But we might not like the process
Square Enix and Eidos Montreal are concentrated on the release ofDeus Ex: Mankind Dividedearly next year, but that doesn’t preclude it from turning its attention to games of the past. With Microsoft’s E3 reveal of Xbox Onebackward compatibility, the publisher and developer are looking at addingDeus Ex: Human Revolutionto the program.
When asked about the possibility of seeing this last-gen game on Xbox One via backward compatibility, the officialDeus ExTwitter accountreplied“We’re working to make it happen. 🙂 We’re hoping to have good news soon.”
In recent months, Xbox has explained the program as something that publishers can simply opt into without any hassle. There’s no extra development needed. Xbox pitched it as a process that’s as easy as flipping a switch.
Even though the program is still only available in beta, we’ve seen several examples of companies using promised backward compatibility as a sales tactic.Pre-orderingFallout 4ensuredFallout 3on Xbox One sometime in the future. Likewise, buyingGears of War Ultimate Editionmakes the entire four-game Xbox 360 collectionavailablevia backward compatibility.
Even though nothing of this nature has been said, it’s not too far out there to predict that Square Enix might try to push pre-orders a little further by danglingHuman Revolutionas bait. Thus far, a collector’s edition has been announced withmultiple tiersof pre-order incentives. If enough units are pre-ordered, the game will release early (although, it’s never been said what number this goal will be reached at). So yeah, adding backward compatibility into this pre-order fold sounds right in step with the way this campaign is going.
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