Is backwards compatibility the Xbox One X’s best feature?

Now, some of these games are starting to see enhancements specific to Microsoft’s beefy new console. Not only do games already just run better on the system, a small batch of Xbox 360 games – seven already – have seen Xbox One X-specific enhancements. Halo 3 has HDR compatibility, while Fallout 3 has been given the 4K resolution treatment.

Even the thirteen-year-old Xbox game Ninja Gaiden Black received a 500MB patch this week, and the game runs at native 4K. An original Xbox game is running on the Xbox One X and taking advantage of its extra power.

Games that were long dead and gone are getting new life from Microsoft and publishers, and being added one after another, a week at a time. Our dashboards are filled not just with Xbox One games, but overflowing with Xbox 360 titles we’d forgotten about. Some of our old favorites are fresh once again.

Sure, it’s neat that Forza Motorsport 7 looks great on Xbox One X. But Microsoft is ensuring that we don’t have to start over anymore. We don’t have to keep aging, deteriorating hardware around. Not only that, but these titles are aging gracefully and getting respect from their publishers.

Instead of being a sad reminder of how ugly gamers were, we can see how Skate 3 doesn’t look half-bad despite its age. Instead of remembering how great Ninja Gaiden Black was when you were in the zone, we can actually see in living color how brutally difficult it was and wonder how we ever made it past the first boss.

Not every game is going to age like fine wine, but it’s surprising how many games are doing just that.

This is good for the games, good for the consumers, and good for the publishers. What was once a money-sink is now a win for all parties.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/11/07/xbox-one-x-backwards-compatibility/