Microsoft is thinking about Xbox 360 emulation on the Xbox One

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Xbox 360 emulation on the Xbox One has not been ruled out, according to comments made by Xbox partner development lead Frank Savage.

Speaking at Microsoft's Build developer conference in San Francisco last week, as attended by Kotaku, Savage replied to queries regarding whether the company has plans for Xbox 360 emulation on the Xbox One.

"There are [plans]," he said. "But we're not done thinking them through yet, unfortunately.

"It turns out to be hard to emulate the PowerPC stuff on the X86 stuff. So there's nothing to announce, but I would love to see it myself."

Since the console's release in November last year, Microsoft has not announced firm plans for either emulation or backwards compatibility.

While Sony intends to support backwards compatibility using its Gaikai-powered PlayStation Now service, a Microsoft spokesperson said in November that a similar service is unlikely to come to the Xbox One, citing the difficulty of managing the quality of the service.

"It's really cool and really problematic, all at the same time, insofar as it's really super cool if you happen to have the world's most awesome internet connection. It works way better than you'd expect it to," Albert Penello said at the time.

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OasisPosted:

G36cBossMan It won't happen I can bet money on it Microsoft doesn't care about there fans they just care about money even if it did happen you would have to buy everything again...


If they care so less as you seem to think, why would they even be considering such ideas as 360 emulation? Sure it might help sales but they'd also be rendering the 360 console basically obsolete.

Think before you post.

-Vinc-Posted:

this would be very nice man!

G36cBossManPosted:

It won't happen I can bet money on it Microsoft doesn't care about there fans they just care about money even if it did happen you would have to buy everything again...

LinxPosted:

I hope they go through with this, i would love to be able to play my 360 games on the Xbox One

R31Posted:

So hope they do this it would be pretty cool. Having classics from 360 on x1

RedactedPosted:

this looks pretty cool :D

SK7Posted:

Microsoft has the best programmers. They should attempt to emulate powerpc on the xbox one! Someone already made an emulator (only for 1 game and it's open source) for PC. Surely they can do this.

7O2Posted:

I would love to see this happen!

BliuPosted:

This system looks rather promising. I hope to purchase a Xbox One console by the end of this year if I'm lucky.

LinearPosted:

ROI It was inevitable. Everyone is looking forward to PS streaming service, it would be stupid of Microsoft to not attempt emulation.


The Key there is attempt. A lot of really clever people have tried - it just may be one of those things where it'll take 2 years to do.