

“Buy a brand-new console specifically to play old games” is admittedly an odd pitch, but if the games are good and you’ve never played them before, it’s a compelling argument. You can get most Xbox One games on PC already, but Xbox 360 and the original Xbox had more than their fair share of beloved exclusives.

The Xbox Series X is backwards-compatible with every Xbox One game, as well as a ton of Xbox 360 and original Xbox games. However, there’s still one big area where the PC won’t be able to match the Xbox Series X, and that’s backwards compatibility. Save data will sync across PC and Xbox versions of a game thanks to Smart Delivery, so that’s one argument in favor of buying a new console. (Many will also be available on the Xbox One, at least for the next year or two, but I don’t think a current-gen console is a great investment at the moment.) As such, if you have a reasonably good gaming PC already, there’s not much incentive to get an Xbox Series X - unless you want a separate living room system. Every first-party Microsoft game will be available on both the Xbox Series X and the PC. With Xbox Series X, though, there’s basically no such thing as an “exclusive” title.
