XBox2: Not backwards compatible

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

would be buying a DVD system to go in the back of the car and worrying it would n't play your CD's

Even though as pointed out DVDs and CDs are totally different mediums, EVERY DVD player on the market today can play CDs. Thanks for making my point .

But if a supa dupa new DVD player came out, would it bother you if it didn't play CD's? Nope, me either! Thanks for making my......

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Nuclear Master



For DVD's, you play movies, for CD's, you play audio.

Aha!!!! DVD's also play audio only and the CD player in my computer plays movies!!!!

Consider my logic trap sprung! The more you wriggle, the more it will hurt!

[Tassadar500]

No, because DVD's and CD's are totally different.

[reds4ever]

I must have a magical DVD player then, it plays both!

I told you not to wriggle!! ;O)

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by reds4ever
But if a supa dupa new DVD player came out, would it bother you if it didn't play CD's?

I would, because I have thousands of CD's. Okay, maybe just a couple of thousands, but I wouldn't put a new DVD player in my car (if I were to buy a car, that is) if it couldn't play my CD collection. What good is it?

[DrSpike]

People today expect consoles to be backwards compatible? In my day..................

[Imran Siddiqui]

But if a supa dupa new DVD player came out, would it bother you if it didn't play CD's?

Yes... because it would be a waste of space in my car. Sure the person in the passenger seat or in the back or whatever could watch great DVDs, but I couldn't listen to music anymore. Since that was a feature previously, it'd bother me that it wasn't included again.

[reds4ever]

Right then Gentlemen, the argument has gone around in a circle (at least once) and no one has changed their mind, we'll just have to agree to disagree.

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by Nuclear Master
Xenon?

It's the code name for the Xbox 2.

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by reds4ever


err.....you mean, like all of us?

Of course!

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by reds4ever
Any gaming luddites should just use emulators.......;O)

Which run on PC's, right? Another plug for the PC

[pg]

a modded xbox can run emus too... it might even be possible with others(ps2, gcb) but probably not worth the effort.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by pg
a modded xbox can run emus too... it might even be possible with others(ps2, gcb) but probably not worth the effort.

nah, have you SEEN PS2 games?

[FlameFlash]

Originally posted by reds4ever
Who cares? how many PS2 owners play PSone games on their consoles?

Never even owned a PSone...

[DrSpike]

I also doubt the feature is used widely. I think the arguments have been clouded, rather than illuminated, by the silly cd/dvd fights. Since when has backwards compatibility been expected in the sphere of consoles? I owned several when I was younger and none of those were. What is more, they didn't need to be. Mostly you want to play the presumably more advanced games on your new toy. If you want to play older games, well, you still have the older console right?