It's live... sort of. (Gaming)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Monday, August 24, 2015, 18:23 (3382 days ago) @ red robber

Right now it is only available to Preview Program members, and the list of compatible games is still fairly short.

Basically, if you're in the preview program, you can go to your games library and find any 360 games that you own that are currently available to play through backwards compatibility. If you owned the 360 version digitally, your Xbox One will simply download it. If you owned a physical copy, you'll need to insert the disc and install it.

The gist of it is the Xbox One launches an app called "Xbox 360", which is a full system emulation, and then launches the backwards-compatible game within it. It is a thorough emulation; the game thinks it is being played on a 360, and Xbox Live thinks you are playing a 360. You have full access to the 360 dashboard, guide menu and everything.