Do enhanced games work on original Xbox one?

-54m- · Apr 13, 2020

Hi

I've got an original xbox one and have just bought a couple of games after not using it for quite some time. One of the games I have bought turns out to be an enhanced game. My console does not seem to recognise it.

Should my Xbox one be able to play it?

:)

Smwutches

All One games will run on any version of the One. The "enhanced" just means they have been enhanced for 4k features on the One X.

-54m-

Thanks I restarted everything and its working now.

JohnnyXeo

Standard Xbox can be interpreted differently by many. Do you have an original Xbox, a Xbox 360 or a Xbox One? If you have a Xbox One, no matter what type the game will work in it but may not have the enhanced features available.

Levon68

Thanks for the response, but I don't believe Valve had anything to do with making their Xbox 360 games Backwards compatible other than maybe giving the go ahead, maybe.

These bugs only persist on the Xbox One X enhanced backwards compatible versions and I read that all of that work is done by the team that handles the BC end of things. It's not a in-game bug as it never existed on the original, non-enhanced versions of
the game, it's a Xbone X enhanced BC bug.

Smwutches

All One games will work on any version of the One. Enhanced just means the game is available in 4k (which the One X will do). You can also play any 360 or original games that are backwards compatible - https://majornelson.com/blog/xbox-one-backward-compatibility/

Do enhanced games work on original Xbox one?