That, or Microsoft-developed games (read: Halo) have, in all those 
4.whatver gigabytes of the disk, a little bit called "I_AM_A 
TOP_SELLING_GAME" the Xbox 360 emulation firmware will immediately look for.

- Jim

Jim Davis wrote:

>MS has made an announcement that Xbox 306 will be backwards compatible - for
>"top selling titles".
>
>Now who the hell knows what that means?  ;^)
>
>My guess is that it means that emulation will exist but MS will only test it
>with a subsection of titles.
>
>However it could mean that for some strange reason backwards compatibility
>needs to truly be handled on a per title basis (anybody know of a reason
>that might be?)  It might also mean that to support a title you'd have to
>download some sort of "driver" - but I'm only guessing.
>
>It just seems odd - a real emulator would mean that most titles should work,
>correct?  Perhaps some titles that pull tricks may not - but most should.
>
>For them to say specifically (and evasively) "top-sellers" seems to me like
>they're hedging their bets for some reason.
>
>Jim Davis
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