Will The Xbox Series X Have Backwards Compatibility

The amount of effort that went into the xbox series x backward compatibility is staggering according to a new interview.

Will the xbox series x have backwards compatibility. Other backward compatible titles from the xbox 360 era will also be able to run at 1440p on series s and 4k on series x. Microsoft has confirmed the next gen xbox series x will support backwards compatibility with all xbox one titles from the day it launches. Xbox series x and xbox series s are backward compatible with every xbox console in some form. Both the series x and s launch on nov.

In fact spencer is already using it. Once you ve got your xbox series x not the s since it doesn t have a disc drive players will simply have to insert the disc of a backward compatible game from the original xbox xbox 360 or xbox. Backwards compatible games run natively on the xbox series x hardware running with the full power of the cpu gpu and the ssd. No boost mode no downclocking the full power of the xbox series x for each and every backward compatible game.

Head of xbox phil spencer told gamespot the xbox series x. The xbox series x will be able to run backwards compatible games natively with each game fully harnessing the power of the new xbox s cpu gpu and ssd. Microsoft announced in may that backward compatible games will take advantage of the full power of the xbox series x for a variety of performance and image quality improvements.