The Best Xbox One Backwards Compatible GamesOne of the best things Microsoft has done with Xbox One is make good on its commitment to backwards compatibility. New backwards compatible games are being added all the time. As with the most recent additions--Overlord and Overlord II--these are shared by Major Nelson on Twitter at 9 AM PT on Twitter, although there`s no particular schedule for how many are released (if any) on a given day. It`s always a mystery as to when we`ll get more; we only know what time it`ll be and that it`ll come on a weekday, but the next batch of games usually isn`t far off.Even without a proper schedule for new releases, the past few years have seen the list of backwards compatible games grow quite long--and, as a result, it can be extremely difficult to find those that are worthwhile. Not only are there 400+ Xbox 360 games that can be played on Xbox One, but more than 30+ original Xbox titles are also supported.Beyond the consistent rollout of games, Microsoft has publicly made it clear that backwards compatibility is a real priority for the company. `I see games as an art form,` Xbox boss Phil Spencer said last year. `Console games can get lost when hardware generations go away. It can become more challenging to play the games of our past ... There`s something to be learned from experiencing what I played as a kid. There`s good business there for the content owners, but as players, it`s nice to be able to understand how our art form has progressed.`Spencer subsequently made it clear that backwards compatibility is--despite reports suggesting it`s ignored--a feature that people do use. He wrote off data that said otherwise and pointed to an example of strong sales for an old Call of Duty game when it was added to the service: `I think the best signal we had so far is when Black Ops II landed and that month it hit NPD`s Top 10 that month for game sales. An Xbox 360 game that`s years old, that shows that people care.`The feature has only g ...
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