Microsoft Dropping Support for Backwards Compatibility

The talk of the news as of late is that Microsoft's Peter Moore has been quoted saying that Microsoft is considering no longer adding any more titles for backwards compatibility.

A year ago, most people didn't even believe that the Xbox 360 would contain any support for backwards compatibility. This is due to the fact that Microsoft signed a deal to develop video cards in their new console with ATI, after forging ahead with nVidia with the original Xbox. The problem is that most of the original Xbox's games were all developed solely around the architecture of the system itself, and that includes the video card, so the barriers were there (and they still stand today).

A year later, over 100 titles have been added to the list of original Xbox games that can be played on the Xbox 360 with the support of the 20gb hard drive. It has been 3 months since the list has been updated, and that has been the only sign of change for the entire year (with the adding of "Black", "Star Wars Battlefield 2", and "World Soccer Winning Eleven 9".

It's safe to say that the gaming community is more than upset over what Moore had to say, since many believe that one of the main reasons the PlayStation 2 fared so well in the beginning is because of that backwards compatibility support (although, these many years later, you won't see many people playing original Playstation games on their system).

Expect more to come as soon as the story develops.

UPDATE: BBC has posted a news article concerning these events at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5040288.stm . It appears that Moore's words might have either been taken out of context, or he was misinformed. Either way, it appears Microsoft is still pushing forward with support to make all original Xbox games play on the new Xbox 360.