Xbox 360 backwards compatibility a mystery

According to GamesIndustry.biz, because of differing chipsets both on the Xbox 360 motherboard and graphics card, Xbox backwards compatibility will be a matter of "recompiling" individual Xbox games for Xbox 360. So say microsoft. Worms… Can of… Open? Does this mean you’ll need to buy new versions of your old games for Xbox 360? Or will microsoft provide them free? Or is everyone grasping the wrong end of the backwards compatible stick here? First up either way are the two Halo games. Simon M

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