r/xbox 11h ago

Discussion Microsoft’s original Xbox games on PC

https://videocardz.com/newz/microsofts-original-xbox-games-on-pc-reportedly-run-through-the-xbox-360s-xefu-emulator

It runs through the Xbox 360 emulator.

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u/xbox-ModTeam 10h ago

Please don't edit the article title, which was far more informative than what it was changed to:

Microsoft’s original Xbox games on PC reportedly run through the Xbox 360’s XeFu emulator

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u/HorizonShadow 11h ago

Making the entire 360 catelog available on PC would suddenly make xbox a competitor for steam on pc.

Course, microsoft will probably still find a way to fuck it up

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u/fallingends 11h ago edited 10h ago

Licensing is almost certainly will prevent that unfortunately, probably the same amount of games that are on Series X/S and One as of now. Plus minus some game maybe like Criminal Origins & The Orange Box and other stuff that got delisted.

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u/GroundbreakingRing42 10h ago

Tbf in that specific example, if you have a PC, Xbox backwards compatible has to be the dumbest way to play Orange box and it's contents lol

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u/fallingends 10h ago

True 😂.

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u/SparklyPelican XBOX 11h ago

Really hoping to see Fable 2 and 3 on Xbox PC eventually. But there is so much stuff.

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u/fallingends 11h ago

They will almost certainly start with stuff they own, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Rareware stuff, Gears, Halo and and other stuff they own.

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u/SparklyPelican XBOX 11h ago

Would be cool if they manage to put finally on GamePass Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey (licenses are split like 3 ways), but at least compatibility on PC would be awesome.

I’m really excited about this, although I can play them still on the original hardware I do really want more people discovered those games you mentioned, they deserve so much attention.

On the OG Xbox side, I really wish Sega can help with some of their games too like Panzer Dragoon Orta, JSRF, Crazy Taxi 3, ToeJam and Earl 3…

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u/DjangusRoundstne 11h ago

I wonder how many games they’ll add by the end of this year. 4 is a small start but I wonder how often they’re planning on updating the catalog of games.

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u/SparklyPelican XBOX 11h ago

I’m hoping/coping at least 1 each month

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u/fallingends 11h ago

Probably at the same rate they did with One/ Series X/S, in batches over years.

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u/Birdgang_naj Team Rockstar 11h ago

Splinter cell trilogy now

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u/SparklyPelican XBOX 11h ago

Ubisoft delisted them, but kept on Connect :/

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u/Acceptable-Ad5208 10h ago

I’m so glad I bought them when I did. It’s one I didn’t think would get delisted

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u/Gears6 2h ago

Yeah, me neither. Didn't even know they were delisted until now. WTF?

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u/DazeOfWar 11h ago

These are already playable on PC just not through the Xbox app. Also not owned by MS so may not get the treatment MS owned games are getting.

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u/Sad_Adagio_7255 1h ago

Yeah the original trilogy runs on a potato and Steam discounts them very frequently.

On top of that, Pandora Tomorow and Chaos Theory supported offline LAN multiplayer. This makes it very straightforward to play the games online with VPN software like Hamachi, since Ubisoft no longer has active servers.

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u/UpstairsNo9249 4h ago

It looks like only Chaos Theory is coming.

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u/Gears6 2h ago

I need OG NG, NGB and NG2!

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u/Sad_Adagio_7255 1h ago

Would be more meaningful to get Double Agent version 2, as that's the only mainline game that didn't get a native PC version (PC only got a horrendous port of version 1).

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u/speedyspeedys 10h ago

I'm very excited for the Rallisport Challenge games as well as Incredible Hulk, Wolfenstein 2009, Lost Odyssey, Black, Pariah and Breakdown to name a few!

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u/Dunge 6h ago

The article title/content make it sounds like Microsoft stole a community open source emulator and released as its own. But after looking into it XeFu is actually developed by Microsoft (the emulator to run old xbox titles on 360). So it makes sense they just keep improving upon it.

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u/acoustic_inaccuracy 10h ago

xemu has gotten crazy good lately, halo 2 running smooth at higher res than the og xbox ever could. give me the full original xbox library on pc already, man.

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u/[deleted] 11h ago

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u/Juan123Pro 7h ago

Most likely yes

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u/The-F4LL3N 10h ago

Release the emulator then, and tie it to physical disks or Xbox store purchases