Xbox One not backwards compatible
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Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One will not be backwards compatible with other Xbox 360 games.
Microsoft's Marc Whitten confirmed the news just after the Xbox One reveal event, and the reason has something to do with the console's core hardware.
"The system is based on a different core architecture, so back-compat doesn't really work from that perspective," he told The Verge.
The news shouldn't come as a surprise, earlier this year it was confirmed that the PlayStation 4 wouldn't be backwards compatible either.