Why you can’t play Xbox 360 games on Xbox One – developers talk backwards compatibility
Insiders explain the difficulties of bringing Xbox 360 games to the next gen platform.
The Xbox One’s inability to play Xbox 360 games hasn’t gone down too well among the budget-conscious, but some hold out hope that Microsoft will eventually introduce backwards compatibility via system updates, rather than porting over individual titles on an ad hoc basis. The firm dropped hints to this effect during a Q&A earlier in the year, remarking that “we are exploring ways to bring gamers’ favourite content to the new Xbox, but do not have any additional information to announce at this time.”