Microsoft details DLC and add-on system for backwards compatible Xbox 360

Microsoft announced that DLCs will work with backwards compatible games of Xbox 360 to Xbox One consoles along with brief instructions.

The Xbox One Home screen now gives players fast access to the console’s social features. However, the game can not be played on the Xbox One until November 12 because the Xbox One Backward Compatibility will not be released until that date.

Microsoft has introduced a sweeping new update for the Xbox One, the New Xbox One Experience, that brings in Windows 10 as the console’s operating system and offers backwards compatibility with many Xbox 360 games. Backward Compatibility will go live for all Xbox One consoles with or without the NXOE dashboard after 3:01pm ET/12:01pm (noon) PT today.

However, the availability of game titles on any console evidently is the most pivotal factor. They range from a few of the best indie titles of the last generation to AAA titles and franchises.

A big update for Microsoft’s Xbox One is due to start downloading to consoles around the world on Thursday.

“If you look at Xbox 360 now, you have 100 times more features than you did when the console launched”. We launched the Xbox Feedback site to enable you to influence how Xbox One evolves and we’ve been listening.

The large Windows 10 update brings many improvements.

On the Major Nelson blog it details how to get the new Xbox One experience depending on how you have your system already set up. See the full list of compatible games on the Xbox website.

A new Store makes it easier to find content. The Store now includes four areas – Games, Movies & TV, Apps, and Music – plus a new vertical gallery view to reveal more listings at a glance. Microsoft planned to bundle Cortana with the first version of the new OS, but we’ll have to wait until 2016 before Microsoft’s helper is on the Xbox One. So all you people who kept hold of their old Xbox 360 games are going to be seriously smug right now.

While sports gamers certainly can appreciate a great installment in a series’ history, sports games aren’t really what Backwards Compatibility is about. “Armed with that information, Microsoft can then reach out to publishers about specific games and say, “‘Please let us know if this is something you can do, ‘” Irving said about obtaining the required licenses.