Ah, good point. I didn't realize that part was mandatory.
That said I found the handful of exclusive Xbox One titles I'm playing to be worth the cost of entry.
I'm hopeful some enterprising soul will work out the other stuff or MS sticks to backward compatibility being a supported thing.
Agreed. My "cost of entry" was nil, since my wife won my Xbox One. But looking at the exclusive games I have for it, there are more than enough that a purchase would have been justified. Certainly more so than my Wii U purchase in my personal circumstances. Over a dozen exclusives that I own and think are pretty great. And then Ryse which I got for about eight bucks and it's good enough at that price. There are also several exclusives yet to come like Forza Horizon 3, Gears of War 4, Dead Rising 4, Halo Wars 2, Recore (I'm hopeful) and Killer Instinct on disc with all three season characters & the original two games.
Ori is a game that is can't-miss. You said what needs to be said.
I've invested an obscene amount of time in Halo 5's multiplayer already. Both of my daughters are even playing it with me. The current special "Super Fiesta" mode is a blast with everyone spawning with two special weapons each time. I've been a real beast running around with the grav hammer smashing everyone's ass.
The Forza games are at the top of the racing genre, both in simulation and open world. The ability to tweak assists for breaking, acceleration, handling and the rewind feature ensures that even when my girls screw up in a race, they can get back into it and feel like they accomplished something with a little bit of help.
Killer Instinct is a fun brawler and Quantum Break is a pretty cool adventure game with eerily realistic characters. It also has Littlefinger from Game of Thrones! I haven't even opened Rise of the Tomb Raider yet, but I expect it will be as good as the last Tomb Raider.
And there are some good multiplats on it.