Moore Speaks Out Against Backward Compatibility

Peter Moore, a Microsoft executive, voiced his strong opinions about backward compatibility in relation to the XBox 360. Moore seems to think that backward compatibility means nothing to players.

“Nobody is concerned with about backwards compatibility anymore.” Moore said. “We underpromised and overdelivered on that. It’s a very complicated thing… Very complex work. I’m just stunned that we have hundreds of games that are backwards compatible.“

Original XBox games are played on the 360 through emulation, a process that has many limits and restrictions. This was a poor choice for the feature and greatly impaired the idea behind it.

“More [backward compatible games] are coming. At some point, you just go, ‘That’s enough, let’s move on!’. People aren’t worried about a game being backwards compatible – and I like to think we’ve upheld our end of the bargain in making at least two or maybe three hundred games backwards compatible” he  further added.

It seems as if other executives follow Moore’s lead, backward compatibility will be phased out shortly. Even though many games have already been ported, there are still a lot left. If Microsoft gave up on the feature, many fans would be disappointed.

Peter Moore, a Microsoft executive, voiced his strong opinions about backward compatibility in relation to the XBox 360. Moore seems to think that backward compatibility means nothing to players.

“Nobody is concerned with about backwards compatibility anymore.” Moore said. “We underpromised and overdelivered on that. It’s a very complicated thing… Very complex work. I’m just stunned that we have hundreds of games that are backwards compatible.“

Original XBox games are played on the 360 through emulation, a process that has many limits and restrictions. This was a poor choice for the feature and greatly impaired the idea behind it.

“More [backward compatible games] are coming. At some point, you just go, ‘That’s enough, let’s move on!’. People aren’t worried about a game being backwards compatible – and I like to think we’ve upheld our end of the bargain in making at least two or maybe three hundred games backwards compatible” he  further added.

It seems as if other executives follow Moore’s lead, backward compatibility will be phased out shortly. Even though many games have already been ported, there are still a lot left. If Microsoft gave up on the feature, many fans would be disappointed.