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Xbox Smart Delivery: is there a similar feature for the Playstation 5?

2020-05-08T12:18:03.603Z


Thanks to Smart Delivery, players who have bought an Xbox One title will get it for Xbox Series X for free. Will the PS5 get a similar feature?


Thanks to Smart Delivery, players who have bought an Xbox One title will get it for Xbox Series X for free. Will the PS5 get a similar feature?

  • Microsoft and Sony will launch their next-gen consoles in 2020.
  • Information about the Playstation 5 is currently rare.
  • Is Sony planning a feature similar to Microsoft's smart delivery system?

Microsoft and Sony are slowly but surely releasing new information about their next-gen consoles. While the look of the Xbox Series X has already been presented and recently new gameplay material, details about Playstation 5 remain secret. After all, Sony recently presented the official controller, the DualSense *, to the public.

Many questions are still open. One of them is whether the PS5 will also get a feature similar to Xbox Smart Delivery . This means that games that have already been purchased for Xbox One do not have to be purchased again for the successor console Xbox Series X.

Sony already offered the feature for PS3 and PS4

This function is primarily used to ensure that players only have to spend money on a title once . In addition, the switch from Xbox One to Xbox Series X is to be made easier - this means that users have a few games at the start and do not have to spend more on other games.

It therefore makes sense that Sony will also offer a feature of this kind, with which PS4 titles can be upgraded to the PS5 free of charge . So far, however, the company has not disclosed anything in this regard. In general, apart from some hardware specs * and information about the new controller DualSense *, not many details are known about the PS5.

The fact is that Sony had previously offered the function under the name " Cross-Buy ". For example, digital versions of PS3 games could be downloaded free of charge as PS4 versions. However, this was not possible with every title. In addition, this function only makes sense if many games are released for both the current console generation and next-gen.

Also read : PS5 vs. Xbox Series X: Consoles Compared - Which Is More Powerful?

Smart delivery and cross-buy should not be confused with backward compatibility

However, smart delivery or cross-buy differ from downward compatibility *. The latter ensures that old games can also be played on the current console. Ultimately, however, this does not offer a difference in quality .

With Smart Delivery and Cross-Buy, players get a real upgrade to the next-gen version. This usually differs mainly in the graphics and game flow, sometimes the games also contain additional content. For example, " Grand Theft Auto V " in the Xbox 360 or PS3 version did not yet contain a first person perspective, which only came into play on the versions for Xbox One and PS4.

Also interesting : PS5 price, hardware, games, release: the previously known information about the Playstation 5.

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Source: merkur

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