In the past week, three open letters from Xbox fans have appeared online, published by the author of the Xbox Game Saving Portal. This is a resource where players can vote on backwards compatibility projects. It’s not official news, but Xbox representatives are paying attention. The scheme itself, launched at the beginning of this year, has already collected nearly a million votes, which the drafters are currently analyzing and preparing open letters to rights holders.
The first open letter is to Disney, the second is to Warner Bros. Games, and the third is to Disney. made Hasbro. author of website Created a separate sectiondedicated to games based on the company’s franchises, demonstrates the need for classic projects to return to modern Xbox consoles. Key takeaways from the above statistics:
- Game by Transformers 58,489 votes were collected. This number makes the series the most popular game in the entire Xbox game save library. The Hasbro game received a total of 60,081 votes.
- Demand is split between games based on the original Transformers universe and projects related to the movies. The former received 33,969 votes and the latter 24,520 votes.
- As with other Hasbro projects, users vote on games based on factors such as: Dungeons and Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, special forces, Power Rangers.
Most popular Transformers games:
- The first one is Transformers: War for Cybertron — The Xbox 360 game received 13,784 votes.
- The second one is Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Received 13,187 votes.
- Be among the top three Transformers: Annihilationvoted on by 6,998 players.
- Movie-related games received the most votes Transformers: The Game — 6 694, Transformers: Dark of the Moon – 6 649 and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen — 6,463.
- Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Another 4,714 votes were received.
Writers at Xbox Game Preservation separately note that three of the most popular games based on the Transformers franchise may have simpler rights situations than games based on the movies. However, seven of the most popular games in the series were released on the Xbox 360 and are currently unavailable for digital purchase due to expired licenses.
Meanwhile, back in 2023, Hasbro said Xbox could add Transformers games to backward compatibility “if they choose” following its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.