can you play next gen games on xbox s

Depends on the games. Some of them are still being released for the One. If it's something that's only for the Series S/X, then it wouldn't compatible with a One.

Yes but as a xbox one games drive

Not next-gen games you can still.use it for storage but you will have to move it to main to play next gen games however smart delivery will make sure you get the compressed files since you got the series s

Your drive wouldn't be fast enough

If this game is backward compatibility, I mean Xbox 360 games or Xbox Classic, so yes you can. If you mean Xbox One Games there is nothing different if you are play before your Xbox One S on Xbox One, still you can play these games on Xbox One S or Xbox
ONE X. When the next-gen Xbox console is in 2020, the Xbox Classic, Xbox 360 and Xbox One will also play on the next generation of Xbox.

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This will depend on you but personally, it will be worth it since an Xbox Series S is a next-gen console. It would be amazing to play a next-gen game on a next-gen console.

Currently saving to get an Xbox Series S but so far with reviews that I was able to gather, it is amazing.

Hi Sneh101!

Please be informed that the next gen games for Series X/S are not compatible for Xbox One generation consoles. Only old gen games can run through next gen consoles but not the other way around.