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Xbox Series X update quietly beats PlayStation 5 to a major feature

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Published 10:42 22 Jul 2024 GMT+1

Xbox Series X update quietly beats PlayStation 5 to a major feature

Xbox does what PlayStation doesn't

Sam Cawley

Sam Cawley

The Xbox Series X/S, with a bit of tweaking, will soon be able to accomplish something the PlayStation 5 can’t.

The Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 are both fantastic consoles, though the latter is currently suffering from a lack of classic titles to play, and even if you want to play them you need a subscription to PlayStation Plus to do so.

Check out the gameplay for Star Wars Outlaws below, releasing next month

More annoying is the fact that the PlayStation 5 isn’t backwards compatible in the same way the Xbox Series X/S is, meaning most classic games need to be streamed rather than played natively., including PlayStation 3 games.

However an update to the developer mode on the Xbox Series X/S consoles might enable them to emulate PlayStation 3 games before Sony has a chance to implement it to the PlayStation 5, and it’s apparently really easy.

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This shouldn’t come as much of a shock either as the Xbox Series X/S is known to be a beast when it comes to emulation, and while Microsoft doesn’t support their console being used in such a way you can still use it as such if you know how.

The console’s developer mode was recently updated with Mesa support, which means it can technically run Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 3 games provided the user is willing to jump through some technical hoops.

This means the Xbox Series X/S could in theory play PlayStation 3 games before Sony has changed to make them properly playable on the PlayStation 5.

It has been said that Sony is actively working on bringing backwards compatibility to its latest system, and it did recently add PlayStation 2 games to its ever expanding library, though only if you’re subscribed to PlayStation Plus Premium.

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Perhaps one day the PlayStation 5 will be on par with the Xbox Series X/S in terms of backwards compatibility, which even lets you play old Xbox games straight from the disc.

Featured Image Credit: Microsoft/Sony

Topics: Xbox, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, Microsoft, PlayStation, PlayStation 5

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