mattburrow Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 Can normal XBox games be played on the Xbox 360. About to buy onefor Christmas fr the lad and don't want to waste a load of cash on Games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 Some, but not all! I think there is a list on the x-box website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashleyadam Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 Why dont you try waiting for the PS3 it is backwards compatible, I know xmas is coming up! I am just getting my son smaller items until we get UK PS3 have discussed with him already although he almost gave in to X-Box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpellypo Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 You can download a patch for a fair few xbox games and play them on the 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie123 Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Why dont you try waiting for the PS3 it is backwards compatible, I know xmas is coming up! I am just getting my son smaller items until we get UK PS3 have discussed with him already although he almost gave in to X-Box. [/ QUOTE ] But it has the same problem as the 360 , not all PS2 games are compatible with the PS3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie123 Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Can normal XBox games be played on the Xbox 360. About to buy onefor Christmas fr the lad and don't want to waste a load of cash on Games [/ QUOTE ] Matt, if you get one just hook it up to the internet and download all the free demos as well. That way he can try all the games before you have to shell out for any of the new generation ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Why dont you try waiting for the PS3 it is backwards compatible... [/ QUOTE ] The PS3 plays XBox games? Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chav Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Why dont you try waiting for the PS3 it is backwards compatible, I know xmas is coming up! I am just getting my son smaller items until we get UK PS3 have discussed with him already although he almost gave in to X-Box. [/ QUOTE ] But it has the same problem as the 360 , not all PS2 games are compatible with the PS3 [/ QUOTE ] Approx half of XBox games work without fixes on the 360. For the PS3, virtually all do. Any that don't should be fixeable via firmware upgrades/patches. PS3 has dedicated chips for backwards compatibility, but sometimes games use side effects of model they were targetted for, hence the odd problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikeyboy Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Yes xbox games do run on the 360 - although not on xbox live. here is the current full list of compatible games (always being updated) http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm two ways to update your 360 with lastest firm ware to run games: http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/backwardscompatibility.htm#liveupdate On the PS3 Sony have found around 200 PS2 games that currently wont run on the PS3 http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/14/sony-admits-200-ps2-games-not-working-on-ps3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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