1up.com recently reported that it appears to them Microsoft may be abandoning backward compatibility with the XBOX 360. This would be in stark contrast of what Microsoft has said in the past concerning the 360 and backwards compatibility, although admittedly the company has flip-flopped rather vigorously on the issue since the initial launch of the XBOX 360.
While it’s unclear when this would happen, I honestly hope it won’t be soon. I still have many Xbox games that will not work on the 360, and it’s kind of foolish to have to have another entire console there. Check out the full read at DailyTech.