Project file appears to be damaged - really, ALL of 'em?

Hi all, longtime editor, relatively new to Adobe PremierePro...
I'm working with a producer who's sending me his offline cuts...However, I have not successfully gotten a project file to open up yet, and I'm getting more than a little frustrated at the inability of the software to just open a project.
He's on whatever the current CC pay-per-month deal is...I've tried opening his projects in both CS5 and CS6 Premiere, to no avail...Not only can I not open up the project I need, but there are about half a dozen others in the drive he sent me, all of which I've tried, so I can't chalk it up to one corrupt project.
So can someone clue me in...what's so hard about opening a project across the various releases of Premiere? Is there some sort of magic here?

I don't think "backwards compatibility" is an issue here
It is because its fact and the reason you cant open current projects in past versions.
This is not one of those instances.
Well actually it is.
How many versions and ,updates do you think there have been between CS6 and current?
I dont know the answer but its many ...and more than one have not been backward compatible.
Tell me that the CC version of Premier is SO changed, SO different, and SO full of new, improved goodness...
Well..I am here to tell you that I believe it is a far superior NLE to CS6 now. I have ben delighted with what I call significant advances.
If it could be coded backwardly compatible..I am not a software engineer so have no idea.
Your issue is more about "subscription models" no matter which way you "paint" it.
Thats your right!

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