RamRabbit comments on Play More of the Games You Love, Wherever You Play with XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC

[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Microsoft's branding is intensely confusing. These are not backward compatible games. If you own it on Xbox, you CANNOT play it on PC.

These are PC ports for classic Xbox games that require a re-purchase.

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[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

Are you sure? This line from the post seems to indicate otherwise:

If you already own a digital license for these games on console, that license now carries over to your PC or handheld.

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[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago*

Nobody in 2003 bought digital licenses for the OG Xbox. Basically every current owner of these games (ex: Crimson Skies) will be forced to repurchase it to take advantage of the advertised "backwards compatibility".

This is not backwards compatibility as Microsoft claims, this is a PC port.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Each of these games is now available for purchase on PC and also included with all XBOX Game Pass plans. If you already own a digital license for these games on console, that license now carries over to your PC or handheld.

It's like there's a whole article to read and not just a headline.

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago*

None of the OG Xbox games were digital licenses. They only came on disks.

It was xbox360 that started the digital downloads- they may have ported something to the digital store, but it would still be a digital port (or something with an emulation layer.)

Either way, if you bought the game for an og Xbox, you didn’t buy a digital pass.

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