E3 2015: This New Feature Will Make You Buy An Xbox One
This looks to be the year Microsoft turn the tide on Sony.
What's the one major thing that so far the likes of Sony and Microsoft have been overlooking? Backwards compatibility, right? Every gamer worth their salt has a suitably gargantuan library of titles built up over the years, and until this latest generation of consoles elected to try and sell them back to you by restricting access and forcing you to - in Sony's case - opt into streaming services, finally Microsoft have cracked and allowed such a thing to happen naturally. Of course they have to deal with the fact the Xbox One's laser can't play the games itself, much like the 360 couldn't with your original Xbox titles back in 2004, but Microsoft are patching in a license-based model that means you'll insert the disc, run a check and then assumedly carry on as before. They're eventually talking about supporting more than 100 games, but much of this depends on developer's authorisation - although it's the gesture itself that comes way out of left field, giving Microsoft a huge edge on Sony ahead of their conference that's airing 2pm GMT/6pm PT. By finally embracing the fact that digital distribution isn't necessarily what the majority want and allowing gamers to marvel at their own physical collections by tying in newer features like the Xbox One's screenshot functionality with older titles, it's a brilliant way to get the Xbox brand back into a positive mindset with consumers. What do you think? Coupled with the new hard drive size of 1TB, is this enough to convince you to upgrade? Let us know in the comments!