
Microsoft has highlighted that it expects all non-Kinect Xbox One games to work on the Xbox Series X via backwards compatibility from day one of the console's release this Holiday.
In a new article on Xbox Wire, head of Xbox Phil Spencer subsequently revealed that the Xbox Series X will have the "largest launch lineup for any new console ever" due to its backwards compatible features, and noted that most of those games will also look and perform better on the next-gen system:
"It’s our intent for all Xbox One games that do not require Kinect to play on Xbox Series X at the launch of the console. And because of the unprecedented power of Xbox Series X, most of your favorite games will load faster and look and perform many times better on the new console."
Of course, we already knew that the Kinect wouldn't be supported by the Xbox Series X due to its lack of a dedicated port, so there's no surprise there. Assuming all the other games work, however, you're looking at around 2500 Xbox One games that will be backwards compatible on the system from day one. Great stuff!
Happy about this? Got any farewell messages for the Kinect? Share them in the comments below.
[source news.xbox.com]
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Xbox wins already by a large margin....thousands vs tens....no one should ever wait for only the top 100 titles to be gradually available sometime in future lol. That’s the power of Microsoft’s software prowess and to be fair they are in this game for a long time.
“You will be able to play four generations of games on Xbox Series X on day one. That makes it the largest launch lineup for any new console ever, with thousands of games to play.”
Awesome! My game library will be with me forever XD
@swagbag713 Well you won’t be crucified in this one. 🙌
This is amazing.. I have a big Xbox one backlog at the moment and knowing i can play all of my backlog on the series x is very satisfying..
I could care less for Kinect, but are there not some Kinect adapters for PC that hook up via USB? Thought MS actually made one, since some people came with some innovative non gaming uses for the device.
It would had been cool, for the benefit of those early adopters, if they just made the Kinect work on an XSX via such a USB adapter, if only to allow owners that were faithful enough to invest on the original XBox One launch to play their dance games.
My biggest complaint about MS BC:
The promise for better performance almost makes me want to stop playing any games at all until I get my XSX, so I can play them for the first time at their best 😅
@swagbag713 even the editors there tend to not take kindly to any lack of loyalty. Heck, they recently made an article trying to convince their users that their games being locked at 30fps means better graphics, and that going higher fps means sacrificing graphic fidelity (you can guess what that was aimed at.)
@Tharsman Yes very excited considering lot of titles will be auto enhanced fps/hdr/resolution day one.
@Tharsman There was also an article about how MS dropping the XB1X meant the PS4 would somehow become the default next gen cheap option, despite all the reasons it wouldn't. Or how MS forcing publishers not to charge for next gen upgrades was good news for PS owners, because that somehow guaranteed that publishers wouldn't screw over PS owners.
Or there's the article they posted of the xbox head saying he doesn't believe next gen exclusives are all that important, and there were a couple hundred posts of people losing their shiz and directly insulting Phil Spencer.
And I'm pretty sure it was on that site I had people who were adamant that next gen would be 60fps only. So I'd love to see how the comments went on that article.
@Richnj I almost had it with them the other day in the article you mention about Spencer, one of the first replies, if not the first, claimed if Spencer meant his statements about walling off games then they should put their games in PS4.
That same editor was the only person to write for their site about Minecraft Dungeons (they never bothered to review it, though.)
The 30fps article barely had any replies, last time I checked. Everyone wants to ignore 30fps is going to be the PS5 standard.
I almost want to see how they react when digital foundry starts showing games running on the XSX having higher frame rate or resolution than the PS5 port.
@swagbag713 welcome back G!
@Tharsman There’s a paid/bribed blogger called Aaron Greenbaum who writes absolutely false and biased propaganda against Xbox on looper website. The kind of things that can only boil your blood. How Xbox Series X is big in size, terra-flops suddenly don’t matter cuz someone said PS5 has APIs and how Xbox controllers have the option for removable batteries and that’s a bad thing bla bla absolute nonsense.
@Richnj And its one reason why I am not commenting on any PushSquare article right now - spinning MS's consumer friendly approach into something that is somehow wrong.
How you can spin the PS4 to be 'the' budget option moving forward if Xbox do stop making XB1's (S & X), I do not know - considering the PS4 won't be getting any of the PS5 Exclusives and will 'force' gamers to upgrade IF they want to play those - even IF they can be downscaled to work in some way to run on PS4 hardware. Somehow though, that is 'wrong' and MS are wrong to adopt the strategy of making games for a 'year' or so that can work on current hardware - much like games like Control, BF5 etc can run on lower spec hardware - albeit without Ray Tracing, the same visual quality and/or frame rates.
It makes sense to stop making the current gen IF Lockhart exists. Its not 'stopping' support for XB1 and games will still be released - however, any XB1 release coming out will run on Next gen systems anyway so why make and sell 'current' gen hardware? Its not as if the current gen systems or games releasing utilise Kinect. I don't think you can buy the Adaptor anymore anyway...
Point is, why make and sell XB1 consoles if they release a 'budget' friendly next gen option that also runs ALL XB1 games as well as any 'exclusive' next gen games - like Scorn or the Medium? Why force someone to upgrade or 'miss out' on games and split the user base?
I do intend to get a PS5 at some point and despite the fact I could probably play the vast majority of games on my XB1X, so don't 'have' to upgrade on day 1, its still likely to be the console I pre-order...
It doesn't matter how 'fast' the SSD is, how much data you can get to the CPU/GPU and how quickly it gets there, games will still rely on CPU/GPU to process that data and run the game. CPU and GPU are incredibly important to games - they always have been and always will - and its not like the Series X is a slouch on data transfer either...
Great news for sure!!
@BAMozzy Supposed neutral sites like IGN are also accused of these things. They never come down on PS for their malpractices as heavily as they do every way on Xbox.
@Z3u5000 There will always be fanboys that just spill lies because the internet is the new school playground for adults and children alike. I stopped following plenty of Xbox personalities also for doing the same against Play Station.
What annoys me, though, is when editors and writers of a site (specifically, that one...) are part of the problem. I expect a bit more out of a site that is part of a network that covers Nintendo and Xbox focused news.
PS focused news can be covered without turning everything into a propaganda and console warfare.
Summary of late:
MS will make games work on X1 for 2 years: XSX has no exclusives, no one will buy one
X1 won’t be sold anymore: MS turned back on X1 players
Sony stops game dev on PS4: they focusing on the future!
Sony will sell PS4s for 3 more years, even without new games: Sony supports its existing player base!
GamePass is anti-consumer!
PSNow has 2 million users!! Celebrate!
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Great news and I can't wait for next week to see what new games they have up their sleeves. Thats said I'll probably be keeping my old consoles anyway so unless there are enhancements I'll probably just use them instead.
@BAMozzy I've seen some weird criticisms on that site as of late directed at things like Gamepass, as if it is somehow better for us to spend £400+ on a console and then £50 each for the games, rather than already have an existing library of games to play without any extra major expense
@Tharsman Back when Gamepass crossed 10m, PS service was stuck at only 1m. Also there were lot of reports of PSN getting hacked frequently.
@BAMozzy @Tharsman As we were discussing this, they've updated the "exclusives" article as "Xbox Boss Takes More Shots at PS5"
"Xbox boss Phil Spencer has continued his assault on Sony and its PlayStation 5 strategy, saying that fans "won't be forced into the next-generation" as Microsoft commits continued support to Xbox One's various permutations. "Unlike others, we believe that your investments in gaming should move with you into the next generation," he cattily continued on the subject of accessories."
Phil has put forward a next gen strategy that I agree with. I don't want to move over yet. I'm not ready. I also do not want to lose my investment when I do (it's why BC was such a big deal for me). Phil is providing me, and I'd imagine many others with a strategy that is in my best interests rather than the company's, and they are dog piling on him because it highlights the archaic response from Sony.
Uhh the fan boys are out in full force today, on both sides I see. Seems like a good day for an internet break
Initially, I thought they said it would also play the current backwards compat original Xbox and 360 games. Any word on those, as a weirdo who has been buying up cheaper games for the older systems to play with that sweet sweet XB1X enhancement.
@Darthroseman It will play those as well
"You will be able to play four generations of games on Xbox Series X on day one."
@FraserG Splendid, let the spending spree continue! Blinx in 4K, perfect for 2020.
@Darthroseman Anything that plays on Xbox One that doesn't require Kinect, will run on Series X - so that also includes all the OG and 360 Xbox games within the Back Compat programme....
I could buy a Series X on day 1 and have so many games in my backlog that I won't 'need' to buy any games at all. Of course that won't happen but I 'could' LOL
@zane547
We're in the here and now. And right now, MS is the pro-consumer company and Xbox is a positive force in gaming. THAT is the balanced point of view. 😎
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