox Series S is not on the same level of backwards compatible as Xbox One X. Xbox Series X has the One X enhancements. Unless a game is updated specifically for it, Xbox Series S only supports the base Xbox One VCR/S backwards compatibility. Interesting facts 1. The reason MS went with a Dongle for DVD playback on the original system was because DVD playback required a license and in an effort to keep costs down they didn't want to pay that license for every console when the vast majority of users would never use the function. Additionally Sony would have received some of those royalties so it makes sense. 2. MS went with HDDVD mostly for competitive advantage. Sony was backing Bluray and it would have required a license again with a lot of funds going to Sony.

  • @ezulon97
    @ezulon9710 ай бұрын

    Amazing video

  • @suntannedduck2388
    @suntannedduck2388 Жыл бұрын

    Good video for the peripherals, different aspects about consoles/game region free or not, it's just internet based backwards compatibility and licenses that kind of suck about the Xbox BC I find. Still PGR1&2 was good in 2020 to play on a 360 as don't have a Xbox OG sadly currently to play all 4 games. They already did the Impulse Triggers so going to the Share button I think made sense they saw no need for other things and eh no gyro is unfortunate but yeah the touchpad is skippable it's fine but it's just a big select button anyway because barely many Devs other than a handful of games/apps use it for touch swipes which those games are good but still. Never thought about the region locking for Xbox One or the adaptor of Kinetic for Xbox One on PC but I forget the use of the adaptor for the One S/One X as easier to use the original Xbox One with it. Never used the save memory cards or Xbox live vision camera but we're cool for the time, but I used the Xbox 360 E for the backwards compatibility then using ethernet and don't have the wifi adaptor for the Elite/older 360. Huh I use a third party controller on PC. I like the controller support on PC though. Dualshocks and others it's third party software. I think HD DVD is a cool option but yeah it's obsolete. Sad Kinetic 360 wasn't compatible on Xbox One Kinetic but oh well. But I think the 2013 dashboard was good for dual window use but eh no one clearly cases about that but me. But yeah media focus sigh. But yeah the apps are awkward for the Xbox One just to do the Blu ray/DVD then CD support for another app but hey at least can use them. Also the program is over for Xbox backwards compatibility but hey they did what they could for licenses. But the updates were nice and have been. Otherwise with Bethesda and Activision/Blizzard would benefit more backwards compatibility titles. Even if System Link was great backwards compatibility or just in general then just online or if splitscreen wasn't suitable (on the same TV then a screen per console I mean. I like splitscreen but won't deny System Link was a good idea and kept through) enough and to have separate TV use. Otherwise Dreamcast for Xbox OG would have been cool but didn't happen.

  • @holechek
    @holechek Жыл бұрын

    You're style of speaking reminds me of nerdSlayer. Subbed

  • @rizcib9972
    @rizcib9972 Жыл бұрын

    great video man, legit

  • @josephcontreras8930
    @josephcontreras89306 ай бұрын

    Thank the gaming gods for bw cap. Still got the og brick box and recently got the x360 Kinect box love em both. Also are those your finger nails?? They look cool and you rock em. Stay you stay cool.

  • @ricardog.s2505
    @ricardog.s2505Ай бұрын

    I have done system link a couple of times, even to this day! before I sold my 360 we played CoD zombies all night with my friends with system link (Xbox Series S, Xbox One S and my Xbox 360) the first time we did it was around 2011 with only 360s and we still do this to this day cross gen and honestly is such and underrated, fun and amazing experience, couch co-op for me simply will never die

  • @themainc
    @themainc10 ай бұрын

    Never fully appreciated just how good Microsoft's backwards compatibility is until my girlfriend and I wanted to play the entire ratchet & clank series from the beginning on her PS4. This is Sony's flagship series. We were a hundred percent willing to re-purchase all of the games digitally through the PlayStation store. And yet, it just straight up can't be done. Meanwhile we had a split screen game of star wars clone wars on my Xbox one a few days ago...

  • @spanadian
    @spanadian Жыл бұрын

    great vid

  • @borttheattorney6012
    @borttheattorney601211 ай бұрын

    13:35 That kinda goes out the window when you remember that Halo 3, ODST, Reach, CEA, and 4 are all backwards compatibile and some even got 4k patches in 2017, long after MCC was out.

  • @skipmeister123
    @skipmeister12310 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: the OG Xbox controllers are just USB with a funny connector. They work just fine on PC if you're willing to cut up the cable and put on a USB A connector.

  • @MulliganSnicker
    @MulliganSnicker Жыл бұрын

    I’ve spent a lot of time playing older games on my Series X. You can play Oblivion or Fallout 3 in 4K60fps. I played Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts and Skate 3 with the 4K enhancements. Or Fallout New Vegas with the FPS boost. Just so much to replay with enhancements

  • @MobCat_
    @MobCat_11 ай бұрын

    With an adapter that doesn't exist the xbox 360 memory unit could be used in the og xbox, but the og xbox will format the drive to its own format. So it's not 100% cross compatible as each xbox will keep re-formatting them, but it does work if you need an og xbox memory unit but all you can find is x360 ones as they where far more common. (The adapter would be a little more complex then just some wires, you need to regulate the og xbox 5v down to the 360's 3.3v but this is a super common regulator)

  • @b0sch0
    @b0sch0 Жыл бұрын

    100% backwards compatibility(with the og Xbox and the 360) would’ve actually encouraged me to buy the series X , I guess Microsoft doesn’t want my money anymore

  • @tristanbackup2536

    @tristanbackup2536

    Жыл бұрын

    They couldn't due to licences. They tried. They wanted that for good reason for gamepass.

  • @b0sch0

    @b0sch0

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tristanbackup2536 they didnt get a licence for my money , so there's that

  • @ChevyStrafty
    @ChevyStrafty10 ай бұрын

    Bro did my boy sonic dirty with Sonic 06 an Sonic Free Riders

  • @samistofsam
    @samistofsam Жыл бұрын

    You can fix that broken ps5 trigger with a really cheap spring you can buy online. Look into it cause its not super hard. Does suck though and shouldnt be a problem

  • @Shanmania

    @Shanmania

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I need to take the time to do this..

  • @clydemarshall8095
    @clydemarshall809510 ай бұрын

    The controller disconnector actually did save my console on a few occasions

  • @ImMidnite99
    @ImMidnite9911 ай бұрын

    Man 10 year old me was so mind blown by ripping CDs to my xbox. I would borrow everybody's CDs

  • @ZOIMIBiIE
    @ZOIMIBiIE Жыл бұрын

    I wish they’d fix backwards compatibility for KOTR and the tenchu games

  • @IrREZistible
    @IrREZistible Жыл бұрын

    I didn't know you could connect the OG and the Big X via Lan. That's dope if it's real.

  • @killingtimeonline
    @killingtimeonline Жыл бұрын

    I got an Xbox One for cheap recently and since then I've had the Wikipedia page for what's backwards compatible on it open on my browser constantly

  • @ElectronikBliss
    @ElectronikBliss Жыл бұрын

    What is the music in the background? I really like the ambient music vibes, especially around 11:00 minute mark

  • @phoenixwhiler943
    @phoenixwhiler943 Жыл бұрын

    Thought they stopped adding new backwards compatibility games

  • @sethswoodruff
    @sethswoodruff Жыл бұрын

    What is the background music I don’t know why but I zoned out and really liked it LOL

  • @polocatfan
    @polocatfan11 ай бұрын

    Correction to the Pokemon Stadium 2 thing. You can connect Gold, Silver, and Crystal to it, but you can only play Gold and Silver on it (unless it's the japanese version.)

  • @MythicalMimikyu
    @MythicalMimikyu Жыл бұрын

    breakaway cables are huge for families with little kids or pets. My dads racing wheel has one and without it my pc would have definitely taken some damage

  • @johncollins1255
    @johncollins1255 Жыл бұрын

    Is the series s named after the series s controller? In both scenarios they’re the smaller slimmer version of the original

  • @abeliefornot
    @abeliefornot Жыл бұрын

    good to listen to while playing strategy games

  • @CubeAtlantic
    @CubeAtlantic Жыл бұрын

    XBOX & their backwards compatibility with CD's, discs was so high-quality in my eyes.

  • @Shanmania
    @Shanmania Жыл бұрын

    CORRECTION In November 2021, Microsoft announced that they would be ending their backward compatibility program after six years of adding games. Microsoft's reasoning what that they had “reached their limit” was such a halfhearted explanation for shutting the whole program down. Live Compatibility Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13BnuFlQUVbxLMYRO5Ms8TUhbiefmXsUE69OYVwp1mZ0/edit#gid=0

  • @bosscomplex
    @bosscomplex10 ай бұрын

    Xbox also made a converter for you original (external) 360 hard drive, and the updated 360 s (internal) hard drive. so you could transfer all saved data from the clunky smaller storage drives onto the comparatively massive 250gb or 320gb internal hard drive of the 360 s (and e). personally, i bought a 360 S around the time it came out, bundled with kinect (4gb version, non glossy matte) eventually bought the 250gb hard drive on sale. with the converter, i had like 3 or 4 different hard drives converted them all to the internal 250gb hard drive and still had like 175gb left. to this day i still have the internal 250gb hard drive in my 360 s. never had a problem with the 360 s at all, or the hard drive. (i prefer the s over the later revision the e, simply because the E version removes certain ports including the kinect port). on top of that when they released the cloud storage, i transferred all save data for BC games onto the cloud freeing up more space. while also bridging the gap from physical hard drive to the cloud on xbox one or either series s/x. so you could push you save file back in the day from the launch 360 converted to internal 360 s or e, upload to the cloud, put the original 360 disc in the series x in 2023 and continue from the original save file.

  • @Lazo00100001
    @Lazo0010000110 ай бұрын

    Dual Ethernet ports & daisy chaining 🤯 would've been so cool 😎

  • @romant142
    @romant1427 күн бұрын

    Cool video

  • @SammEater
    @SammEater8 ай бұрын

    Some games I wish could work with the backwards thingy are Jet Set Radio Future and Outlaw Volleyball.

  • @stingersplash
    @stingersplash Жыл бұрын

    I still have my HD-DVD drive and about a dozen films. Can't give them away.

  • @tungstentuckus7168
    @tungstentuckus7168 Жыл бұрын

    System linkin' with the boys, always fun indeed

  • @efficiencygaming3494
    @efficiencygaming349410 ай бұрын

    It sucks that so many of the old Xbox games in my collection are NOT backwards compatible. To this day I have no idea why none of the Forza Motorsport games were made compatible. You'd think Microsoft's flagship racing game series would have been a priority for them, but I guess not...

  • @RnA.2
    @RnA.2 Жыл бұрын

    Isn't Microsoft not making games backwards compatible anymore? Could've sworn they said they were dissolving the team that handles it and putting them on other departments. Oh and also, I dunno about that DualSense take man, I think that controller is pretty great, prolly one of the best controllers ever, can respect the newer Xbox controllers though.

  • @garylococo2401
    @garylococo2401 Жыл бұрын

    I have all the xboxs and I miss the old days the original Xbox and 360 were so amazing wat a time to be alive back in the 2000s

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