

These are considered by many to be a unique feature of the Xbox One X and for some even system sellers. These require significant additional work but allow for native 4K resolutions, better texture filtering, smoother framerates and even added HDR. There are also a handful of specific Xbox 360 games with Xbox One X enhancements.

Xbox One X adds additional benefits with original Xbox games, upping the resolution to 16x that of the original game, allowing for native 4K or 1920p resolutions. 16x the resolution for Original Xbox Games.Variable refresh rate compatibility (when used with a compatible display)Įxclusive additional benefits for Xbox One X.4x the original resolution for original Xbox games.Games utilizing a dynamic resolution will hit their max resolution more often, or at all times.Xbox One (X) Benefits of Backwards Compatible Titlesīy default all Xbox 360 games that are BC receive the following enhancements on a base Xbox One or S model: So if you're using a physical disc then it reads the disc as a key that unlocks the BC digital version and allows you to download and play it digitally while the disc is in the drive. The BC emulation used on Xbox One are individual emulator wrappers uniquely tweaked for and wrapped around each specific individual digital version of the game. They install them to the hard drive and reads from there. Remember Xbox One as well as PS4 does not read discs to play games. I guess this would be a good opportunity for me to get a better understanding of how backward compatibility works across the Xbox console generations, as I’ve only owned the Xbox and Xbox 360. With backward compatibility spanning several generations, it gets me rather confused.

Is this enhanced digital version different from the 360/One digital version? In other words, is the Series X digital version itself unique from the 360/One digital version, or do they all share the same digital version and the Series X hardware applies the enhancements?Īnd does the Series X play the game with further improvements over the One? I can use the physical disc to download the enhanced digital version, and play from this. If the One does play the digital version better, I assume it’s because the One hardware is providing enhancements to the 360/One digital version? Does this mean there aren’t two distinctly different digital versions for the 360 and One?)Ĭan I play from the disc, or does it download the digital version and play from this?ĭoes it play better on the One than it does on the 360? (Marketplace says this is also One compatible. I can play from the purchased digital version.

Using Panzer Dragoon Orta as an example, this is what I understand (feel free to elaborate and/or correct): Click to shrink.I guess this would be a good opportunity for me to get a better understanding of how backward compatibility works across the Xbox console generations, as I’ve only owned the Xbox and Xbox 360.
