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Over the weekend Microsoft VP Peter Moore was interviewed on Major Nelson’s Podcast in which he apologized for the previous misunderstanding regarding his views on making original Xbox titles playable on Xbox 360 and announced games that would be available with next week’s backward compatibility update.

The comment that caused so much “trauma” was: “Nobody is concerned anymore about backwards compatibility. We under-promised and over-delivered on that.” Moore said during the podcast that “‘concerned’ was misinterpreted as ‘cared.’” He went on to apologize “for all the trauma I caused to gamers.”

Semantic debate aside, he offered, “It’s quite simply not that we don’t care about backward compat[ibility]. Boy, do we care about backward compat[ibility].” He went on to reassure fans by saying, “We’re going to get darn close to that stated goal of every title done.”

Interesting. If that’s the case, though, why did it take him so long to clarify? His position was assaulted from the minute he opened his cake hole and wasn’t exactly quietly debated. Why did he wait so long to “correct” the record?

Either way, it’s smart that Moore came out strongly for backward compatibility. Frankly, without it, no one would’ve bought the XBox 360.

Previously: Microsoft Exec Clueless

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