Xbox 360 (Xbox 360)Natal Not Backwards Compatible Without RereleaseGamespot - September 28, 2009
Submitted by Animate (241)
at 7:15PM PST on September 28, 2009
Although Natal-ized versions of Burnout Paradise & Beautiful Katamari were at TGS, Tsunoda said existing games couldn't be updated to support Natal. He told Destructoid that the motion-sensing technology would require code changes more extensive than any software patch could provide. Existing 360 titles could conceivably be rereleased with Natal support, much like Nintendo's New Play Control! program.
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For Wii games it would be the same as a port, but for PS3 games already released it would be easy to just patch them. They could even do rereleases of PS3 games with additional content like a GOTY type release and also make a patch available for those who already own the game.