“Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox 360 gaming console will play some, but not all, old Xbox games, the company has admitted at the E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles.
This lack of backwards compatibility follows Microsoft’s decision to switch chip vendors for its latest gaming device.
The current Xbox uses a processor made by Intel, but the Xbox 360 will deploy IBM’s Power chips. The company also swapped out nVidia’s graphics card for a model from ATI.”
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Microsoft needs to just come clean and tell people whether their new system will be able to fully play older Xbox games. We can’t help but think that Microsoft PR is just trying to steal thunder from Sony’s Playstation 3 announcement. But the real dissapointment falls on those that expect the Xbox 360 to work with their older games. Our stance on this: don’t count on the Xbox 360 to be fully compatible with every old Xbox game. You better hold on to that old Xbox.
