The XBOX games players ask for backward compatibility most share one name above all others. Disney.
Of the 91,237 people who have cast a vote, 32,335 voted for at least one Disney or Marvel title.
A measurement, not a petition.
XBOXGamePreservation.com asks players a single question: which Original XBOX and XBOX 360 games do you want to be able to play again via backward compatibility on modern XBOX consoles?
What is XBOX backward compatibility?
It's the program in which Original XBOX and XBOX 360 titles are given the green light by publishers and rights holders to let XBOX make them playable, and often buyable, again on current XBOX consoles, and PC. Approval and availability aren't mutually exclusive: some games enter the program while still being omitted from the store. The games require no work from the original owners, just approval. XBOX handles everything else to get them up and running.
The Disney catalog, by division.
Disney's gaming IP spans several licensing groups. Here is how the votes distribute across them, ranked by demand.
Top 10 Disney titles by votes
Marvel isn't a set of separate fanbases, it's one connected audience.
The most telling pattern in the Marvel data isn't the raw total, it's how the same players move across the whole catalog.
of Marvel voters chose more than one Marvel title, averaging 3.4 games each. A Spider-Man voter is very often also an X-Men voter. The demand compounds across the franchise rather than splitting between its parts.
Disney has said yes to this program, again and again.
Disney has already been a notable supporter of the XBOX backward compatibility program, spanning roughly two dozen titles across both Original XBOX and XBOX 360.
A sample of Disney-owned titles added to backward compatibility.
Method & caveats.
Live site data: 871,129 votes from 91,237 voters across 2,817 games, and growing. Percentages are calculated against the current voter total.
Titles are attributed to Disney to the best of my knowledge from public information, then grouped by licensing division. Some games were co-published or carry licensing arrangements that may involve additional rights holders; co-owned fighting games (the Marvel vs. Capcom series) are included in Marvel but represent under 1,700 votes. A separate group, marked with a double asterisk (**), covers licensed film tie-ins: Disney owns the film IP, but the games were made by other publishers under license, so bringing them back may require agreement from additional rights holders. Games already on backward compatibility and delisted games are excluded from the demand totals. The figures reflect titles players want that aren't currently available. Titles that used the Kinect sensor are labeled as such in the full list below, since that hardware is no longer produced.
This site and analysis are independent, unaffiliated with Microsoft or Disney, and carry no paid promotion. It is one signal of player interest, offered as input, not a demand or a commitment sought on any specific title.
Every title, by name.
All 107 Disney-owned games behind the demand figures, with platform and vote count. Titles released on both generations are listed once per platform. Already backward compatible titles are excluded from the demand totals; delisted games are listed separately in the final section, since they are already backward compatible and counted apart from the demand figures.
* Titles are attributed to Disney to the best of my knowledge from public information. Some games were co-published or carry licensing arrangements that may involve additional rights holders.
** Licensed film tie-ins. Disney owns the film IP, but the games themselves were made by other publishers under license, so a return may require agreement from additional rights holders.