Microsoft to Stop Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility Updates
Sad news for everyone who hoped that they would one day be able to play The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay on their Xbox 360, as Microsoft will no longer be updating their extensive list of backwards compatible titles.
Microsoft’s Albert Penello, the Group Marketing Manager for the company, told Kotaku that Microsoft feels that they have hit a “point of diminishing returns” when it comes to Xbox titles on the 360. However, Penello is quick to point out Microsoft has been able to bring the most popular titles from the Xbox library to the Xbox 360, however “there’s always going to be a notable exception here or there.”
A notable exception here or there? The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Deus Ex 2: Invisible War, Otogi: Myth of Demons are a little more than ‘notable exceptions’. They’re Xbox essentials. Microsoft needs to make this happen!
Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox, Backwards Compatibility
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:46 am
Actually, the Chronicles of Riddick update wasn’t really their problem. They tried to do it but ran into some problems. The makers finally said screw it and remade the entire thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=11437209
It’s a remake of Escape from Butcher Bay with added content on it.