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The Status Of The Top 25 Most Requested Xbox One Backward Compatibility Games
Update:
Microsoft has announced the December additions for its Xbox One backward compatibility library. The inclusions bring one of the promised games (Halo: Reach) and fifteen others.
This presented a perfect opportunity for us to revise the 25 most requested games via Microsoft’s poll. This time, we weeded out the games sitting in the list that have either been release or are confirmed for a future rollout.
The remaining games take us a bit further down the list, but give us an idea of what fans are requesting without taking up space with things you have (or will have in the near future). Note that some of the games on this list, like Mass Effect 2 and 3, are multi-disc games, and therefore not yet possible via Xbox One backward compatibility.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II: 130,061 Votes
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 117,755 Votes
- Red Dead Redemption: 115,635 Votes
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 104,294 Votes
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - 74,626 Votes
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - 69,433 Votes
- Call of Duty: World at War - 64,458 Votes
- Mass Effect 3 - 63,007 Votes
- Fallout: New Vegas - 59,767 Votes
- Left 4 Dead 2 - 57,966 Votes
- GTA IV - 56,364 Votes
- Mass Effect 2 - 45,464 Votes
- Batman: Arkham City - 53,301 Votes
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 45,613 Votes
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - 38,342 Votes
- Battlefield 3 - 37,076 Votes
- Assassin’s Creed III - 36,984 Votes
- GTA V - 35,604 Votes
- Portal 2 - 34,763 Votes
- Halo 4 - 34,241
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 34,191
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - 34,074
- Halo 3 - 32,529
- Alan Wake - 30,838
- Dark Souls - 30,772
Other oft-requested titles removed so they don't take up a spot in the rankings:
- Assassin’s Creed II - Now Available
- BioShock - Confirmed
- BioShock Infinite - Confirmed
- Call of Duty: Black Ops - Confirmed
- Fable III - Now Available
- Fallout 3 - Now Available
- Gears of War 2 - Now Available
- Gears of War 3 - Now Available
- Halo: Reach - Now Available
- Halo Wars - Confirmed
Original Story (November 9, 2015):
Earlier today, Microsoft announced the first 104 Xbox 360 games that will be part of the Xbox One backward compatibility program. While the list is filled with classics, there are some notable omissions that have fans buzzing.
Players have been able to vote on titles they want to see as part of the program since June. While voting gives Microsoft and third-party publishers direction, there are no guarantees that content owners are going to commit immediately.
We’ve decided to round up the current top 25 vote-winners to see where things stand.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II: 109,686 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- Red Dead Redemption: 100,358 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 97,844 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 87,272 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- Halo: Reach - 85,063 Votes - CONFIRMED FOR DECEMBER OR LATER
- Call of Duty: Black Ops - 76,229 Votes - CONFIRMED FOR DECEMBER OR LATER
- Fallout 3 - 66,246 Votes - CONFIRMED FOR NOVEMBER 12
- Gears of War 3 - 64,701 Votes - CONFIRMED FOR NOVEMBER 12
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - 63,453 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - 57,582 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- Call of Duty: World at War - 54,523 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- Mass Effect 3 - 53,801 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- Fallout: New Vegas - 51,534 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- BioShock Infinite - 49,817 Votes - CONFIRMED FOR DECEMBER OR LATER
- Left 4 Dead 2 - 49,367 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- GTA IV - 47,431 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- Batman: Arkham City - 45,669 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- Mass Effect 2 - 45,464 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- Gears of War 2 - 44,762 Votes - CONFIRMED FOR NOVEMBER 12
- Halo Wars - 42,127 Votes - CONFIRMED FOR DECEMBER OR LATER
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 38,059 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- Assassin’s Creed II - 33,937 Votes - CONFIRMED FOR NOVEMBER 12
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - 32,176 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
- BioShock - 31,510 Votes - CONFIRMED FOR DECEMBER OR LATER
- Battlefield 3 - 31,469 Votes - NOT CONFIRMED
Microsoft tells us that the backward compatibility team continues to work on multi-disc titles. Currently, those aren’t compatible, which is why games like Mass Effect 2 and 3 aren’t able to be part of the program yet.
You can check out the full voting list (and sure your own opinions) on Microsoft’s website.
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