Talking Point: Next Year Marks A Decade Since Xbox's Genius Backwards Compatibility Program

It's 2015, Microsoft has had a rough start to its most recent Xbox console generation, and it's banking on a megaton announcement to get longtime fans back onside. Fast-forward to the team's E3 Showcase in June - and it more than delivers. Xbox 360 backwards compatibility is announced for Xbox One, and the crowd goes absolutely wild with excitement. Finally, Xbox fans can play their vast 360 libraries on Microsoft's new 'all-in-one' entertainment machine.

Who here remembers that moment? We do, and looking ahead to 2025, we want to take a minute to think back to that nearly 10-year-old announcement. Seriously, it's been a whole decade of enjoying amazing Xbox 360 games on modern console hardware - which of course went on to include Xbox Series X and S when those consoles launched in November 2020.