Right now, titles like Ridge Racer, Metal Gear Solid 4, Tekken 3, Tomb Raider II are becoming harder to access in 2021, and this needs to be addressed by Sony. Even Nintendo has a service available on the Switch, and while its had polarizing opinions, playing Mario Kart 64 online on the Switch Online Expansion Pass is still impressive to see. It's still strange to us that a rival company like Sony has no intention of making previous titles available on the PS5. It's a testament to how seriously Microsoft takes game preservation, thanks to its backwards compatibility efforts. The prospect of being able to buy these, right now, and load them up on your Xbox Series S is nothing short of impressive.

Sonic Fighters was an arcade exclusive in 1995, while NIGHTS is a SEGA Saturn title, released in 1996. Some of these titles originate from consoles that existed long before Xbox was a console. Here are some highlights that jumped out at us:

There are far too many to list, but Xbox has a handy guide so you can see whether your favorite game can be played on your new Xbox Series S. It's the simple things that appeal to us, such as 4-player multiplayer on TimeSplitters: Future Perfect with wireless Xbox controllers, something that was impossible to do when the game was released back in 2005. Right now, there's an Xbox Series S with a three month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (3 Months Subscription) for £282.98 at Amazon, so you can take a look and download games from previous eras. So, while you're playing Speed Highway in Sonic Generations, those notorious slowdown issues as you run down a skyscraper are now non-existent. On some games, you'll see improvements, such as 60 FPS and higher resolutions. However, if you browse the store on your new Xbox Series S, you'll most likely discover games that you've not seen since high school.īanjo Kazooie, Panzer Dragoon Orta, and Sonic Generations are just some of the examples that you can play right now on your 4K-enabled console. With the PS5, you can play PS4 games, and most of your previous purchases from the store - but that's as far as it currently goes. However, as the years passed, backwards compatibility became something of an afterthought you'd be lucky to find a section in the PlayStation Store for some PS2 games, but otherwise you'd be stuck for choice. When the PlayStation 3 first came out, it could play almost every game that came before it, from Ridge Racer Revolution to Onimusha 2. It's no secret that playing games from earlier in the PlayStation's life cycle is mindbogglingly difficult.

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