[XBOX SOUND]
>> You think of gaming as
both technology and art.
Technology is all about being modern,
and new, and art can be timeless.
[MUSIC]
>> Last year, the team
decided to tackle
a feature that has been
consistently at the top
of your requests lists.
While we weren't sure
it was possible, today,
I'm pleased to announce Xbox One
backward compatibility.
>> The passion of our community
and our fan base is awesome.
We're really committed to delighting
our fans all over the world.
>> It was a very ambitious goal.
We didn't know if everything
was going to work.
We have to make the Xbox One operate
just as if it was an Xbox 360.
>> The architecture
is wildly different.
This is an Xbox One console.
It's the same type of components,
but it's much more powerful,
it's faster, higher resolution.
>> The game itself
doesn't know that it's
actually running on
a different piece of hardware.
And it's better than you've
ever seen before.
>> Better from
a graphical standpoint,
better from a frame rate standpoint,
better from an input
latency standpoint,
just a better experience all up.
Everyone in the team is just
passionate about the product
we're delivering.
>> They can do any job they want,
but they choose to be here.
I don't think I've ever seen people
who love their jobs that much.
>> Look if it was easy,
everybody would be doing it.
[MUSIC]
>> We've got over 600 titles
in the backward compatibility
catalog, but we're kind of moving on
to a new part of the story.
>> We're heading into
a new generation of Xbox, Scarlett.
>> The goal of the team is to
make every single game that
you play on Xbox One today work
on the Scarlett device.
>> Ensuring every game that runs on
Xbox One is going to run
incredibly well on Scarlett,
takes a ton of commitment
and time from our team.
The team is dedicated,
we're ramping up our test facilities
so that we can hit the ground running
and make sure that stuff works.
>> These games are going
with you to the next Xbox.
The evolution of what that means.
[MUSIC]
>> With the Scarlett generation,
we have significantly more power
than we've ever had before.
>> We're all about
making what you remember,
work with the things that
you have today... or tomorrow.
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