360 backwards compatibility problems

[Andromeda18_]

BTW, you have one yet? They're still not on the shelves over here. Still filling out pre orders.

Really? The 360 was on sale here the same day it was on sale in the US. I'm surprised it still hasn't been released in Holland considering we're always the last ones to get everything.
The weird thing is a Portuguese website that sells the xbox 360 has a disclaimer saying the Core System isn't backwards compatible. I wonder if there's any truth to that. Doesn't really make a lot of sense. Anyway, because of all the glitches and other problems a new console usually has I think I'll give it sometime before buying the 360, not to mention the Playstation 3 is definitely a priority.