MS: We Care About Xbox Games, Honest
Moore says his previous comments to us were misinterpreted. Full response inside.
Microsoft has taken some flack over the past couple weeks for statements company vice president Peter Moore made to Kikizo that the company would be slowing support for Xbox games on the Xbox 360.
Because the Xbox 360 uses different hardware to the Xbox, Microsoft has resorted to software emulation to get Xbox games running on the company's new system.
"Nobody is concerned anymore about backwards compatibility," Moore told us during an interview in May.
But he back-pedalled this week. Moore said during an interview with Xbox Live's Larry Hryb, that he had been misinterpreted.
"I want to be clear that my comments were not about 'nobody cares,'" Moore said. "Of course we care, and we're going to continue to get as close as we can to our stated target of every Xbox game being backward compatible to the Xbox 360."
The next step in that plan is another 20 or so games that will be added to the already 200-strong list of backward compatible games. Microsoft is still hush-hush on exactly which games those will be, but Moore did mention Doom 3 and Lego Star Wars.
To find out if your favourite game is supported, check out Microsoft's backward compatibility list. Watch our full interview with Peter Moore at this year's E3 here.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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