Xbox engineering lead Mike Ybarra confirms on Twitter that Project Scorpio will work with the Xbox 360 backwards compatibility program when the console releases in 2017.
It’s been known since its reveal at this year’s E3 that Microsoft’s Project Scorpio will play all current and future Xbox One titles. The point of the still-in-development console is to provide Xbox One fans with a beefed up system capable of higher fidelity graphics and smoother overall performance, but in the end, Scorpio is still considered to be part of the Xbox family.
So it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that Project Scorpio will also be able to play some Xbox 360 titles. That’s the news that Xbox engineering lead Mike Ybarra confirmed today on Twitter, stating that Scorpio will offer full support for the Xbox 360 backward compatibility program.
