Xbox Series X Can Play All Xbox One Games With One Exception
Thursday afternoon Microsoft posted a blog in which it explained in detail its plans for Xbox Series X backward compatibility. Its been long known that the Xbox Series X would run a large amount of Xbox One games, but the full extent of those plans wasn't confirmed. It's now official that the Xbox Series X Microsoft is aiming to support all Xbox One games on the Xbox Series X, though there is one notable exception to the rule.
At the very least, it's a completely understandable exception. The Xbox Series X will unfortunately not support the Kinect camera, and as such, it will not support Kinect-required games via backward compatibility. The Xbox Kinect motion-tracking camera will have to remain a piece of Xbox One history along with all of the memorable games associated with it.
It can't be understated how big of a goal this is for Microsoft, though. All Xbox One games will run on the Xbox Series X. And further, Microsoft says it's working to ensure that they'll all be working by the time of the Xbox Series X launch.
Microsoft says that Xbox One gamers should expect their games to be better than ever on Xbox Series X, and that certain games could either have faster loading times or overall better performance while running on the new console. Microsoft even says that "most" Xbox One games will run better on Xbox Series X, in one way or another.
While Microsoft doesn't go into detail about why it's providing such robust support for previous generation consoles on Xbox Series X, it's clear based on the company's previously described philosophies. Microsoft doesn't want to force Xbox gamers to make the leap to Xbox Series X until they're ready. And for those that do, Xbox doesn't want them to feel like they're abandoning their platform of choice. The goal is to make it as easy as possible to make the generational jump when and if the Xbox gamer is ready.
Xbox is delivering on its philosophies in more ways than just backward compatibility, of course. All Xbox Game Studios will run on both Xbox Series X and Xbox One for the next several years. Xbox Game Pass and other subscriptions work across platforms, as will Xbox peripherals. And Xbox likely has more announcements to make in the months to come.
The Xbox Series X releases holiday 2020.
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