There's a Q&A at Xbox.com that helps explain the process of making games backwards compatible for the 360. Todd Holmdahl, corporate vice president of the Xbox product group, explains that more and more titles are going through the certification in addition to the 200 we mentioned.
The "emulation software" we mentioned in our last post, Holmdahl confirms is going to be free, so you (and I just did, too) can all just breathe a collective sigh of relief. Here's how that software will be acquired, according to Holmdahl: "We ll give gamers a choice you can get the latest software updates from Xbox Live, burn a CD from xbox.com or sign up on Xbox.com for a CD that can be delivered to your home at a nominal shipping and handling fee. Once you get the CD, put it in your Xbox 360 and you re ready to go."

If you plan to play Xbox games on your Xbox 360, you're going to need a hard drive. So Core System purchasers, make sure you get a hard drive accesssory if you plan on playing your Xbox games. It's no surprise that you'd need a hard drive to play the games, but we still figured we'd mention it.

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