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Microsoft aims for all-inclusive Xbox backward compatibility with Helix console

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Microsoft is reportedly planning to make its next-generation console, the Xbox Helix, capable of playing games from all previous Xbox generations. This initiative involves urging publishers to opt into a program that would allow their legacy titles to be available on modern platforms with minimal effort on their part. The company is also working on bringing Xbox 360 games to PC and exploring a system to digitize physical discs, linking them to a user's Xbox account for universal access. AI

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Microsoft aims for all-inclusive Xbox backward compatibility with Helix console

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Hassam Nasir ·

    Microsoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt in — New report also claims Xbox 360 games coming to PC soon

    The upcoming Xbox Helix is starting to feel more like a PC than any console before, and Microsoft's latest efforts to unite all Xbox generations under one roof, according to a new leaked memo, seem to signal that very explicitly.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Microsoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt i… The upcoming Xbox Helix is starting to feel more like

    Microsoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt i… The upcoming Xbox Helix is starting to feel more like a PC than any console before, and Microsoft's latest efforts to unite all Xbox generations under one roof, according to…

    LINKS tomshardware.com/…/microsoft-wants-the-ne…

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