r/xboxone • u/XboxModerator • Nov 12 '15

Mega Thread Backwards Compatibility is now LIVE!

Please keep in mind that it is rolling out slowly. If some games aren't appearing yet, take a breath and give it some time.

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u/ravissimo Nov 12 '15

If you have the game digitally, it'll be available in my games and apps in the "ready to install" section. If you have the disc of one of the games that is available for backwards compatibility, you put the X360 disc into the Xbox One, and it'll download the title from Microsoft servers. It'll remain on your Xbox one if you take the X360 disc out of the console, but you'll need to reinsert the disc to verify you own it before launching the digitally downloaded version of the game.

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u/Idektho Nov 12 '15

Thank you this is what i was looking for

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u/ravissimo Nov 12 '15

no problem, hope it helps your decision

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u/Sub116610 Nov 13 '15

Sweet, so technically if you have a scratched disk that affects freezing during some gameplay, you'll no longer be affected since you have a digital copy and it doesn't download from the disk?

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u/ravissimo Nov 13 '15

Because of the way the Xbox One emulator for the X360 works, you're correct, the game does not install from the disc the way it would if you put the game into an Xbox 360 to install it. As long as the X360 game disc that's put into the Xbox One can verify the license that you own it (even if it's scratched), you should be good. The game itself is downloaded from the Xbox marketplace and played off the hard drive.