The 360 is capable of playing a selection of titles using software emulation (list (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm)). The list is updated periodically as and when the backwards compatability ninja's manage to get more things working on it. The games that it does play also benefit from minor graphical enhancements. The patches can be downloaded for free over Live or MS can send you a CD for a postage fee.
Saying that MS are milking this isn't really fair. The fact that the 360 is even backwards compatible at all is fairly impressive considering the architecture of the 360 is vastly different to that of the original Xbox.
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Date: 2006-11-20 11:34 am (UTC)Saying that MS are milking this isn't really fair. The fact that the 360 is even backwards compatible at all is fairly impressive considering the architecture of the 360 is vastly different to that of the original Xbox.