Psychonauts Backwards Compatible On The Xbox ...

Psychonauts Backwards Compatible On The Xbox 360, Soon

Seven months down the line, after the first batch of Xbox games became playable on the Xbox 360, and Tim Schafer's Psychonauts is still nowhere to be seen on Microsoft's recently extended backwards compatibility list. Additions such as Doom 3, Dreamfall or a couple of Star Wars titles earlier this month may have been more than welcome, but that didn't stop Tim Schafer from demading that his mind-boggling game be put on "teh list":

"I have an Xbox 360, and I love it. I love it so much. I wish I could spend every living moment of my life playing it. My wife and I have discussed it, and we've agreed to name our first child, "Geometry Wars." The only thing that could make my Xbox 360 any better is if it would just play this game we made called Psychonauts."

He even went as far as to instigate fans to start spamming Microsoft with heartfelt messages, something in the line of "I am a 9-year-old boy in the hospital, dying of consumption, and my last wish is to play Psychonauts on my XBOX 360!". And guess what: it worked!

Ok, so Psychonauts may not be immediately compatible with the Xbox 360, but one Microsoft employees posting on the IGN Insider boards had this to say: "Rest assured, we are working on Psychonauts". For all we know, they may have been "working on it" for quite a while now, so that doesn't really say anything about when they're actually going to make it happen. So until their next update, keep your fingers crossed!

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