Original Xbox games and Game Pass may come to PC

Head honcho Phil Spencer wants them to.
Text: Ford James
Published 2017-06-14

The announcement that original Xbox games are soon going to be playable on the Xbox One was one of the high points from Microsoft's E3 presentation. Starting with Crimson Skies, plenty more original Xbox titles will be joining the enormous Xbox 360 backwards compatibility library that already exists on the console.

Phil Spencer, the big boss at Xbox, said in an interview with PC Gamer that he wants to bring the emulation to PC, along with the $10 monthly subscription, Xbox Game Pass.

"I've said I want to bring Game Pass to the PC. The team doesn't love it when I pre-announce things, but I definitely want to bring Game Pass to PC," Spencer said.

"It's a business model that I think could be good for creators, and when business models work for creators, it usually means good content will come for gamers. I like that. We don't have the deep catalog of games on PC that we do on console, so I've had some pushback from the marketing team that, well it wouldn't necessarily be the best feature right now, because we won't have enough games, but I just want to start. So I'm putting a lot of pressure on the team to go get enough content lined up to do something on the PC, and then make sure we have a long-term commitment to build."

What games do you want to see make their way to backwards compatibility after Crimson Skies? Let us know in the comments.

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