Microsoft Ends Backward Compatibility Program On Xbox One

Microsoft has announced that the latest update to the Xbox One backward-compatible games catalog will also be the last. The Redmond giant will focus on refining this feature for the Project Scarlett.

Jakub Mirowski

June 11, 2019 21:25

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Launched almost four years ago, Xbox One's backward compatibility saved Microsoft's reputation slightly after a rather weak start of the new console. Now, just two days after the E3 conference, during which Microsoft announced a ninth generation platform called Project Scarlett, the Redmond giant has revealed that it is ending its for the backward compatibility program. On Xbox One we won't get any more titles from the original Xbox and Xbox 360.

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Since 2015, more than 600 games have been added to the backward compatibility program.

The main factor in this decision is of course the focus on the Project Scarlett. Microsoft's recently announced console is designed to be fully compatible with thousands of productions of its predecessors, and the Redmond giant is devoting all of its attention to making them work as well as possible on modern hardware. In less than four years, however, the company has done a titanic job of making more than 600 titles available to its s, which we may play even after the end of the program. In addition, Microsoft has added the latest pack of older games from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 era (including four installments of Too Human in backward compatibility.