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May 2018
32m 35s

Eric Heutchy on Backward Compatibility, ...

SCOTT HANSELMAN
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Xbox One X Enhanced Games with Backward Compatibility are AMAZING. You can play a decade old game - originally meant for 640x480 or 720p resolution - and enjoy it in 4k resolution. Not upscaled. Actually up to 10x clearer within recompiling the game? How? Xbox's Eric Heutchy tells Scott how! 
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