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Recent Examples on the Web Choudry, a 23-year veteran at Microsoft, helped ensure the Xbox 360 was backward compatible with the first console. — Washington Post, 10 June 2021 Certain backward compatible games from Xbox 360 and OG Xbox will jump to 1440p resolution on Series S, at least. — Kyle Orland And Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2020 Spencer recommits that the Series X will be backward compatible with Xbox One accessories and software, along with Xbox One compatible 360 and original Xbox games. — Gene Park, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2020 Both standards are also backward compatible, falling back to the oldest revision used in a connection. — Jon L. Jacobi, PCWorld, 13 Nov. 2019 Spencer also said the next-gen console will be backward compatible with all previous generations of Xbox. — Channing King, Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2019 Most of the Xbox 360 games are backward compatible, and some are even enhanced for the latest Xbox One X hardware. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 15 Nov. 2018 Naturally, both of these consoles will fully support existing backward compatible Xbox and Xbox 360 games, and of course Xbox One titles. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 18 Dec. 2018 With individual power switches for port-by-port control and transfer speeds up to 5Gbps per port, these hubs all feature USB 3.0 ports that are backward compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1. — Alexandria Haslam, PCWorld, 25 Sep. 2018

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