Xbox Two: 8 Rumours And Details You Need To Know

8. Backwards (And Forwards) Compatibility Will Continue

Microsoft hasn't been able to keep up with Sony on the exclusives front this gen (Spider-Man, God of War, Nioh, Bloodborne, the list goes on) but one area where it has continued to outshine its competitor is functionality.

Primarily, Xbox Live remains the most fleshed-out online service of the Big Three and, combined with Game Pass and backwards compatibility, the platform holder continues to perpetuate its image of providing a consumer-friendly hub that will never leave a man behind should they chose not to immediately upgrade their hardware.

The base model Xbox One can comfortably run anything the One X can and, according to one particularly reputed whistleblower, the Xbox Two will follow suit, allowing longtime customers to continue playing games from as far back as the original Xbox while also accounting for what's to come even further into the future (Xbox One XX, anyone?).

Downloading Perfect Dark Zero to play it on the next Xbox won't be your first port of call once the wrapper is off, but the option to play games more than a decade old on a brand new device sets a precedent for compatibility we've not yet seen from a games console.