The new generation of PlayStation and Xbox has become closer than ever, and there are many who will move to it in order to enjoy the new features of the new generation of graphics development, the speed of the device, its smoothness, and other advantages.
Among the features that will distinguish the new generation is the BC pre-compatibility feature of the previous generation, as well as the Smart Delivery feature between the two generations, but there are many who wonder what is the difference between the two features and how they can be used on the new generation devices.
Smart Delivery
Smart Delivery has the advantage of not making you pay the price of the game twice, the first in this generation and the second when you turn to the new from the Playstation or Xbox. You pay in order to benefit from the improvements to the game. An example of the Cyberpunk 2077 game if you bought it on Xbox One or ps4 and then moved to Xbox Series X or PS5, you will find the game is not like the ps4 version, but the new version that supports new features. However, not all games support this feature
If the game supports the Smart Delivery feature, this means that you will get the new generation version without paying any amount in return, and you can download it through your account on the network on either of the two devices, and there will be a distinctive sign confirming the game's support for this feature.
Backward Compatibility
This term is almost mentioned in most reports and news about the next generation PS5 and Xbox Series X, but many of us may not realize what it means, well the pre-compatibility feature for games means support for playing the games of the last generation on the current generation in other words that the user can play The PS4 games on the PS5 are smooth and smooth without any quality changes, but there may be improvements in clarity and frame rate.
In other words, when you play any PS4 game on the PS5, what you will see in terms of quality will not be much different from the PS4 in terms of graphics or in terms of sound that will distinguish the new generation of PlayStation, but sometimes it will be in the development in terms of image resolution up to 4k or from In terms of smoothness of the game up to 120FPS, but here the developer must intervene and do this development.
To summarize it for you faster, the Backward Compatibility feature gives you the same game with the same quality on the current generation and the new generation, while the Smart Delivery feature will give you a customized version with more quality, power and larger size on the new generation compared to the previous generation version.
I hope that the picture has become clear to many