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I thought I saw some folk talking about having issues downloading the Asian FFXIII because of the new update, but I could be mistaken.
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Xbox Details Their Backwards Compatibility Plans Including System-Level HDR and Doubling the Target Framerates/Resolution of Select Games
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I thought I saw some folk talking about having issues downloading the Asian FFXIII because of the new update, but I could be mistaken.
That is an issue. The Japanese FFXIII (Ultimate Hits International Version) no longer works on non Japanese accounts. I still had my downloaded and tried playing since they updated the store and it no longer works but that's likely because it's a completely different sku that had no Western version than the regular FFXIII version.
Sure, I was just making the distinction that both physical hardware based emulation or purely software based emulation, or something in-between the two, would still require publisher approval if it was based on the game code being redistributed by Microsoft.
I'm actually curious if Microsoft would agree to make an Xbox One game not available on Xbox Series X if a publisher specifically requested it, especially if they had a next gen remaster on the way.
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Yeah. When we're talking here, we need to make it distinct that the Xbox One/Series BC is a new style of BC.
They're recompiled executables made for the new OS. It's not running anything off of the disc. But for literally all other BC ever made, yes, it's native and no rights are needed.
The only 'exception' would be the Vita blocking the NOW-Activison-held IPs of PS1 Spyro and Crash games from running on the Vita for whatever stupid, fucked-up, moronic, greedy reason. But that's Activision we're talking about. They threatened Sony during the early PS3 days to stop making any more Playstation games if they let Harmonix publish a patch to make the Activision Guitar Hero guitars work with Rock Band. (While that was already mandated and worked fine on the Xbox 360) So Activision likes to be threatening beyond what's legal.
I'd be very surprised if MS don't have the same rule here as Sony. E.g. To pass certification after a certain date your game has to run in on Series X.
This is what's going to push me into getting myself a Series X at some point. Kudos to the team.
So if I have like idk $2 on my account, and I add some euros from Amazon.de via a xbox gift card, it would be a separate amount somehow? And I could use that on the German xbox store?
This is different. Xbox One BC does not read from the disk. It only validates from disk and then downloads a file from the Microsoft store. Microsoft must have permission from publishers in order to do this, which is why you typically will not see a delisted game get added to BC, even if it was popular. Or you won't see it if a publisher is making a remaster and doesn't want it. So for example, don't ever expect to see Bulletstorm on BC, because it was already remastered.
PS3 reading PS1 disks, there is no file transfer from servers happening. It is just reading a disk.
Wait, when you say 63 games, do you mean 63 new games being tested or 63 enhancements to existing backwards compatible titles or a mix of both?
I actually think it's both, because Xbox One games run natively, while Xbox and 360 games need publisher agreements.
Yes: Microsoft accounts keep track of individual currencies on your account wallet.
I really wish they go and tinker with some of the 900p games from the 8th gen, even if they leave the 30fps lock as is. Would love to play these in a crisper resolution.
Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Sunset Overdrive
Batman Arkham Knight
Modern Warfare Remastered
And maybe do 60fps for some of the already-4K games, Skyrim remastered and Fallout 4 especially would be lovely ☺️
Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Sunset Overdrive
Batman Arkham Knight
Modern Warfare Remastered
And maybe do 60fps for some of the already-4K games, Skyrim remastered and Fallout 4 especially would be lovely ☺️
Ryse needs to be in there and probably Dead Rising 3.
I personally would like FH2 revamped as well. I feel like it has the best sky of any of the games from this gen.
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Worst case there are mods on Xbox to unlock the framerate, real curious how they'll perform on the Series X:
It might be possible to play Division 1 w/ HDR, 4K @60 FPS? I've been not he fence about Series X but this has me reconsidering.
They've already confirmed that they will increase the resolution to select games from this generation. We just don't know what games yet.
Nice, I hope we can make requests and they'll use those votes to guide them, like when the back compat program started up.
Well 360 and Xbox OG BC wouldn't work any other way. We don't know yet, if we need to download the full game again with Xbox One games iirc.
Interested to see if there will be any enhancements to the MCC on Xbox One, other than inevitably adding Halo 5.
I'm enjoying playing through all the campaigns on my One S, but the performance is disgusting.
I'm enjoying playing through all the campaigns on my One S, but the performance is disgusting.
I don't think Halo 5 will get added to MCC. The undertaking it would take just wouldn't be worth it and the MCC plays fine on the One X at 4k.60fps which will be locked on XSX. It will likely also benefit from improvements to BC games at the system level such as I suspect increased anisotropic filtering, faster loading, and other benefits that haven't been revealed yet.
I guess a good point of reference is the PC version at max settings and I must say, it does look (or feel at higher framerates?) quite a bit better than the One X version. Going past 60 fps looks amazing with this gameFH4 is going to look insanely good on XSX
I don't but you never know. I think MS is far more likely to simply port Halo 5 to PC and not burden themselves trying to integrate it in the MCC.
Well, I think that Arkham Knight and Cod Modern Warfare both have a pretty good chance of being enhanced, seeing as how Arkham Knight runs on UE3 and there are already many UE3 games enhanced on Xbox One X (literally most of them are UE3) and Modern Warfare is likely simply because of how many COD games there are all using the same engine (plus Doom 3 and Quake 4) so assuming that whatever part of the engine handles resolution stayed mostly constant (allowing the same technique to work) then I could see it happening.
Deus Ex and Sunset Overdrive both use different proprietary engines though, so who knows if the BC team will be able to boost those resolutions or if they will even try to
More news coming this year
I"m so. damn. excited.
Hopefully sooner in 2021 rather than later!
Around launch was probably the original target, but the pandemic likely shifted priorities in order to make certain they successfully launch the Series X|S on time and fully functioning with all it's features.
As someone who just bouhght a 144hz monitor for the first time to go with my Series X, I hope they double a ton of previously 60fps games to 120fps!
I just downloaded BF 1943 out of the blue. It's locked to 30. It could really use some FPS-raising magic (and a res boost, too).
We still don't if the BC team's doubling the framerate technique will work on 360/OG Xbox games yet as Fallout 4 has been the only example they've showed so far.
Here's hoping.
Yeah, good point. I realize what I'm wishing for is slim-to-none. But I'll probably be super happy with whatever they do end up enhancing.