People are really clanking their silverware during this breakfast, really distracting.

What Chris Satchell said is SO not ok:

"At some point we're going to focus less on it. When you get to the end of this year there will be a reduced focus on backwards compatibility. There are so many 360 games out there. I don't know if it's important anymore."

That had better include a good 60-70% of the games - and all the bigger titles.

So far less than half of my games from the Xbox work - including many of the best games for the platform (Panzer Dragoon Orta, Deus Ex: Invisible War, Outrun 2, Morrowind, original Burnout - hate the sequels, Rallisport 2, The Bard's Tale, Taito and Capcom collections, Chronicles of Riddick, Wreckless, Fahrenheit, Breakdown, Timespliters 2 - the list goes on).

I know BC doesn't matter to some people, but to a lot of people it matters a lot. I did not plan on keeping the black box around forever. I wasn't expecting perfect backwards compatibility, but 30% compatibility or so is taking the p*ss on customers. Yes I'm upset. It's bad enough that the emulator doesn't handle PAL games/that widescreen doesn't work without RGB / component cables (it should be entirely possible to work around), when it should be sufficient to have a VGA cable for a hi-def console. Yeah, I know Sony does it even worse but that's no excuse.

If the backwards compatibility stops here, I've bought my last Xbox branded gear. Yeah, it really does mean that much.

Yes, it's good that there are lots of great 360 games, but that doesn't mean I won't want to go back and play some of the older games.

Just a little extra: http://tinyurl.com/35tups

A link to this very site with "We're not sure where this came from, and is incorrect. At launch, Xbox 360 will be backward compatible with the top Xbox games. Our goal is to have every Xbox game work on Xbox 360. You will NOT need to purchase a new 'version' -- your original games will work on Xbox 360."

Frankly, I don't like it when people back down on their word *after* I pay them.

Ill have to check this out later on tonight if im not too busy.