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The Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 have generated tons of hype so far with hardware and graphics

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capabilities well beyond what we've seen so far from previous consoles.

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But let's be honest, all of us have games from yesteryear that might not be as graphically

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pleasing but they're still incredibly fun. So what's the story with backwards compatibility on these new consoles?

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Let's start with the good news. No matter which console you buy, both Sony and Microsoft have put in a lot of time optimizing

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older titles for the new hardware. So you should get an experience that's better than simply it functions.

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We're first going to specifically talk about the Xbox Series X and S.

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Microsoft is promising that its newest consoles will provide an enhanced experience for games

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going all the way back to the 2001 vintage original Xbox.

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What a time I was a child. Now before you get too excited, not every single old school game will work.

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Microsoft has confirmed that the backwards compatible game list is basically the same

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as we saw in the Xbox One lineup, which amounts to a few dozen original Xbox titles and over

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500 Xbox 360 games and the entire Xbox One library is available as well.

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But what about performance improvements? Well, some popular titles like Forza Horizon 4 and Gears 5 are going to be directly optimized

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for the new Xbox hardware, though it wasn't exactly realistic for Microsoft to go back

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and do this for every game in the back catalog. Instead, the Series X and S are going to use some tricks to make games that Microsoft didn't

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spend a ton of time on manual optimizing look better.

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One is called Auto HDR, which is just what it sounds like.

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The console will use machine learning to apply HDR to any game that didn't initially support

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it. Unless Microsoft specifically thinks it doesn't look good on that game and then they will not

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do it on that game. Early reviews indicate while it obviously isn't as good as native HDR, it does make aging

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titles look better. And another cool thing is that it's implemented in hardware, meaning it won't put extra

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strain on the console's GPU or CPU that can otherwise cause slowdowns.

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The new Xboxes will also force game engines in certain older games to render at double

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the frame rate, meaning some titles will play at 60 FPS instead of 30.

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Plus, there will be upscaling that we originally saw on Xbox One X to get older titles to run

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at 4K or 1440p on the Series X and S respectively.

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Even original Xbox games. If you're concerned about save games, Xbox One's saves will transfer automatically while

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360 saves can be uploaded to the cloud.

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But you're out of luck with your 18 year old save game from your original Xbox.

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Manimold. 18. In all, Microsoft claims it's spent over half a million gameplay hours on testing backwards

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compatible games. But what if you're more of a PlayStation kind of person?

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Similarly to the Xbox lineup, the PlayStation 5 will leverage the console's more powerful

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hardware to enable higher resolutions and frame rates on some older titles in what Sony

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calls Game Boost, where the silicon will be clocked to a higher frequency for better performance.

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Sony has actually even said that some older games can't handle Game Boost because the

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PS5 hardware is so powerful, something PC gamers will actually be familiar with.

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But even if your favorite PS4 game does not support Game Boost, the good news is that

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nearly all PS4 titles are compatible with the PS5.

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Importantly, PSVR titles are supported as well, so you won't need to buy a whole new

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headset in order to keep playing virtual reality games.

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Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the PS5 won't have support for any games for consoles

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prior to the PS4, though you will still be able to play a large number of PS3 and PS2

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games through PSNow, Sony's game streaming service.

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You can also transfer cloud saves automatically, but only with a paid PlayStation Plus subscription,

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so keep that in mind if you have a lot of unfinished games on your PS4.

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But wait a sec, what about my PS1 games? I was really looking forward to Crash Bandicoot Racing and 4K.

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Well, maybe one day. So thanks for watching guys, if you liked this video give it a thumbs up, hit subscribe,

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