8 Reasons 2017 Is Finally The Year To Buy An Xbox One

7. Games With Gold & FREE Backwards Compatibility

Burnout paradise
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Games with Gold is a perk offered with an Xbox Live Gold membership, that gives gamers four titles per month across the Xbox One and Xbox 360.

Xbox One owners get the benefit of having backwards compatibility, can download the Xbox 360 titles alongside the Xbox One games, and what's more, 360 titles remain on the user's Xbox 360 even after cancelling their Xbox Live Gold membership - which isn't the case with PlayStation.

There is no question that the Xbox Games with Gold programme was late to the party compared to the PlayStation Instant Game Collection, but it has gained traction in the last two years, simply because the titles are comparatively better than any on PlayStation Plus.

The generally accepted wisdom is that you'd get AAA games as part of being a paid member of PlayStation Plus, yet this has not materialised on the PS4, whereas Microsoft have thrown out Sunset Overdrive, WWE 2K16 and Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition across 2016, alongside a bevy of 360 gems including Burnout Paradise, Gears of War 2 and Forza Horizon, all without asking you to pay for backwards compatibility.

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Bryan Langley’s first console was the Super Nintendo and he hasn’t stopped using his opposable thumbs since. He is based in Bristol, UK and is still searchin' for them glory days he never had.