It's actually genius how MS is trying to flip this. They want to look like they have consumers in mind, and are trying to preserve previous gens, when it was MS that never really had any intentions of supporting their old consoles.

I wonder if they were just really unprepared in the games department, and want you to REALLY focus on BC and past console gens, until they get their game companies up to speed.

Why buy a new console to play old games? I was a fan of BC, and thought the PS3 did BC the best, but when they took it out to bring the cost down, I wasn't really to hurt by it, and neither was the majority of gamers. Lets be honest. It's hilarious to see this heavy focus on past gen games, and how important they are to play on your brand spanking new, next gen console.

Haha, I really love how they try to trick consumers with this "old generation" speech, it doesn't make any sense, unless you have some IQ issues. I buy a Next Gen console to play Next Gen games. PERIOD. Same as I buy a 4K TV to play 4K content, not 720p/1080p.

This should not be even a question, but here we are. Anyways, see you guys enjoying next gen games on PS5 by end of the year!!, Cheers!!!

Someone should put his account on parental control.

I like how they think they're the only ones supporting previous generations.

GREENBERG believes in posting every time there is Playstation news to try and play down what they've done that day..

Sony Troll city here
Just say this
As a Sony fanboy, I love to rebuy all of the games that I paid for on PS4, on the PS5.
You type the same crap about Microsoft "they don't have games, blah blah blah blah blah"
"Xbox maybe more powerful but they don't have games blah blah blah blah" Its getting old. Xbox has alot of games, in fact I own more games (and better looking, I might add)on Xbox than Playstation. Instead of crowding N4G with no brain comments, go play all of those PS4 games that you keep bring up that Microsoft doesn't have.

I dont know why microsoft always makes it so easy for sony to win with these dump statements. Give me one fucking reason why i should get the series x then!! The most powerful console? Running what, minecraft with ray tracing enabled? The OG xbox one is so underpowered that its performance was embarrassing even when it launched in 2013, now you wanna to tell me that you are considering the og xbox in the development of your first party exclusives? Fuck it im switching to PS5

Because?

And by the way i really would like to see MS makes some jaw dropping games.
I just don't think they will.

Games Pass anyone?

Ohh. Its Aaron. Never mind. Neeeeext.

I guess most of series x first party games will be crossgen for quite a while.
"xbox series x optimized" aka "souped up version of last gen games".aka "last gen quality graphics @ 4k @120hz/60hz".

LOL we already know this Aaron Greenburger. Is there something wrong with him? I'm kind of worried for his health.

How about current gen? Because there has been a lack of high quality exclusives on Xbox this gen and the later part of last.

One system is going to have some true next gen games that won't even be possible on last gen console. The other system will have last gen designed games with better resolutions and fps.

Why not make games for 360 or OG Xbox then? Oh it’s just PR. They don’t believe in supporting the end of the Gen I know without a doubt . They ditched OG Xbox with a quickness, when Kinect took off they focused on that and it was barebones with first party support . they didn’t support this gen very well at all and haven’t released much this year at all. They are only doing this for money . They don’t have faith that they are going to sell enough Series X (damn confusing names ) numbers and want the money from XB1 for as long as possible to make more money. This has nothing To do with belief . If it was their belief they would have been doing this with the previous consoles And supported the last years of 360 with games and they would have released some major games this year before the launch of new console . This is just PR talk . They make more money this way because they don’t know if they will sell enough consoles to be profitable with these new studios and games so they are acting like they are throwing XB1 owners a bone but they are only doing it because they have too, to be profitable with the start of the generation.

I have been reading the comments sections on N4G in articles regarding MS’s s early cross-generation stance, and I come to this conclusion:
95% of the * SYNTHETIC * outrage is coming from concerned fanboy trolling, in this instance Sony fanboys.

Please disagree accordingly. D

That’s cool and all, but you might want to show what your new system can do first.

For people that buy new consoles to play old games.

Yeah like when they abandoned the original Xbox the minute the 360 released, or how they abandoned the 360 the minute the xbone released, or how they’re about to abandon xox and xbone with their new console?? What support are we talking about? That’s how you spin it up, Greenberg is a master troll

The 360 was one of the best systems with games still being played today. I sure as hell won’t be paying a premium for series X just to play 360 and OG Xbox games in 4k. I paid a buttload of money for the 1st One and MS failed to deliver, and unlike Sony and the PS3, continued to fail to deliver.

MS is making this big a deal about old games because this is the only area they can say without question. As of now anyway, next week could make this statement Irrelevant. However while it's nice but it's not a huge deal for most people. Having BC for the PS4/XB1 gen is very important but beyond that is just a nice touch and nothing more.

Plus this is rich coming from MS' Xbox division who are known for dropping support for their current gen to move on to the next gen.

There's nothing wrong with having a new console that will have BC to play past gen of games but that should not be the forefront when marketing a new console,BC should be that extra incentive. Most folks buying a new console want to see & play new games for that console first & foremost.

OK, was someone doubting this? Kinda random thing to throw out there isn't it? I thought this was already pretty well understood among their customers....They aren't doing any thing significantly different than they and their competitors have all already been doing for at least 14 years.

Microsoft trying like PC mentality on Console market but not gone work. Consoles comes with Generations and new technologies every 6-7 years. PC always getting new tech every year almost but goes slow when you living with PC. But console gamers getting new tech on every 6 years so Generations leap coming from there.
On that point Sony have big advantage because they are know what is console business and what console games want from companys.

Sony and Nintendo on right track guys. Microsoft start making same mistake like Xbox One release.
(ESL guy)

Doesn't matter what MS does fools on this website will spin it to be negative

I find these kinds of comments a bit frustrating if I am honest, given that they barely supported 360 for the last 3 years of its life and the less said about this gen, the better.

No reason to upgrade to series x whatsoever. A cross gen bc system. No thanks.

Gee is it me or by reading the forum It seems that MS will be stuck with games with slights upgrades compared to Sony that will have game leap the like of ps1 to Ps2?

"MS will be held down by xbox1 while the PS5 will have TRUE exclusives"
Really? Do ppl forget the history that quickly?
Like can someone name one AAA killer title that Sony released on the launch date of the Ps1, the Ps2, the Ps3 or the PS4?
Please name the Mario 64, the Halo, the Soulcalibur that was made by Sony.

Was Uncharted4, Last of Us2, God of war, Horizon Zero Dawn released in the early years of the ps4?
Well no because Sony, like MS, is in the goal of making money and will make sure that a certain amount of consoles are moved before releasing a game that costs several million $ to make.

So when Sony will release Uncharted 5 in 3 Years MS will have drop support for the Xbox 1 and the competing killer apps will also fully embrace the series X.

This is an awful tweet..MS once again are so insecure..they need to react to every bit of Sony news, it's embarrassing..nintendo and Sony do not do this. MS needs to muzzle greenberg and Nelson, this part of ms is not a good look.

Greenberg trying to write a poem, rambling lol. MS is worried.

Microsoft better hope the results we see over the next few months match with PR gloss they've been putting on this situation.

Because as is, the situation is that Sony was in a position to both serve their existing platform right up until the very end, and to start pivoting resources 3+ years ago into next-gen projects that would be ready for 2020. To serve both the PS4 audience throughout, and to start serving the PS5 audience with next-gen games from day one.

And Microsoft was not. Their hardware pipeline was ready for transition this year, their first party software pipeline simply isn't.

In terms of transitions historically, Microsoft's situation is the odd man out here, not Sony's.

Trying to spin underdelivery on first party games this gen, and the inability to start next gen projects on time for a 2020 release, as some kind of pro consumer philosophy, is a neat trick. But it's just that, pure marketing gloss over a much simpler explanation: that they simply didn't have their ducks in a row, and the rebuild of the studio group won't bear fruit for another while.

It's also a fact sony will still be supporting ps4 for a few years, it's not like ps4 does not have great software support..TLOU, Ghosts in the nest two months....Ms is just in Spin mode..we have seen this before. Their fanboys eat this PR up though, blind by love I guess.

greenberg and Nelson are just bad, whenever they talk it's silly, defensive stuff like this, they are so insecure when it comes to PlayStation, just stay quiet and be confident in your product.

Microsoft abandons last gen systems people complain
Microsoft supports last gen systems people complain

They just can’t win with certain people.

Cmon full backwards compatibility with original Xbox....

Lol, this is some impressive market positioning from Microsoft to make up for their lack of exclusive AAAs, but it is in no way going to convince me that I’d rather play X360 games at 120 fps (even in 8K, too) instead of start a console generation off right: with games that are noticeably not possible AT ALL on the hardware that I am supposed to be replacing.

Xbox is a consumer friendly brand, and that's great!

No they don't. They don't have a choice due to a lack of content so they are attempting to spin the narrative and make their weakness look like a positive.

This is their way of saying their brand new Series X games are going to be made with compatibility with past console in mind. This way games are going to be held back, but will be available to ALL xbox owners new and old.

Not.a good strategy for someone like me who likes industry pushing exclusives, which will be on PS5 for sure by the looks of it. Microsoft even had the stones to say its launch didn't need exclusives........WHAT?

The only reason Microsoft is saying this is because they won’t have true next gen first party exclusives for a year an a half. People aren’t buying a series X to play old games it a “next” gen console for Christ sake.

I'll just buy what I want and skip the worthless debate bull****

Some people never grow up.

Well I am still waiting to play Test Drive Unlimited on XBO so....

It's clear that ms never set out with these intentions when they launched the X1.
It's more a luck perspective that all their consoles were built around x86 architecture enabling this feature.

I'm.pretty happy it worked out like this though

All for it just don't make it the main feature.

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It is nice to have a lot of BC on a new console, but new exciting games is what the new console will need. If MS wants to finally make a splash again, then a new Fable or Dark Perfect would be a very good step. I don't hate Halo, Gears, and Forza, but MS needs to find a way to be exciting again.

The problem is that MS is not great at supporting current gen consoles. almost no first party games in late life xbox consoles.

Dark Perfect = Perfect Dark

Bad typo from me before! lol

Thats why You dont need to buy the series x in the first year and then you can get it cheaper....

"Microsoft Believes In Supporting Past Console Generations" = making sure I donb't ever need to buy the same game again, that that all the money I invested does get lost, thank you Microsoft.

strange how the gamer community thinks. A couple of years ago people would always ask if they would be able to play their old games on their new system, but now oddly enough when humans get something they want there is always a problem. Ironic. I guess people feel like xbox is sacrificing resources on that when they could be using it on 1st party exclusives? Time will tell, but personally I don't that is the case.

I appreciate what MS is doing with regards to current gen being BC on next gen hardware but let’s be real here, I’m not buying a SX to play my current gen library. I want new next gen games day one and I think that’s where MS has messed up and where Sony will capitalize. I’m getting both consoles day one but I really wish MS would stop BS’n with BC and being next gen games day one. What good is all that power if I’m just going to play Division 2 and COD MW...

Look at these comments oof people hate Microsoft like it’s a religion the weird part there still gonna watch the show hopeing Xbox fails of course it’s crazy and odd to see some people trying to spin this into a negative for Xbox and gamers seriously just go buy a ps5 you didn’t want a xbox anyway and never was gonna get one all this concern trolling is weird just buy your ps5 and be happy?

Fuck yeah! I love more options! Unlike PS your forced to whatever they want. I’d say typical as usual.

It’s a little too late for them to claim this now. While Sony is actually supporting the system with some great games in its final year, Microsoft is just making cross gen stuff. They are literally blowing smoke up our butts.