Is it true

[¿ Jesse Pawman ?]

That you can play XBox games on the Wii using an XBox controller because my sister thinks it can.

[Somebody]

Xbox games maybe with a Wii modification. Xbox 360 games no, the Wii hardware is not capable of running them

[Vosur Aekira]

The format between the Wii and the Xbox 360 are different, the optical sensor between the two is completely different as well. ((Wii and Xbox 360 are same-gen, Tezz. They have aproximately the same statistics in processor and RAM))

The Xbox 360 uses an optical sensor that can read DVD/CD's (blue and red laser) along with the Xbox/Xbox360 games (same laser type as DVD and DVD double-layer), the Wii uses an optical sensor that can read Wii and GameCube (white laser on both).

[¿ Jesse Pawman ?]

So Kylen is lying right?

[Vosur Aekira]

She may be mistaken that they use very similar technology (optical laser assembly)... but I've seen someone screw up two systems (1 Wii, 1 360) with just the wondering on that same thing, Jesse.

[Somebody]

They may have similar processors and ram but that does no determine what they can run. They have different video card, and a video card handles the brunt of a computer's capacity for effects and things of that nature. The wii could not handle the 360 games its a proven fact.

[flames]

Tezz is right, although theoretically a programmer could code an Xbox emulator, port it to Wii homebrew and you might be able to play the games at a quarter their full speed. (Emulation on any system is a massive resource hog. Emulating PS2 or Gamecube games on the 360 is just as difficult)

[¿ Jesse Pawman ?]

Heh try telling my sister that.

[Vosur Aekira]

Simply put:  Wii can't use PS3/Xbox360 games, and the Xbox360 can't play any of the other system's games. Both of their designs are their prevention in playing other system's games.

And also note... the laser optical assembly and the formats (regional/system) of the discs they use prevent use of other systems' games (or other countries' games for that matter). Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft knew someone would try to play games from rival companies... and so they made sure there was no "universal format".

[YTFK]

there you guys went nd had to explain it with science i liked it when i thought it was magic

[flames]

there you guys went nd had to explain it with science i liked it when i thought it was magic

Nah, only the NES, Atari 2600, Dreamcast and the Game Boy use magic

[ST-84 Sahelanthropus]

Nah, only the NES, Atari 2600, Dreamcast and the Game Boy use magic

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