Does backward compatibility work on xbox one s?

Yes it does work xbox one games are backwards compatible with any series s or series x consoles

xbox one x is the best right now but there is a new xbox next year so depends on what your budget is, the one s is a good cheap option, there is an all digital version of it but the normal one s has a disc drive

for backwards compatibility there are select games that work so check what does work with what you have

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/backward-compatibility

As an owner of an xbox one s I do play xbox 360 games with backwards compatibility. The simplest way to explain how it does this is this: the xbox one essentially opens up the xbox 360 software to be able to play the games that are backwards compatible.
This means that you can play with people that are playing on xbox 360 using an xbox one or one s. For a list of backwards compatible games click http://www.xbox.com/en-CA/xbox-one/backward-compatibility/available-games

If you are referring to the
backwards compatible games, they all work on all Xbox One consoles (that is the original Xbox One, the Xbox One S and the Xbox One X)

Hi there,

not all xbox 360 games will work on a Xbox One (s) console. See this link for all the games that are backwards compatible:

https://www.xbox.com/games/backward-compatibility