Microsoft has gone into further detail on Xbox Series X's backwards compatibility, confirming that games can see increased performance on Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 should be backwards compatible on your Xbox 360. However, as Smwutches already hinted at: If your console does not have an original Microsoft Xbox 360 hard drive, it might be missing the original Xbox emulator files required to run original Xbox games. For backwards compatibility in particular, they’ve done a good job again with Xbox 360 but there are a lot of original Xbox games still missing like the following. 10 Blinx 2: Masters of Time Please consider making the three Burger King games, PocketBike Racer, Sneak King, and Big Bumpin', backwards compatible with the Series X/S. I agree, it is a tough challenge to bring these games to current-gen consoles, but I think with a lot of hard work and dedication, it can be pulled off. So many people are missing out on racing with pocket Microsoft can run the Xbox 360 OS in a VM on Windows as they do on Xbox One. There's no need to port the games, I used their marketing term for clarity. Backward compatibility on windows would mean windows 10 natively running 8/16 bit applications, not running software designed a different operating system entirely. The Xbox Series X and Series S are both fully backwards compatible with nigh-on every game that runs on Xbox One, and that means they can also play Xbox 360 games. This backward compatibility feature allows players to enjoy their favorite Xbox 360 games on the latest Xbox consoles. Backward compatibility has been a key focus for Microsoft since The game is backwards compatible on Xbox 360, but not Xbox One nor Xbox Series X|S. HOW? How is a game that was backwards compatible with the Xbox 360, yet isn't on any console after? I don't see how it is unable to be added "due to licensing, legal and technical constraints", Because that certainly didn't apply for the Xbox 360, even though But if you've ever noticed, there's a massive lack of games built on RenderWare available on the Xbox backwards compatibility program. Barring Black (which is a special case), all of the RW games that are backwards compatible are on the Xbox 360: Crackdown, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat and Burnout Revenge, to be specific. With the Xbox Series X|S life cycle in full swing, we'd love to see the return of the Xbox backwards compatibility program. Over the years in the Xbox One's lifespan, we've seen many classic games returning, giving us the ability to play numerous Xbox 360 games again - and later, even original Xbox titles. As we're struck with numerous delays Microsoft's final update to the list of backward compatible titles was in November 2007 bringing sPyY.