For the most part, the Xbox One looks like a series of missteps, instead of being a worthwhile successor to the Xbox 36, Microsoft’s most popular console ever. It is handicapped with only a few exclusive games, doesn't have the best support from third-party developers thanks to its initial specifications knee-capped in favour of Kinect, and a heavy dependency on patches and updates that span gigabytes galore. Despite all of these issues, I still use my Xbox One regularly due to one main reason - backwards compatibility.
Announced at E3 2015[1], the Xbox One backwards compatibility program lets you play select Xbox 360 and original Xbox games[2] on the Xbox One, Xbox One S, and Xbox One X. How it works is you can buy the games digitally, or use the original discs that act as a proof of ownership, allowing you to download a version of the game playable on the Xbox One family of consoles. Chances are that a decent chunk of your games on either console would be playable on the Xbox One.
Sure, the Xbox One doesn’t have anything that compares to Yakuza 6[3], God of War[4], or Horizon Zero Dawn[5], but it does have something even better. What it lacks in new exclusives, it makes up with a host of classics with a fresh coat of paint.
Consider Star Wars: Republic Commando. This underrated mid-2000s squad shooter is perhaps one of the best uses of the Star Wars license in a post-Knights of the Old Republic world. Getting it to run in widescreen on a PC with all the modern trimmings is an arduous task when compared to just firing it up...