Xbox Series X can play Xbox One games from an external hard drive

[Jacob Siegal]

• Microsoft is making backwards compatibility a priority on the Xbox Series X.
• If you want to play your Xbox One games on an Xbox Series X, all you have to do is plug in an external hard drive with the games on it and you can immediately start playing them.
• Xbox Series X games can only be played from the internal SSD or a Seagate expansion drive.
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Regardless of the differences between teraflops and compute units and memory bandwidth, we won't actually know how the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X compare until we see them in action. Within days of each other, we've seen reports claiming that the PS5 is in big trouble and might have to be delayed, while others say that the PS5 is definitely the better console. We're not putting much stock into anything that doesn't come straight from Sony or Microsoft, and one area where we can compare the two consoles is their commitment to backwards compatibility.

Microsoft has made it abundantly clear that Xbox 360, Xbox One, and even original Xbox games will be playable on its next-gen console. On the other hand, all that Sony has confirmed is that about 100 of the most popular PS4 games will be playable on the PS5 at launch. It is a noticeable gap, and it only grows wider when you realize just how utterly painless it will be to play old Xbox One and Xbox 360 games on your Xbox Series X.

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