What makes you think there will be remasters? Most of the backwards compatibility stuff is on Game Pass and it's the original stuff. Sony are the one's remastering given that they led their showcase with GTA5 REMASTERED. Microsoft's focus has been on original titles being playable on the new Xboxes and playable really well.
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What makes you think there will be remasters? Most of the backwards compatibility stuff is on Game Pass and it's the original stuff. Sony are the one's remastering given that they led their showcase with GTA5 REMASTERED. Microsoft's focus has been on original titles being playable on the new Xboxes and playable really well.
I know it was already posted a few pages back. I only had chance to watch it this evening and wanted to highlight it for others that might have missed it because it's an incredibly good breakdown! It shows what Microsoft's focus is, and how they're truly interested in letting us, the consumer, continue to experience games that were amazing many years ago in a way that's good today. I think Sony have totally missed a trick with their lack of full backward compatibility.
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That’s pretty impressive does the ps5 offer the same thing?
Im just hoping we don’t get another generation of remasters like this one. Hopefully with all the studios MS have purchased we will get some decent original games. I understand that most of the talk is backwards compatibility rather than remaster but the biggest selling point of the console seems to be about how well it can play your existing games. Still have a few weeks to go yet so see what happens.
No, they want you to buy remasters in the PS5.
If I remember correctly, the PS5 won't be fully backwards compatible to PS4, with that being kept to select titles and the same goes for PS3 and beyond. I don't believe there will be a lot of room for enhancement and certainly nothing like the AI-powered HDR, etc. Sony is very much sticking to keeping consoles generational.
He did some One S comparisons in that Digital Foundry video above. Games that were running at 28fps on the Xbox One S would be running at a locked 60fps on the Xbox Series X.
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Will all xbox live digital content be backwards compatible? Things like Rare replay I play quite often so would be nice if those games worked.
I was wondering what the deal would be with Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda, so emailed Phil Spencer (not the Kirsty sidekick) and asked if they would update Doom / Wolfenstien etc k&m support for the series s / x. Surprisingly he replied saying he'll push more titles through, so fingers crossed.
That DF video is impressive. So essentially, you can play virtually anything from Xbox One and it will be locked at 60fps at 4k by the looks of it.
It is even more impressive when you consider that the games arent even coded for the Series X hardware as well.
It is even more impressive when you consider that the games arent even coded for the Series X hardware as well.
Nah. Loads of Xbox One stuff has a hard 30fps limit. Either the developer, or Microsoft, need to tweak things to get past that. But it has to be done on a per-game basis (for now; they're trying to build an ML solution to do it on the fly). DF didn't cover 30fps titles very much as they aren't interesting to bench.
Well, 60fps depending on what way the game was made originally, IE unlocked frame rates, and 4K upscaling, though it seems they have done some cleaver work with that.
The thing is, if MS can get games released years ago looking better and with increased FPS, there isnt really a need for remasters. So I think what they are doing is the opposite of remasters. I think
The thing is, if MS can get games released years ago looking better and with increased FPS, there isnt really a need for remasters. So I think what they are doing is the opposite of remasters. I think
The missing thing I would say is the textures. If they can find a way to enhance the old textures with AI and make them look as if they are 4K, that would be the icing on the cake. A game from 2009 is still going to look pretty rubbish at 4K60 if the textures aren't up to scratch.