When will Xbox 360 games be available on/for Xbox One's (Arcade or Disc)

OODerM · Mar 2, 2014

Does anyone know if our favorite Xbox 360 games will be available for purchase/download for Xbox One? For example I really loved the following games and would pay money to get the on my Xbox One:

The Mass Effect Trilogy

Halo - Halo 4

Call of Duty games World at War-Blk Ops 2

Left for Dead I & II

Assassins Creed games

Resident Evil 5/6

Fallout 3 & Vegas

GTA

Gears of War

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (personally liked)

Games released in 2013 - were only catching the end of games released

:)

Lei Fang DOAX3 · Mar 2, 2014

Too early to judge GWG

Hello everyone

Do you think that Xbox 360 disc games will continue to be released on the Xbox One's GWC line-up? I mean, it is happening now on the Xbox 360 so I don't see why they won't update / convert those Xbox 360 disc games into the Xbox One servers?

Have a nice day or afternoon or night everyone

Ian McPherson · Mar 2, 2014

will license transferred 360 games carry over to the xbox one's backward compatibility

if i or a friend licence transfers a 360 game will it be on xbox one's backward compatibility ready to install list if available

GaryWinteringham · Mar 2, 2014

Did you sell your 360? Because I personally don't see a need to port any 360 game, I would rather the time be spent creating new games tbh. That's obviously my personal opinion though.

Burnin TODI · Mar 2, 2014

Only if/when a developer sees a profit in it, then they might port it, maybe.....don't count on anything.

Fatalshock8912 · Mar 2, 2014

Released as moderately priced arcade titles would be a good idea down the line.

OODerM · Mar 7, 2014

Yeah I sold my 360 and am missing it right now. haha

I think it would be sweet if Microsoft were to make a library of all 360 and xbox games for download. Basically where you can download a game and it will stay with your gamer tag as long as it doesnt get de-activated. Then you could play whatever you wanted.
I know the developers need to develop them for the new system but I dont see why they can be backwards compatible...

GreyMittens · Oct 31, 2018

I doubt they will. Originally I thought gta would but no dice. Personally, I find it a slap in the face.

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HassanB

Hiya,

You'd need to keep your Xbox 360 in order to play any sort of Xbox 360 content (game discs, games on demand, xbox live arcade titles, etc). Your profile can co-exist on both the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One so if you wish to earn some achievements or simply go
play that game you can do so on the Xbox 360 console.

The Xbox One will only play Xbox One game discs, games on demand discs, as well as Xbox LIVE Arcade titles that have been released on the Xbox One.

TangentialShark

Xbox One WILL NOT play your Xbox 360 disc OR Arcade games. Might I suggest simply keeping your Xbox 360?

Galactic Geek

That's a perception that you have though tohellnbak, not a reality. That perception was implanted into your head because of certain notions that you and Azrael have already described and assumed, but that's not actually what makes them arcade games.

In order to be an arcade game, it needs to fall under 1 of 3 categories: It needs to either be a game that has an associated arcade cabinet that you can put tokens or quarters in, be located in an actual arcade, or be a part of Microsoft's Xbox Live arcade
program on the Xbox 360 - nothing else qualifies (including games on the Xbox One).

In reference to the last of the 3, the arcade games on the Xbox 360 were nothing more than digital-only available titles. MS only used the term "arcade" for marketing purposes to get people to buy into it (and it has apparently worked if your views are any
indication). However, even that's changed over the years, as many of the Xbox 360's arcade games are now available on multiple platforms and through physical discs as well. To give you a comparison, games that were available on disc are now available as downloads
and were called "Games on Demand" by MS, but we don't call games on the Xbox One (or any other platform )"Games on Demand" do we? No, we don't - it's the same concept.

Also, tohellnbak, many of those arcade games on the Xbox 360 were anything but small as they could often provide hours upon hours of fun, frustration, and more... There's far too many examples that I could list here.

I need to start another topic - this one is losing touch with Windy and her Fairy Flock!

Dirty Loco

^ It's available on both Xbox One and Xbox 360. Check the 360 arcade marketplace.

Glannigan

Agreed, My concern though is what happens in 3 or 5 years when XBOX 360 Live is shut down? If it is not all emulated or some how transitioned to XBOX One it will be lost. I'm not talking about Backwards compatibility on XBOX 360 Game discs either. I'm talking
about the 100's of XBOX Live Arcade games.

I totally understand not having backwards compatibility on the Discs...but the Live Arcade stuff? It bothers me as a consumer.

When will Xbox 360 games be available on/for Xbox One's (Arcade or Disc)