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ext-generation home video game
consoles are soon upon us. In 2020,
Microsoft will release a long-awaited
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PlayStation 5. We can expect the usual graphics,
frame rate, and storage improvements, but there
are issues from this current generation that need
to be remedied in the next. Here’s what home
video game consoles need in 2020.WELL-STRUCTURED BACKWARD
COMPATIBILITY
Some argue that backward compatibility isn’t
important. I vehemently disagree. Preserving
video game history is vital to the medium, as
older hardware ages and breaks down.Microsoft is doing a bang-up job with this feature.
On the new Xbox, you can play games created for
that particular console, as well as Xbox One titles.
Microsoft plans to leverage its free Xbox
Backward Compatibility emulation (which is
compatible with more than 600 games) to bring
Xbox 360 and original Xbox titles to the new
Xbox, too. You can re-download the digital games
you own or—remarkably—pop in your original
game discs. That’s awesome, and something for
which Microsoft should be thoroughly applauded.5 Things I Want in the
PlayStation 5 and New Xbox
COMMENTARY
Lead Analyst Jeffrey
L. Wilson has penned
gadget- and video
game-related nerd-
copy for a variety of
publications,
including 1UP, 2D-X,
Laptop, Parenting,
and of course,
PCMag.