Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc

Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by Schiendelman on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @08:44AM (#49168040)

Hasn't Microsoft had a good track record of enabling playing old generation games on new hardware?

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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by queenkjuul on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @10:12AM (#49169279)

Xbox kinda, windows no

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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by Schiendelman on Saturday August 08, 2026 @07:11PM (#49226779)

Kinda?

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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by queenkjuul on Sunday August 09, 2026 @02:01PM (#49233775)

You can play a selection of OG Xbox games on the latest console and most, but not all, 360 games work too. So, kinda

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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by Gigachad on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @09:27AM (#49168685)

Not really. They left games broken when they shut down Games for Windows Live.

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