Xbox 360 Emulator Being Thought Through for Xbox One

Microsoft confirms it is working to get Xbox 360 emulator on the Xbox One.

Development lead Frank Savage during a panel during Microsoft’s Build conference revealed that there are plans to bring the Xbox 360 emulator to Xbox One.

"There are [plans], but we’re not done thinking them through yet, unfortunately."

Savage revealed that one of the challenges is shifting from the PowerPC processor in the Xbox 360 to the X86 one featured in the Xbox One. "It turns out to be hard to emulate the PowerPC stuff on the X86 stuff. So there’s nothing to announce," he said.

Last year Xbox One director Albert Penello said that it could use the Azure cloud servers to stream older games on its newest platform, much like Sony will stream PS3 titles to PS4 with PlayStation Now.

"Like rendering full games like [PlayStation Now] and delivering it to the box," said Penello. "We just have to figure out how, over time, how much does that cost to deliver, how good is the experience."

"I would love to see it myself," Savage concluded.