Snoop Dogg loves NCAA Football 14. How much does he love it? He loves it so much that he wants to play it all over again on his Xbox One.
And he wants some help to make it happen.
Snoop has asked his followers on Twitter and Instagram to help get his fave Xbox 360 game added to the Xbox One's back compatibility service.
In fact, he's asked them quite a lot - he's tweeted about it every day for nearly a week.
Thankfully, Xbox community manager Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has finally noted Snoop's plea. "We'll be sure you add your request to the list," he replied.
Chances are, your video game collection probably has at least one EA Sports title in it. From the latest Madden, FIFA, and NHL releases of today to the MVP Baseball and NCAA Football releases of yesteryear, EA Sports has long held the gold standard for sports video games, and continues to dominate the market.
Judging from the list, EA's best days are behind them and I'm inclined to agree. And now that I think about it, EA only holds the "gold standard" because there aren't any other developers around their sports monopoly.
As for NHL '94... I loved that game. It seemed every time I headed over to my friend's place we would have to play his copy eventually. Now I kinda wanna play it since I haven't in... well, a long time.
FIFA 13 was the last EA Sports game i enjoyed. Everything has been rubbish since then.
True, but the fudged up the controls in the last one so they were already on the road to ruin.
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I loved the way they did the high school to the NFL Draft between NCAA Football and Madden.
Snoop Dogg is trying to rally his 12.5 million Twitter followers and 5.8 million Instagram followers so he can play Xbox 360 American football game NCAA Football 14 on Xbox One thanks to Microsoft's new backwards compatibility model.
On Twitter the rapper said "We need. 10,000 votes," linking to an Instagram post of Microsoft's Xbox Feedback site, where fans can vote on the games they most want to see on Xbox One thanks to backwards compatibility.
When Snoop sent out the plea the game stood at 4,670 votes, it now has 5,872 at the time of writing. It's far off the numbers of the most popular games being voted for. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 sits at the top of the pile with 78,000 votes, ahead of Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption on 75,905 votes and fantasy RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with 70,898.
Interesting...I guess BC is a bigger deal than a lot of folks care to believe.
Can I get a rally for Sonic All Star Racing?
It isn't that it's a big deal, because it is. People swore up and down that it would move consoles in record numbers over the course of June..
and well you see how that turned out.
if the feature isnt live to everybody till the fall why would they buy it right now. Stop with the x1 hate just cause you have to pay for crappy psnow for your backwards compatibility
Really...who swore up and down that it would move record numbers in June.
I sure didn't say that.
I did say that this is an excellent feature to have and I'm really looking forward to it for a lot of my 360 games that I haven't finished yet.
Perhaps wait until it actually releases to the public.. Its still in beta and new customers won't get it (unless the snag an invite)
OuRosmag,
Dude, BC is not out yet so why would many XBOX 360 owners that still are enjoying their x360 console suddenly want to trade it in or get rid of it and upgrade to a XB1 until it is actually out in the Fall?
wait till the marketing blitz when MS start advertising and promoting BC when the update goes live in th Fall. "XBOX one, now playing your favorite xbox 360 games" and let xbox 360 owner trade in their old X360 console for a $100 credit towards the purchase of a XB1. Then, that is when you will see the benefit of the planted seeds of BC comes to its fruition.
So when all else fail turn to celebrities to help sell units like they did with Bieber for the original Kinect.
This is the exact opposite of what video games stand for.
Video games have established itself in the hearts and minds of gamers that turn away far and far away from the norms of American show business for a different kind of entertainment.
This freeloading of celebrity popularity is another reason that proves how shallow MS understanding of video game culture.
@ghostface9
You don't have to pay for PSNow to play your PS3 games. All you need to do is turn your power on your PS3 on and wallah, you can play your PS3 games.
I have a little area dedicated to older systems. I don't play KI on the WiiU, i play it on the Snes. It just has the nostalgia feel to it, when you play the games on the original system. I get that's not for everybody, but i personally wouldn't have it any other way. I also understand it might be a tad bit easier to have 1 system to play them all and if you're very limited on space. But i can easily turn my PS3 on as i can my PS4.
What about this story made you say it's a bigger deal than people said it was?
I donno, if they need to advertise it using celebrities... Maybe its not that big a deal, no?
Rapper mentions xbox, n4g assume said rapper is an ms employee, some real bizarre trains of thought run through these parts.
Well snoop has gotten lots of free stuff from Xbox. But all he's really doing is asking for his favorite games to come to XB1, after all he is a gamer. I don't see a problem here.
Was going to comment but Mean and 1978 pretty much nailed it.
I mean lets use some logic here, if MS was going to use Snoop to advertise BC, you think they would have him promote NCAA 2014??
Think about that.
You guys really think Snoop Dog would promot ANY product without getting something in return? Trust me, celebrities are in the BUSINESS of selling their persona, they would NEVER promote anything for free. Their agent would have something fierce to say about that. A celebrity would not dilute his image rights by promoting for free. Im not just saying this, ive studied this.
I asked because I don't understand why, therefore it confused or interested me. Not everyone on here is a fanboy.
There's a lot of people interested in having their older titles playable on their new systems. It was the top 5 most requested feature for the Xbox One, despite the fact that some people say no one is interested in BC for their new consoles.
I would love to smoke a fatty and play a few rounds with uncle snoop. You just know it would be pure vibes!
is it just the top voted game? That's a little too little imo they shoud make like top 10 voted games otherwise it's gonna take forever.
Good on him. This is why BC is such a good addition to current gen, we get to experience our favourite games of last gen without paying a cent (assuming you still own them ofc.).
I'm glad that more and more people, both fans and execs alike, are noticing what he is doing. This is what it's all about and it's great for us consumers.
If snoop Lion loves something, then you know it is an exciting feature to have. BC is a HUGE people.
I think this is adorable. Now if we can get Snoop to push for Condemned 1 and 2, Mortal Kombat 9, and Mass Effect 2 and 3.
The backward capability of xbone is a very nice feature.
Well done, Snoop Dogg.