Can you play Xbox 360 games on Xbox One? No you cannot. Xbox One is NOT compatible with Xbox 360 games.
This means that your entire library of Xbox 360 titles will remain stuck on the former system. So definitely do NOT get rid of, or sell, your Xbox 360. Just like with the original Xbox before it, you will need to keep your old system if you want to play your entire library of of old games.
This news was expected, but everyone loves the ability to play their old games easily on the new system. So it’s still mighty disappointing. For the record, the PS4 also will not play PS3 games. Both systems have a new architecture that is too different from the former design.
Xbox One GamerScore Achievements will be transferable from the Xbox 360 to the new system. However Xbox Live Arcade games that you’ve purchased on the Xbox 360 will apparently NOT transfer over. The reason is due to the wildly difference and complexity in the new system’s architecture compared to the old.
However either way you slice it this is a HUGE blow. And may prevent people from purchasing anything digital AT ALL in the future. I could see this becoming a huge problem later down the road for the game industry at large.
PS4 vs Xbox One specifications chart. Graphics vs horsepower, processor vs RAM, HDD space vs online offerings… How do the two titans compare to one another? Check this chart below to see how they match up with what we now so far.
CPU: 8 Core CPU custom built (Xbox One); Single-chip custom x86 AMD “Jaguar” processor, 8 cores (PS4) Graphics Processor: D3D 11.1 chip with 32 MB embedded memory (Xbox One); 1.84 TFlops, AMD Radeon Graphics Core (PS4) Memory (RAM): 8 GB DDR3 (Xbox One); 8 GB GDDR5 (PS4) Memory (Storage): 500 GB HDD (Xbox One); Not yet announced (PS4) Optical Drive: Blu-ray/DVD combo drive (Xbox One); Blu-Ray/DVD combo drive (PS4) I/O: USB 3.0 (Xbox One); USB 3.0 (PS4) Communication: Ethernet, three different 802.11n radios, WiFi Direct (Xbox One); Ethernet, IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR (PS4) A/V: HDMI input and output, 1080p and 4K support, Optical output (Xbox One); HDMI, Analog-AV, Optical output (PS4) Controller: Xbox One controller with redesigned directional pad (Xbox One); Motion-sensing six-axis, clickable touch pad, share button (PS4) Motion Control: Next-Gen Kinect camera w/250,000-pixel infrared depth sensor and 1080p camera (Xbox One); PS Eye dual lens 1280x800x2 camera (PS4) Price: Not yet announced (Xbox One); Not yet announced (PS4) Availability: Later this year (Xbox One); Holiday 2013 (PS4)
The Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Ghosts was a huge focus of the Xbox 720 announcement conference. All of the details COD fans will want to know, including story details, the new characters, the new setting, graphics and animation improvements, new gameplay improvements (you can now slide!) and the new dog companion, are discussed.
Note: The full video will be posted soon, this is the trailer for now. See the Xbox One Announcement article for the full press conference video which includes all of the Call of Duty: Ghosts details.
The Xbox One will be released worldwide THIS YEAR Microsoft announced at their Xbox 720 Reveal Event. The PS4 will also be released this year, making 2013 the official debut of the next-generation console war!
The Xbox One was revealed during the Xbox Reveal event as the official name of the “Xbox 720”, the codename for the new system.
The system box itself was revealed as was the new controller and the next-generation Kinect motion-sensing camera. A big focus of the new system is based on the TV market, and your ability to seamlessly switch between TV, videogames, music and other apps like Skype, Netflix and the like.
The system will make use of unique gestures and voice commands to control every aspect. Additionally the system will remember what you do, and customize your profile homepage based on the features you use most. It comes with a Blu-ray drive (!), which one assumes will play games AND movies. And features specs that are remarkably comparable to the PS4.
Many new features of the system include integration and sharing online information with friends. There is now trending tabs to see what the most popular entertainment choices among TV, games, music, movies and more are with both your friends and the Xbox Live community at large, and Xbox Smartglass is built-in from the jump, allowing you to use any tablet or touchscreen smartphone to control the Xbox One system. Which opens up a world of possibilities and will, in many ways, directly compete with the WiiU (Sony does the same with the PS4 and the use of PS Vita).
One of the biggest features of the Xbox One is the fact that the system will allow you to plug your cable box into it (or however you get your TV, which CANNOT be done straight through the Xbox itself, you’ll have to sign up to a TV provider first, then go through the Xbox One) and then seamlessly switch between live TV and playing videogames or listening to music by using voice commands. The switch happens almost immediately and will be similar to changing TV channels with a remote. Additionally, Microsoft likened the system to a “Videogame DVR”, with the ability to record and share videogame footage from the system itself. Yep, JUST LIKE THE PS4.
Another new feature is the ability to “snap” several apps or different viewing windows side by side so you can multi-task several things at once. This will be used in some innovative ways, such as by “snapping” a window next to a live sports broadcast that would show your fantasy football stats. Sports was a huge focus of the reveal conference, and Microsoft will be developing exclusive NFL content that makes use of all these new interactive features that they promise will revolutionize the way people watch sports, specifically the NFL. Mainstream-wise, this is huge, but it does nothing for hardcore gamers and people who could care less about sports and/or watching TV. In the wake of the reveal, comments from gamers have been extremely negative.
As for games themselves, Call of Duty: Ghosts was shown and talked about in-detail (with DLC landing first exclusively on Xbox One before hitting other systems), it was revealed that EA Sports is bringing Madden, FIFA, NBA Live and UFC games to Xbox One, and an all-new Halo TV series was announced produced by none other than Steven Spielberg himself! Forza 5 was also announced, as was an all-new game from Remedy (makers of Alan Wake and Max Payne) called “Quantum Break”. However nothing looked like concrete gameplay or was that impressive in all honesty. However Microsft promised that E3 2013 will blow gamers away with all of the games that are in development for Xbox One. Microsoft is pumping boatloads of money into development, and promises that 15 exclusive Xbox One titles will hit within the first year, 8 of which are all-new IP/franchises, and is more new games than in the history of Xbox.
As far as the controller is concerned, it looks pretty much the same as the Xbox 360 controller, even though over 90 modifications and enhancements have been made to it. One of the biggest is rumble support built directly into the triggers themselves.
Many unanswered questions remain however. Microsoft says the Xbox One will not require an Internet connection to play games and won’t have to be “always online”, yet it seems like you may have to connect online at some point, like with Steam on the PC. Exactly how this will work remains foggy. Microsoft has confirmed that new games must be installed on the harddrive, after which point the games will be linked to your account and you apparently will NOT be able to play that disc on other systems without paying a fee. More details are to come, but this potentially a dealbreaker for many. Additionally, the Xbox One will NOT play any Xbox 360 games as the system is not in any way backwards compatible with the original Xbox 360. Disappointing, but to be expected. The PS4 will also not play PS3 games for the same reason. The price of what used to be Xbox Gold, which was required to play your friends online and use features like Netflix, is also foggy. Microsoft made mention of using the same service, so the $60 a year price may remain intact, which would be another hard pill to swallow against the PS4 and Wii U’s free internet capabilities.
Xbox One will be released worldwide THIS YEAR. Pricing was not announced. Watch the video above to get the full details on the new system from the full conference itself.
Xbox Revealed! Xbox 720 will finally be announced and here is the big news as it happens! Full articles will come following the liveblog!
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* Don Mattrick is live on stage discussing the past of the Xbox!
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* Lots of talk of entertainment, cloud, voice, etc…. Also a video trailer that showed the likes of Bill Gates & Steven Spielberg… hmmm.
* Ultimate all in one home entertainment system… Makes TV more intelligent. One system for a new generation.
* xboxone…. new name.
* Instantly responds to you… Sleek… Controller looks the same. Cloud powered. All your entertainment all in one.
* Built to amaze on day one and will improve continuously in the decade ahead.
* Can turn on your TV and connect to all devices. Voice control, “xbox on”.
* Personal homescreen. no manual log-in or waiting on manual updates. It will remember what you last did. It will remember what music or movie you were using. Trending will connect you with your friends and the entire Xbox Live community. Games, TV, Music.
* What do you do when you turn on the TV… watch TV…. Xbox One will change the inputs it takes to go to TV. Take live TV… and make it integral to Xbox. “Instant Switching”. Switch between live TV, games, music, switch between all inputs instantly!
* New gestures that allow you to instantly switch to apps, games, music, etc. Multiple things at once a reality.
* Snap Mode for the Xbox.
* Run multiple programs side-by-side by snapping them together like tabs. Mixes voice control, gestures, etc. Kinect camera and voice is built in. Use your cellphone to control it using… Smartglass?
* Skype is built-in and you can do group video calls on your TV. Shows off Skype in Snap Mode where he can have multiple video files of people at the same time. “Xbox answer call”.
* Interactive TV where you get alerts from TV on your XboxOne.
* Introduces XboxOne guide. Now you can find, discover and watch TV in three powerful ways. Voice control, favorites and trending. You can see all local TV listings through Xbox and use voice to see what’s on. The XboxOne will be your ultimate TV channel tuner. No more memorizing channels or hunting for remote control.
* Xbox Favorites will keep up with all your TV shows that you like to watch via your TV… Trending shows you what everyone in the Xbox Live community is watching.
* Trending is for liveTV and video on demand.
* Smartglass, Controller, System, Xbox Live all updated. 8GB Ram, USB 3.0, Bluray Drive….
* 3 Operating Systems in one. Best Xbox OS made even better. Creators have no limits… Kernel of Windows… 3rd connects them all together. Kinect is in every box.
* Next-generation Kinect sensor… 1080p wider view capture of your view.
* Controller updates….
* XboxOne controller includes over 41 design updates. All kinds of input innovations… including smartglass!
* Tablet can instantly become a remote control. Your device will behave like it was born to work with XboxOne.
* New Xbox Live…
* Based on the same membership. More powerful, personal, intelligent. Powered by 500 severs (Xbox1) 1500 for modern. This year 300,000 servers for XboxOne. More than the entire world’s computing power in 1999.
* Native video editing and sharing tools. Takes on PS4 directly!
* FIFA, Madden, UFC, NBA games all coming to Xbox One. EA promises a new engine that will revolutionize the way you play sports games.
* Sports are as much about your head as feet or hands. 4x more calculations per second. Greater field of vision. Human-like intelligence thanks to new processing power. 10x more animation depth and detail. Games are now living worlds with 3D crowds, dynamic crowd sounds and daily stream of new content that changes the game everyday…
* “Ultimate Team Mode” in FIFA 14 will be exclusive to Xbox One.
* Forza Motorsport 5 shown running on Xbox One. That did not look like gameplay…
* Remedy… Max Payne or Alan Wake or something new?
* Quantum Break is new game from Remedy. “Time is the fire in which we burn” is the tagline… Real actors… Will there actually be real actors in the game?
* More titles in development now than ever in history. More than 15 exclusive games in the first year. 8 of which are brand new franchises!
* For the first time ever TV will be truly personalized on Xbox One. And TV will become social via Xbox Live.
* Live Action Halo TV show announced by 343 industries and Steven Spielberg! HOLY CRAP! Megaton!
* Game Changing sports announcement… NFL is coming to Xbox One…
* Xbox One will have exclusive NFL content using Smartglass, Kinect, bringing fantasy football to life. And bringing all new experiences to the console. Imagine your NFL team integrated into the actual live broadcast… You can see your fantasy league stats snapped to your Xbox One as the game is actually playing. You can experience football in a way that fans have never experienced before.
* Xbox One will be launched THIS YEAR worldwide.
* We’ll have to wait for E3 to find all of the games including many exclusives.
* Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC will launch first, exclusively on Xbox One.
* A dog will play a major role in the all-new characters, story, etc. in Call of Duty: Ghosts. I’ll post the trailer later, not gonna type all of this out. lol. Lots of new stuff for COD fans to look forward too though.
* Cuts, bruises, cuts will appear on your hands live as you play.
* Worldwide reveal gameplay running on Xbox One.
* Show is over. Somewhat underwhelming, but a lot of really exciting stuff was shown on the system itself. All we need are more games, which are promised at E3 2013 in 19 days!
* Always-on is not required. But for stuff that steams from the Internet you will need to be connected (obviously). Nothing to be surprised about there. Steam basically.
* Kingdom Hearts Timeline, May 24 2013… An all-new game? For what system? … Ad shown on GameTrailers.
* HD rumble built into the controller. It’s much quicker, 15% more precise than before.
Alan Wake 2 Xbox 720 Illumiroom technology? YES PLEASE!
Hopefully Microsoft will use the amazing illumiroom technology with Alan Wake 2 to cover the Survival Horror genre. Can you imagine how amazing it would be if the fog and creepy aura came out of the TV and covered your entire room as if you were in Silent Hill? It would be INCREDIBLE and a system seller!
What will Microsoft be showing? How will they win fans back? Will they be able to deliver the knockout punch to Sony that makes gamers forget about the PlayStation 4? What games will be announced? What games SHOULD be announced? What will the system be called? What new feature should the Xbox 720 reveal to differentiate it from the PS4? Illumiroom? Something new like a camera on the controller? Will they corner the MMO market on console with the 720?
Join the discussion and tune in to hear our thoughts on the Xbox 720 and the Reveal Event happening TODAY!
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