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Going into the new console generation, gamers will have an option that wasn’t available at the start of the last: full backwards compatibility with their current library. This wasn’t possible with the ...

Discover how Xbox backwards compatibility, PS5 cloud saves, and Nintendo Switch save backup keep old games on new consoles playable with smooth cross-gen game support and protected progress.

Interoperability just got a whole lot better. Team Xbox member Jason Ronald told everyone on Twitter that any games you can play on Xbox One will easily run on the next-gen consoles like Xbox Series X ...

You can play PlayStation 4 games on a PlayStation 5. This is because the PlayStation 5 is backward compatible with the PlayStation 4. Both physical and virtual PS4 games can be played on or ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. A prominent gaming executive has commented on the potential impact of a console that does not have backwards compatibility, saying it breaks a ...

Xbox has announced that Project Scarlett, the next-generation Xbox console, will officially be backwards compatible with every generation of Xbox console that has been developed and released to date.

Microsoft has, since the launch of the Xbox One X in 2017, been able to claim that it sells “the most powerful console.” It’s a claim that will extend into the next generation, as the Xbox Series X’s ...