Xeogred wrote:So who got an X?
I'm a little curious in them now with the backward compatibility improvements. I've heard even if the game isn't officially supported, it will still sometimes bump up the resolution and loading times for some 360 games? How often is that? What about framerate? Is this all the same for OG Xbox games too? Ninja Gaiden looks really slick.
So yeah, really curious on how the X handles OG Xbox and 360 games. If I can play my entire OG Xbox and 360 library on an X, sans official support or not, that would be really awesome.
I haven't gotten one yet, since I don't have a 4k setup to really take advantage of it.
From what I have seen, a One X will not enhance the resolution of 360 games outside of specific additions. Digital Foundry had a
nice article on how the 360 emulation is achieved about a month ago (with a somewhat simplified version of the content in the embedded Youtube video). The long and short of it is that while the games are recompiled for x86, the system near-completely emulates a 360 and core game code is untouched. The enhancements for the Xbox One are title-specific mods to the emulator. It's not as "simple" as running the game at a higher resolution like a PC would.
That said, the goal for their emulator is better-than-original hardware, which is apparently now typically the case (some titles had problems initially). Many run at better framerates (and better still, if there's room for it, on a One X). There are also some standard improvements such as forced vsync and 16X anisotropic filtering, along with whatever load time boosts from the required full HDD installs (the One X's HDD is much faster, so it's presumably a benefit).
Original Xbox stuff is similar, just with the emulator enhancements being standard for all games (so far), and present at a reduced level on the regular Xbox One.
In either case, you're not looking at being able to just pop any/every game in and play it. Any 360 or OG Xbox title you can play on a One X has some level of official support, and operates off of a downloaded copy. It's simply free for you if you own the disc (or previously bought it on XBL). It's not like PS2/3 playing PS1 discs or something.
Some outlets have described running unmodified Xbox One games as "backwards compatibility", which may be what you saw. Games that run at a dynamically scaled resolution end up maintaining higher settings.
DOOM, for example, apparently maintains the 1080p that it could always scale to, but rarely ever did.
The forced 16X anisotropic filtering apparently applies here as well, and framerates will likely be better unless already capped.
