Yesterday's rumor-mill burned bright and hard. Quite a few juicy tidbits came out (like the Starcraft: Ghost delay). But the juicy one was the story that MS was not going to make the Xbox2 backwards compatible. If this were true, it seemed, to most of us, like another nail in the coffin of the next-gen console. It ends up MS understands how stupid the move would be, thankfully. In an especially prissy response to the gossip, an MS rep denied the story and went on to swing his glove in the game media's face. "In fact," he said, defiantly, "this media conjecture is irresponsible. The credibility of any publication willing to compromise fact in favor of a catchy headline must be questioned. Xbox fans are smart enough to distinguish truth from sensational reporting." Of course, if that last part were actually true, none of us would have believed MS's claim that the Bruce Lee Xbox game would be revolutionary. Yes, MS, we have long memories here.
