Xbox One is Not Backwards-Compatible With Xbox 360 Titles

<p>Speaking to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;2013&sol;5&sol;21&sol;4350662&sol;new-xbox-has-no-backwards-compatibilty">The Verge<&sol;a> earlier today&comma; Microsoft Xbox Live VP Marc Whitten confirmed that the Xbox One will be unable to play the games of its predecessor&comma; the Xbox 360&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The system is based on a different core architecture&comma; so back-compat doesn&&num;8217&semi;t really work from that perspective&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is similar to the PlayStation 4&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;psn-pointless-useless-ps4&sol;">which will also be unable to play the games from the PlayStation 3 library<&sol;a>&comma; including all downloadable titles&period; Unlike Sony&comma; however&comma; who may allow players to stream PlayStation 3 titles via the cloud in the future&comma; Microsoft doesn&&num;8217&semi;t seem to be looking for a way for Xbox One owners to play older titles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Said Whitten&comma; &&num;8220&semi;This isn&&num;8217&semi;t about getting rid of the Xbox 360&period;&&num;8221&semi; I imagine we&&num;8217&semi;ll be seeing the next-gen version of HD Collections in the future&period; Well&comma; that or cheaper Xbox 360s&period; Yay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;