Games: J Allard on evading questions.... Based on his evasiveness I'd say that the chances of the next Xbox being backward compatible is slim, slim to none. The guy is good though, I mean:

Is the next generation Xbox going to be backwards compatible or not?

J. Allard: You keep asking a question I’m not going to answer Geoff. Does that satisfy you?

The guy is good!
diggity dig the G4TV video interview here.  ¶ 8:47 PM