Nobody in 2003 bought digital licenses for the OG Xbox. Basically every current owner of these games (ex: Crimson Skies) will be forced to repurchase it to take advantage of the advertised "backwards compatibility".
This is not backwards compatibility as Microsoft claims, this is a PC port.
Each of these games is now available for purchase on PC and also included with all XBOX Game Pass plans. If you already own a digital license for these games on console, that license now carries over to your PC or handheld.
It's like there's a whole article to read and not just a headline.
None of the OG Xbox games were digital licenses. They only came on disks.
It was xbox360 that started the digital downloads- they may have ported something to the digital store, but it would still be a digital port (or something with an emulation layer.)
Either way, if you bought the game for an og Xbox, you didn’t buy a digital pass.
6 Comments
RamRabbit@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 30d
Microsoft's branding is intensely confusing. These are not backward compatible games. If you own it on Xbox, you CANNOT play it on PC.
These are PC ports for classic Xbox games that require a re-purchase.
Kernal64@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 30d
Are you sure? This line from the post seems to indicate otherwise:
RamRabbit@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 30d
Nobody in 2003 bought digital licenses for the OG Xbox. Basically every current owner of these games (ex: Crimson Skies) will be forced to repurchase it to take advantage of the advertised "backwards compatibility".
This is not backwards compatibility as Microsoft claims, this is a PC port.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 30d
It's like there's a whole article to read and not just a headline.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 30d
None of the OG Xbox games were digital licenses. They only came on disks.
It was xbox360 that started the digital downloads- they may have ported something to the digital store, but it would still be a digital port (or something with an emulation layer.)
Either way, if you bought the game for an og Xbox, you didn’t buy a digital pass.
sunsofold@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 30d
Or just emulate them. Microsoft sucks.