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Xbox Series X/S Officially Plays Every Game That Works On Xbox One (Except The Kinect Ones)

Published Oct 28 2020 at 1:37 PM GMT

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Backwards compatibility has been one of the key selling points of the Xbox One, and now that the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are almost ready for a worldwide launch, it'll be a big focus for the next-generation consoles as well.
Microsoft has confirmed that any game you could play on the Xbox One (minus a handful of games that required Kinect) will be playable on the Xbox Series X/S, which means that the day one library for that system will also include plenty of classic titles from the Xbox 360 and original Xbox libraries.
After 500K+ hours of testing, we're are excited to share that all Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One games playable on Xbox One today, except for the handful that require Kinect, will be available " and look and play better " on Xbox Series X|S at launch," Jason Ronald, director of program management for the Platform Team at Xbox, tweeted.
After 500K+ hours of testing, we're are excited to share that all Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One games playable on Xbox One today, except for the handful that require Kinect, will be available ' and look and play better ' on Xbox Series X|S at launch.
" Jason Ronald (@jronald) October 28, 2020While this means that you'll be able to play improved versions of games such as Red Dead Redemption or Alan Wake on the Xbox Series X/S, it only includes those games that were made backwards compatible for the Xbox One over the last few years.