Fewer than 10% of the install base plays any given 1st party exclusive on either system (yes there are a couple exceptions). Meanwhile these enhancements will apply day 1 to the true mass market games like Fortnite, Minecraft, FIFA, Apex, Madden, COD etc. I think it will affect a far larger share of customers than 1P games will.
I read the no downclocking line as a reference to how the PS5 downclocks into PS4 Pro or PS4 Legacy modes for titles that don't work correctly with PS5 native clocks. Not about the variable clock rate thing for native games.
Yes, I suspect it may just be S mode. But even the S outputs all OG Xbox games at 1280x960 (instead of 640x480), does anisotropic filtering, and can use grunt to maintain higher dynamic resolutions or stabler framerates. So Lockhart will still be a better way of playing those games than any console besides XSX, and could be considered better than XB1X depending on what you think is more important (XB1X enhanced titles vs. auto HDR, for instance).
Increasingly complicated.... All OG Xbox games get resolution boosts, but the boost isn't the same on all systems. All games get auto HDR. All games get anisotropic filtering, but at different levels on different systems. All games will load faster with the SSD. All games with variable framerates or resolutions maintain better performance. Not clear if all 360 games get resolution boosts (my guess is no). XB1X enhancements like better textures are only available on XB1X and likely XSX (not Lockhart). A subset will get their framerates doubled. Then there might be new XSX enhancements... It's very cool that they do this but it will keep the ResetEra BC thread in business for a long time lol.
They already have at least one next gen exclusive announced for launch or launch window (The Medium)?
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