(Lack of disc drive in the Xbox One S or Xbox Series S notwithstanding.) If you own a game on your Xbox account, you can probably play that, too.Īnd if you don’t own an old game? You might still be able to get hold of it via the Xbox Store, or possibly even included in your Xbox Game Pass subscription.īut which games are included in Xbox Backward Compatibility? Here’s the full list. If you own a physical version of an old game, chances are, you can play it on a modern Xbox console. Battlefield 1943 was released in 2009 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. While most other publishers seem keen to do their back catalogue dirty in some form or another – Square Enix prefers to sell you expensive, “improved” versions that are way worse than the originals Nintendo likes to make things artificially scarce while also blocking emulation at every turn PlayStation might put an odd game on PlayStation Now if you’re lucky and EA just shuts all its studios down – Xbox is generally unique in its commitment to making old video games easier to play through its Xbox Backward Compatibility programme. Battlefield 1943 is now a part of the Xbox backward compatible list and is available as part of the EA Access Vault. It used to be that, as long as you keep the hardware in reasonable condition, you could play a retro game. The move from physical media and standalone games to digital downloads and online experiences has shifted the onus from issues for preservationists (like disc rot and missing media) to systemic access issues for the community as a whole (like entire games disappearing when servers go offline). Video game preservation is a thorny issue.
Here’s the full list (updated Jan 2022) of every game available in the Xbox Backward Compatibility programme.
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