The end of back compat updates may be nigh
spoke to Xbox 360 group marketing manager Albert Penello this week at CES and uncovered some unfortunate news regarding backwards compatible Xbox games on the Xbox 360. In short, Penello said that Microsoft is more or less done with releasing back compat updates. Penello told Kotaku "I don't know if we have plans to do any more releases," adding, "It feels like we kind of hit the point of diminishing returns there." He further noted that he felt that the best titles for the Xbox had essentially been "crossed off" and that exceptions are inevitable. Finally, Penello said that Xbox titles that have yet to make the list would require individual attention. As you may have guessed, it looks like Microsoft isn't planning to devote such attention to each of the hundreds of titles that haven't made it.
The question we have to ask is, will any of these titles eventually find their way onto Xbox Originals?
