The new Xbox One S gaming console is on display in the Microsoft Corp. Xbox booth during the annual E3 2016 gaming conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 14, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo : Getty Images/Kevork Djansezian)
Even as Xbox Scorpio rumors come in thick and fast, Xbox One sales are not getting in Microsoft's wallet at the same speeds. However, the company is treating Xbox gamers with two more Xbox One Backwards-Compatible Games.
Microsoft's Major Nelson made an announcement on Twitter highlighting that players would add "Rocket Knight" and "Shadows of the Damned" to their catalog of backward compatible titles. "Rocket Knight" will cost $15 in money and 359.15 MB in space while "Shadows of the Damned" will set one back $20 and 5.58 GB.
Shadows of the Damned and Rocket Knight are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today https://t.co/qPMRNrLoTQ pic.twitter.com/dgHZQDRfGu
— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) January 26, 2017
That makes the total number of Xbox One backwards-compatible games stand at 15. Recent additions include "Battlefield 3," "Alice: Madness Returns," and "Battlefield: Bad Company 2," among others. Altogether, there are over 300 Xbox 360 games that players can play on Xbox One through the backwards compatibility program, according to Game Spot.
In related stories, Xbox One quarterly sales in the period ending Dec 31, 2016, have plummeted compared to those recorded in the previous cycle. Despite the initiation of major discounts and the introduction of the Xbox One S, the sales volume declined significantly.
According to VG247, Microsoft recorded a 22% year-on-year sales drop in console hardware revenue. Nevertheless, this is not much cause for alarm because it is natural for sales to fall a few years into a generation.
Also, despite the setback in revenue, Xbox still saw several achievements. For example, the number of Xbox Live monthly active users has hit an active all time high of 55 million, which is a 15 percent increase from last year.
Xbox yet hard another of its best successes in December 2016 when Microsoft recorded an 18 percent growth in revenue accrued on Xbox software and similar services. Sadly, the few successes did not compensate for the declining hardware revenues.
In the meantime, as Xbox fans wait for the upcoming Xbox Scorpio console, information concerning its Virtual reality support has been taken off from the Project Scorpio website. It is not wise to conclude anything at the moment although gamers are raising questions and doubts.
Xbox Scorpio is expected to have a December launch. Here are the expected specs:
