Microsoft Exec Responds to Xbox One's Lack of Backwards Compatibility - GameSpot

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFw2ww6_EECJVL0JfqWFq_69IBSYg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778628421793&ei=bfc2VOr-AqfJiQblmoCYBQ&url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-exec-responds-to-xbox-ones-lack-of-backw/1100-6422847/"><img src="//t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIhbosS3qHNUNHfefJ77Jvrxn-fgHqzDtCy3C9ybPpCObwGsyp374p8GylP2_DCEdUmbZQhxAd" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /><br /><font size="-2">GameSpot</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFw2ww6_EECJVL0JfqWFq_69IBSYg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778628421793&ei=bfc2VOr-AqfJiQblmoCYBQ&url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-exec-responds-to-xbox-ones-lack-of-backw/1100-6422847/"><b>Microsoft Exec Responds to Xbox One&#39;s Lack of Backwards Compatibility</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">GameSpot</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Also, disc drive systems simply do not last as long as cartridge based systems so it&#39;s hard to argue against this as I can still play an <b>Atari 2600</b> without hiccup yet struggle with three disc drives breaking down on my original Xbox...it IS a benefit <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=d2kZoqEASw08xMM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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